Schnauzer With Digestive Problems

I have two mini schnauzer and both have bad stomach problems. My vet told me the reason for my dogs problems is because they are eating to much fat. She explain to that there body can't not break down fat and that what cause all the problems. Well it cost my over 500.00 dollars to fine this out so hope i can help someone out. so with my schnauzer i have to feed a low fat food and if i give treat to them it also have to have low fat .This is why schnauzer do well with chicken products and lamb because of the low fa. Well hope this help someone.

My Schnauzer, Jackson, is 4.5 year old. He always had sensitive stomach as a puppy (while on Max puppy food), he had diarrhea, vomiting etc., I am feeding him now natural food cooked by myself cooked chicken breast (no skin), chopped turkey, boiled salmon, cooked vegetables (broccoli, zucchini, carrots - he loves carrots), yams, rice (for carbs) and canned pumpkins. Addition of low-fat cottage cheese (ca. 3x a week) and low-fat yoghurt (no sugar added) has done miracle... No other treats but dog chicken breast treats from "Whole Foods". He is healthy - no diarrhea, no vomiting, no schnauzer bumps. It doesn't take much time at all to prepare all this - you can just put everything in microwave if you need to cook or into a boiler. Your dog is your baby, you want to give him/ her the best.

All I can say is that kibbles killed my dog. We tried many different types of commercial dog food. I would never feed any dog with that garbage again. Do your research and if you love your dog give him good/healthy food which comes in the natural form. Do you really believe that those dry balls contain all vitamins and minerals? Face it it's impossible. It's a chemical bomb, so the reactions your dog has after eating it are correct. You might be able to find brand name that your dog is fine with it. Believe me just because you don't see symptoms doesn't mean it is good. Please do your research and provide the right food for your dog. Love him by putting a little bit of effort and time into preparing good meal for him, preparing not buying.

I Have a Schnauzer and he is having trouble pooping. He gets into his pooping form and pushes and pushes and nothing comes out. I changed his dry food to a diferent dry food. Could that be the problem?

My schnauzer is 5 years old and does not tolerate dog food. She gets gassy and has diarrhea. She has had chicken or hamburger and rice most of her life. I had a schnauzer before her that was the same way. She lived to be 16 years old eating chicken or hambuger with rice.

HI, YES, HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH TWO OF MY MINI SCHNAUZER'S SWITCH TO SCIENCE DIET ADULT MINI BITES AND HAND FEED HIM. THEN MAKE SURE HE DRINKS LOTS OF WATER, DO NOT FEED HIM ANYTHING ELSE AND HE WILL GET BETTER FOR YOU.
PS, STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE FOOD AS I WENT THAT ROUTE FIRST THEN THEY STARTED TO THROW UP PROFUSELY WITH THE RUNS, WAS NOT FUN AT ALL, I WAS SO WORRIED THEY WOULD SURELY DIE. I STILL HAVE THE ONE MALE, THE OTHER I GAVE AWAY AND NO MORE PROBLEMS ON THE SCIENCE DIET. HAND FEEDING I SUGGESTED AS IT WILL SLOW DOWN HIS EATING. GOOD LUCK! WORKED FOR US!

HI, YES, HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH TWO OF MY MINI SCHNAUZER'S SWITCH TO SCIENCE DIET ADULT MINI BITES AND HAND FEED HIM. THEN MAKE SURE HE DRINKS LOTS OF WATER, DO NOT FEED HIM ANYTHING ELSE AND HE WILL GET BETTER FOR YOU.

Try "GRAIN-FREE" food.

Also, adding canned pumpkin to the food helped keep it firm

I have a standard schnauzer that had the same sort of problems at 4 months (he is now 7 months). I kept contributing it to eating dirt (although he didn't eat much of it). The only thing that seems to have worked is FortiFlora by Purina. It's the probiotic daily treatment that you sprinkle on their food. You can buy it online or from a vet, it's new and has kept him diarrhea free for a month now.

Indoor pets don't need vitamins unless they are unhealthy or losing hair. Alternate with canned beef stew/cooked hamburger and turkey/reg. tuna/canned dark chicken/cheap fresh fish
steamed and filletted. NEVER, that's NEVER buy canned pet food again. There is NOTHING in it that your pet needs...or truly wants, that's good for him/her. If you love your pet, fed them less often and better quality. If you must, add cooked rice and corn to the meats. Your pets will thank you for it and
live a ripe old age without all the hyperactivity and hunger gulping. God bless you. : )

My mother has a small Westie and he also has problems with dog food and most people food. For the last 6 years she has been cooking chicken, rice and beans for him. The chicken is roasted, all skin and fat removed, and chopped up small. She boils the rice and veggies. Freezes this mix up in 1 cup portions for her pup. He eats 1/2 cup a day and has had no problems. The vet called it a sensitive stomach, common in some small breeds. During his 'episodes' he also had vomiting and was very lethargic. Any other food, he gets sick. If it works for you, keep cooking the chicken for him. Good luck.

You might just have to stick with the chicken. When our pup was 6 mths. old she got parvo and as she recovered she would not eat...we cooked, boiled chicken thighs and cut them up. She is now 13 and that it what she has eaten all her life. It is cheaper than dog food. A pack of 14-16 thighs cost about 3 or 4 dollars at Sams or Costco. I boiled them in a big pot about once every two weeks and wrap them in wax paper, she gets one a day. It is a little extra trouble, but I can imagine it would be no more trouble than cleaning up runny poop all the time.
Plus you have the added bonus of the chicken broth which has always been used to great ends here at this house...and if I get too much on hand, I give it to someone.
As I said, it is some extra trouble, but then so were my kids and they didn't give me near the pleasure that this dog has!!

I have been told they can not eat food with corn products in it.We get ours food at the farm supply and it says no corn on it.It is a dry food.May have to get it at a pet store.I could not find any at Wal-mart without corn

I have Bichons and they vomit everything but "Little Cesars" dog food. They eat two cans each a day and I don't buy the ones that say "flavored". They are 71 cents at walmart and 72 cents at target. Kroger charges close to a dollar a can. I tried all the specialty dog foods, dry and wet and this is the only one that works for us. I also fix them peanut butter and crackers for snacks. I am so glad that Little Cesar wasn't included in the recall (so far).