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My 4-months-old schnauzer puppy has digestive problems (diarrhea) every time we try to feed him dry puppy food.
He came to us from the breeder with a sample of Eukanuba Small Breed Puppy, and from the first day his poop was soft/liquid and he was gassing profusely (very bad smell). We had to put him on home cooked chicken and rice blunt diet that stopped diarrhea. After that
1. We checked him with the vet twice and everything was fine there,
2. We tried twice to gradually put him back from this chicken and rice diet to dry food; first, to Eukanuba, second time, to California Natural Puppy, and every time, it was diarrhea all over again.
I do not know what to do and we need to feed him dry food! He eats very fast, does not chew kibbles and maybe, that is his problem, but I do not know how to slow him down. Every time we tried to switch food, we did it slowly and about a week or so - he started runs at about half a portion of dry food, half of soft food. Otherwise the puppy is always happy and active, whether he has diarrhea or not.
If anybody ever had this problem, please, help!
Natasha from Ashland, MA
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Post By debbie. (Guest Post)
(06/22/2008)
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Post By Angela (Guest Post)
(04/15/2008)
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Try "GRAIN-FREE" food.
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Post By Megan (Guest Post)
(04/12/2007)
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Also, adding canned pumpkin to the food helped keep it firm
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Post By Megan (Guest Post)
(04/12/2007)
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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.
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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. : )
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Post By Vanet Uvino (Guest Post)
(04/03/2007)
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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.
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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!!
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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
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Post By Fluffyone (Guest Post)
(04/02/2007)
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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).
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