liljaker

Has anyone experience with Burns kibble? A small pet store here in town carries it and the owner (does her research, etc.) carries only high quality kibble and premade raw, etc. She loves Burns for the kibble. I was reading the packaging today and it's holistic, and lower in protein, supposedly easier on tummies, etc. Just thought I'd mention, and I did notice that even Whole Dog Journal rated it this year in their top kibble. Not sure how available it is; think all US-sourced ingredients and made in Indiana??

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mdwcarolina

FWIW Ziva at 3 months now was running really sloppy stools for quite a while on Blue Buffalo Wilderness Puppy (and possibly treat combos, or something else unknown).

I love the idea of raw by the way but just cannot handle it with my crazy work life, disabled mom care, limited fridge space, and general inability to find time and organization beyond the things I'm handling now.

So I switched her gradually to Orijen Large Breed Puppy. (Though I thought hmm, large breed? not so much.) Anyway, her stools have settled down and she's doing great. Really not positive that it is due to the food change, but at the very least the food is working well with her system.

CharismaticMillie

I also like Nature's Variety Instinct kibble.

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meghf

Hey Frankgrimes,
I'm definitely interested to hear what you decide to do and how it goes. My 13 week old puppy is on Orijen Puppy, no large breed. He came home from the breeder on a homemade diet and ee started with Acana Pacifica but he couldn't seem to chew the larger kibble so I switched to the Orijen Puppy. I discussed with the food store owner large puppy vs puppy and she recommended puppy. Now that I see most of you feed large breed I'll be switching depending on what I decide to do.

Anyway, we have a lot of the same problems, normal formed stool in the morning, softer stools at lunch, pudding type stools in the evening (can you tell I'm a nurse since I use the word "stool"). He also has really bad gas, so bad it clears a room. Now, he's never *knock on wood* had explosive diarrhea or anything but I'm not loving the pudding stools. So I'm toying with the idea of trying the Acana again now that he has the hang of crunching on kibble. We also have him on a probiotic, it does seem to help a little because if we forget to give it his stools are more soft. He's also going into the vet for shots in the next week or so and are supposed to take a stool sample so maybe there's something going on there that I'm unaware of.

I'm curious what you decide to do with Frank as it sounds like we're in the same boat. We really can't do a raw diet even though that sounds like the best option. We also tried to cut out training treats and use kibble for treats instead (subtracting how much we give from meals) as I thought maybe the treats were too much. That hasn't seemed to help a lot.

We feed a total of 2 cups per day which is the low end of the recommendation, he's 17 pounds and 13.5 weeks old. He's definitely a slender guy but I read that feeding too much can cause loose stools and sometimes he starts the meal ravenous but then has a hard time finishing.

Good luck with Frank!

frankgrimes

So I have decided that I am going to switch Ralph over (SLOWLY) to Acana Pacifica. The Acana is a 60/40 where the Orijen 6 fish is still an 80/20. So, I think by switching to Acana Pacifica (Only fish/fruit/veg) it will address both the possibilities: Eliminiate the chicken (possible allergen) and also lower the protein (He's currently on 80/20). I will pick up a small bag this week and start to gradually add it to his normal rations. I will keep you guys posted as I have read quite a few of you are having similar issues. I am going to cut out all treats (Even ones I think are ok) and just see if I can get his tummy in good shape and then reintroduce treats I have semi-determined are safe for him. Wish us luck!

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Luck!

My dog has an iron stomach, but I'm always interested in food & food issues. Keep us posted.

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dcyk

My little fellow just transitioned to purely acana pacifica, i feel the kibbles are a bit too big, and my little guy just gobbles down without crunching them.

I also feed him Fish for Dogs Treats and it's way smaller than the kibbles, yet he crunches the treats before swallowing.

Kloliver

Rango had the same problem with Origen, digestive enzymes helped but that was a band-aid so we switched foods