diet

Bland treat alternatives* when battling diarrhea? We just finished our first round of Panacur for Giardia. Benji's stools were looking better for a few days when I was feeding him chicken with broth to get him to take his medicine. After we finished, I started to add regular kibble back in to...

I bought a pitbull almost two years ago, and I've seen bumps show up periodically under his body, on his chest and neck and on his inner legs. When I bought the dog I knew this was a specific problem, I had to sign a contract. "We*the Breeder (Poulsen’s Painted Pitbulls) feel you the Buyer...

Hey all, my puppy, Maggie, is about 4 months and she's a pitbull-border collie mix. I've noticed recently - although I don't think this is a recent problem as I had vaguely noticed it before - that her stool is very soft and smells horrible. Her gas has the same smell, and both are a horrible...

Earlier this summer Levi weighed in at 16.1 lbs. His ideal weight is between 14.5 - 15 lbs. After a few months of trial and error I've finally on a plan that's working well for him and yesterday he weighed in at around 15.3-15.4 so I'm quite happy. Up until the attempted weight loss he use to...

I think housebreaking (if he needed it) a blind, deaf, confused 16 year old mutt would be impossible but not a stubborn old 12 year old female Chihuahua Dachsund mix... She's just a Lil Princess who refuses to get her Paws wet, who barks at the neighbor's dogs while we DO have that perfect...

So our adopted dog was spoiled rotten in the first few months with us, and she put on about 10 pounds (she now weighs 65 and should be under 60). We've cut back on her food but the poor thing is now STARVING all the time. We've upped her exercise, too, and that helped a bit, but not enough...

At Levi's last vet visit he weighed in at 14.6 lbs. Ideally he shouldn't be more than 13. Only about 3 months prior he was a little over 12. But i'm happy with him being anywhere between 12-13. Determined to help him lose about 2 lbs, I've been strict about how much food he gets, almost...

I met a dog that was on what his owners called "The People Food Diet". He only ate what his people ate. I went to a friends house for dinner and was surprised when they gave their dog a heaping bowl of penne with vodka sauce (topped with grated romano of course). They got very defensive when I...

Hi there! I have two small dogs who have separate problems, but I'm hoping to find a food that I can try to get them both on. Our first dog ("Goose", male/neutered, Chihuahua Mix, 7 years), had a bladder infection/struvite crystals in his urine about 3.5-4 years ago. He was given antibiotics...

Here is my situation. I did not know that this dog was pregnant and I'm a full time student. I've had the dog for 4 weeks now and I was only giving her 4 cups of dry dog food a day. I just uppded her food intake to 6 cups a day since I was informed that she was actually pregnant. Now my question...

My Clumber is 7 years old, low activity, but loves to play around the house with her toys. Spends most of the day napping. She has very mild hip dysplasia. It's not uncomfortable for her, but she cannot jump, and I would like for her to be on a food that is good for her joints. With the recent...

I don't know if anyone will actually even read this... or respond... but I'm desperate. I'm new here and just joined this site because I need advice. I work with a Pit Bull rescue here in Oklahoma... One of the dogs there (Bark Vader) is one that I helped to get off the streets. He's the...

I have a 4 year old male blue merle bobtail Aussie named Ace. I have had him since he was 3 months old. I saved him from being euthanized and he has grown to be my little buddy. The first couple years I had him I tried hard to keep him active and taught him tricks etc..I understand he is a high...

Hey, I'm new to this raw food thing, and have only been doing it for a few months now (I've kind of lost track of when I started). Basically I switched because I was spending at least 150$ per month feeding kibble and my two little dogs didn't even want to eat it. I read about raw food and saw...

Hello, I am new here and this is my first post! This is also the first dog i've ever owned and I would love him to be extra healthy.. I'd like to thank everyone in advance who responds to this post and helps me out, I appreciate it. I have a 7 month old french bulldog, and this is what i am...

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum and I'm writing to you all in utter heartbreak. I met my sweet little shihpoo at 3 months and found out at 4 months that he was in kidney failure. We were already madly in love at the point so there is no way I was giving up. We changed his diet to K/D...

I have 3 dogs. A 2-year-old, 13lb Pekingese, a 60lb English bulldog who is also 2, and a 27lb, 10-week-old Great Dane. I am looking into getting them all the best dog food money can buy. I hate buying their foods from wal mart. I wouldnt eat crap for supper, so I dont want them to either. What...

Hello everybody! This is actually my very first post so I'm super new here. The main reason why I finally joined a dog forum is because of the cancer hemangiosarcoma my dog was diagnosed with. Sorry if my english is bad, it's not my first language. My 11 year old dog Picolo was diagnosed...

I am in Lower Sixth and doing an Extended Project Qualification attempting to answer the questions "How does diet affect canine epilepy? And can it be used as a measure to control it?" As part of my primary research I have devised a questionnaire, which I need as many people to complete as...

Hi everyone, I recently switched Butters to a raw food diet, using Nature's Variety Instinct Raw, right now she's trying chicken and duck and loving it!! Anyway, I don't know much about the raw diet and I was wondering for those that are super health-conscious for their doggies, what they feed...