I've got three dogs, a Yorkie, Pomeranian, and Shih Tzu.
I transitioned them for about 1.5 to 2 months to Wellness Small Breed. They were fine and once in a while would have slighly loose stools, but I thought that was because of the transition.
But for the last week or so, they have gone to Wellness 100%. I give them Wellness canned and dry food. I did transition them over to the canned food when I was working them over to the Wellness dry food.
My Yorkie had mucuosy diarrhea and my Pomeranian is incredibly runny, it's like pudding.
As for my Shih Tzu, Monday his stool was okay, but I haven't been able to see how it's been since I haven't been able to walk him due to all the rain. I noticed though that sometimes his stool was loose during the transition and sometimes it was fine. But I know the other two are having diarrhea b/c their ends were quite messy and the Pom went on his bed in his kennel, something he never does.
I've read that this may be some kind of "detox" that they are going through after switching from a low quality food (Science Diet Light and Senior for the Yorkie).???
I was really excited about this brand, it's got all the ingredients I was looking for. It's the only one I've found thus far with both Chondroiton Sulfate and Glucosamin Hydrochloride. I've read that this can help my Yorkie's collapsing trachea issue and my Pom's weak legs. But I also read that this is not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO.
Has anyone's dog(s) have this kind of reaction before it got better when switching to Wellness? I've got them back on Halo since they were fine with it when I was mixing Halo with Wellness. The store clerk did say that it may be too rich for them and she's had a lot of customers return Wellness due to the diarrhea issues.
Also, any other recommendations? I'm looking at Blue Buffalo Small Breed since it's got the Glucosamine Hydrochloride in it and has some good ingredients. The only thing I'm concerned was that on dogfoodanalysis.com, it said the black malted barley may cause yeast issues. My Shih Tzu and Yorkie have this issue in their eye area and it decreased when I switched from SD and the yeast is something I want to avoid. Also read the lifesource bits are kind of hard and my Yorkie does not have teeth, so I'm bit concerned about that. She eats 3/4 wet and 1/4 dry food. Thanks.
I transitioned them for about 1.5 to 2 months to Wellness Small Breed. They were fine and once in a while would have slighly loose stools, but I thought that was because of the transition.
But for the last week or so, they have gone to Wellness 100%. I give them Wellness canned and dry food. I did transition them over to the canned food when I was working them over to the Wellness dry food.
My Yorkie had mucuosy diarrhea and my Pomeranian is incredibly runny, it's like pudding.
As for my Shih Tzu, Monday his stool was okay, but I haven't been able to see how it's been since I haven't been able to walk him due to all the rain. I noticed though that sometimes his stool was loose during the transition and sometimes it was fine. But I know the other two are having diarrhea b/c their ends were quite messy and the Pom went on his bed in his kennel, something he never does.
I've read that this may be some kind of "detox" that they are going through after switching from a low quality food (Science Diet Light and Senior for the Yorkie).???
I was really excited about this brand, it's got all the ingredients I was looking for. It's the only one I've found thus far with both Chondroiton Sulfate and Glucosamin Hydrochloride. I've read that this can help my Yorkie's collapsing trachea issue and my Pom's weak legs. But I also read that this is not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO.
Has anyone's dog(s) have this kind of reaction before it got better when switching to Wellness? I've got them back on Halo since they were fine with it when I was mixing Halo with Wellness. The store clerk did say that it may be too rich for them and she's had a lot of customers return Wellness due to the diarrhea issues.
Also, any other recommendations? I'm looking at Blue Buffalo Small Breed since it's got the Glucosamine Hydrochloride in it and has some good ingredients. The only thing I'm concerned was that on dogfoodanalysis.com, it said the black malted barley may cause yeast issues. My Shih Tzu and Yorkie have this issue in their eye area and it decreased when I switched from SD and the yeast is something I want to avoid. Also read the lifesource bits are kind of hard and my Yorkie does not have teeth, so I'm bit concerned about that. She eats 3/4 wet and 1/4 dry food. Thanks.
