My puppy was weaned onto Fromm Puppy Gold, with a little wet food smeared on it to make it tastier. Please don't laugh, but at her well puppy check last Friday, I told the vet she didn't have diarrhea, because I sincerely thought that puppies might be like humans & it was normal for me to clean up mushy poo 'round the clock - after all, dog people had assured me puppies were a lot of work.
Needless to say, I eventually got suspicious & looked this up. I called the vet back to correct my mistake. They said that her stool sample had been negative for parasites, which, given the number of deworming treatments she's had, didn't really surprise me. So they told me to put her on plain white rice & chicken breast. She's been on it 36 hours now. It turned her stools yellowy-orange, but they are still mushy. There have been three since the diet change; they used to be every 1-2 hours or so.
I've been told it can take up to 48+ hours to work. In your experience, how long does the chicken-rice diet take to not only reduce defecation frequency, but also firm up stools? Also, what puppy food brands would you recommend? There are so few compared to adult. I'm interested in wet & dry, but not in raw or 'all life stages' food (which make no sense to me). Thank you very much!
Needless to say, I eventually got suspicious & looked this up. I called the vet back to correct my mistake. They said that her stool sample had been negative for parasites, which, given the number of deworming treatments she's had, didn't really surprise me. So they told me to put her on plain white rice & chicken breast. She's been on it 36 hours now. It turned her stools yellowy-orange, but they are still mushy. There have been three since the diet change; they used to be every 1-2 hours or so.
I've been told it can take up to 48+ hours to work. In your experience, how long does the chicken-rice diet take to not only reduce defecation frequency, but also firm up stools? Also, what puppy food brands would you recommend? There are so few compared to adult. I'm interested in wet & dry, but not in raw or 'all life stages' food (which make no sense to me). Thank you very much!