Dry dog food for sensitive stomach
Discussion
Several companies make foods that have no cereal grains, we used Millies Wolfheart (maker has their own website) for many years and have moved over to Wolf of Wilderness (made in Germany, bought via Zooplus website) for about a year now.
Poos are always good, dog's general health really good.
Both companies offer trial pack sizes, whilst these high meat or fish content foods might seem expensive compared to the usual supermarket brands they go a long way and may well work out more cost effective.
We have three dogs, i order a selection of different foods from WoW and feed the dogs a variety, we'd get fed up of the same food every day.
Other owners like feeding raw or barf diet, our Vizsla was on barf for a couple of years and one day just stopped eating it, that's when i started investigating the better kibble foods because the usual brands bulked out with cheap grains gave her the trots.
Poos are always good, dog's general health really good.
Both companies offer trial pack sizes, whilst these high meat or fish content foods might seem expensive compared to the usual supermarket brands they go a long way and may well work out more cost effective.
We have three dogs, i order a selection of different foods from WoW and feed the dogs a variety, we'd get fed up of the same food every day.
Other owners like feeding raw or barf diet, our Vizsla was on barf for a couple of years and one day just stopped eating it, that's when i started investigating the better kibble foods because the usual brands bulked out with cheap grains gave her the trots.
Edited by Smint on Sunday 1st January 11:22
Haven't used either for a while, but I used to feed both Burgess Sensitive and CSJ Dog food when I had greyhounds/lurchers with sensitive tums.
https://www.csjk9.com/
https://www.csjk9.com/
We've used Millies Wolfheart 50/50 Lamb and Veg for years with my Great Danes, It's the only dry food my big boy can eat without getting the runs.
Know quite a few others who have had similar success with it. Best thing is to give a new food a go for a few weeks and see how you go. Every dog seems to be different, particularly when it comes to which foods they'll enjoy or be sensitive to.
Know quite a few others who have had similar success with it. Best thing is to give a new food a go for a few weeks and see how you go. Every dog seems to be different, particularly when it comes to which foods they'll enjoy or be sensitive to.
Davies Ranger kibble in either chicken or lamb flavour. Had same issues with first dog so tried this. It's not boutique priced and has very similar ingredients to James Wellbeloved.
23 years later and on second dog zero issues with digestion or coat. Bought from Pets Pantry in 15kg bags. I'd fully recommend it based on experience of 2 retrievers
23 years later and on second dog zero issues with digestion or coat. Bought from Pets Pantry in 15kg bags. I'd fully recommend it based on experience of 2 retrievers
Thanks all, I've got some of the Burns as it's available from Pets at Home so I can get him started on it quicker and will see how it goes.
Looking at the prices they're all pretty much of a muchness with the exception of the Davies which looks like a bit of a bargain so might try that in the future.
We've had him on Wainwrights up to this point rather than the cheap supermarket stuff so were a bit surprised at how much he's struggling with his stomach/poo over the last couple of weeks.
Fingers crossed the Burns will do the trick (that and fewer Christmas treats!).
Looking at the prices they're all pretty much of a muchness with the exception of the Davies which looks like a bit of a bargain so might try that in the future.
We've had him on Wainwrights up to this point rather than the cheap supermarket stuff so were a bit surprised at how much he's struggling with his stomach/poo over the last couple of weeks.
Fingers crossed the Burns will do the trick (that and fewer Christmas treats!).
Our vet recommended Barking Heads Bowl Lickin' Chicken when our eldest was a pup.
They've changed ownership now though and have a different brand in, so I'm not sure how unbiased a recommendation it was!
Just have to be careful not to waltz into Pets at Home and ask for the finger lickin chicken as I may have done once!
They've changed ownership now though and have a different brand in, so I'm not sure how unbiased a recommendation it was!
Just have to be careful not to waltz into Pets at Home and ask for the finger lickin chicken as I may have done once!
SunsetZed said:
Thanks all, I've got some of the Burns as it's available from Pets at Home so I can get him started on it quicker and will see how it goes.
Looking at the prices they're all pretty much of a muchness with the exception of the Davies which looks like a bit of a bargain so might try that in the future.
We've had him on Wainwrights up to this point rather than the cheap supermarket stuff so were a bit surprised at how much he's struggling with his stomach/poo over the last couple of weeks.
Fingers crossed the Burns will do the trick (that and fewer Christmas treats!).
If you order from the place I mentioned it's nowhere near the sticker price and you can get next day delivery. Good luck whichever way you go.Looking at the prices they're all pretty much of a muchness with the exception of the Davies which looks like a bit of a bargain so might try that in the future.
We've had him on Wainwrights up to this point rather than the cheap supermarket stuff so were a bit surprised at how much he's struggling with his stomach/poo over the last couple of weeks.
Fingers crossed the Burns will do the trick (that and fewer Christmas treats!).
We put our Whippet on Wainwrights grain free and he was fine for a while then simply went off it. Moved him to Eden which he loved but it gave him really runny poos. He's been on Tails now for a couple of months and poos are 99% fine. I can't help thinking there might be better food out there for him, but we supplement with some veg, oily fish and treats we know don't upset him and he seems healthy enough (he's 13 months old).
wiggy001 said:
We put our Whippet on Wainwrights grain free and he was fine for a while then simply went off it. Moved him to Eden which he loved but it gave him really runny poos. He's been on Tails now for a couple of months and poos are 99% fine. I can't help thinking there might be better food out there for him, but we supplement with some veg, oily fish and treats we know don't upset him and he seems healthy enough (he's 13 months old).
Our Lab has had a sensitive stomach since being a puppy (he's 7 now).He started on the breeders recommended dry food and after trying a few others he's ended up on tails.com for the last 5.5 years and been fine.
Why not try the 1 month free trial? We knew in the first few days it was the one for him.
One thing to bear in mind (and apologies if I'm 'teaching my grandmother....') but chopping and changing foods won't help a dog with a dodgy tummy. You will need to give it a while on a new food before you can judge whether it suits. Ideally you would also have a 'changeover period' to gradually introduce the new food too.
wiggy001 said:
We put our Whippet on Wainwrights grain free and he was fine for a while then simply went off it. Moved him to Eden which he loved but it gave him really runny poos. He's been on Tails now for a couple of months and poos are 99% fine. I can't help thinking there might be better food out there for him, but we supplement with some veg, oily fish and treats we know don't upset him and he seems healthy enough (he's 13 months old).
You really have to make sure it's grain free. We used Wainrights for years with our old lab, then they changed the formula and introduced more grain, maize and our Lab had the most awful stomache issues and went off her food, which is when we found out they'd changed the formula after an expensive vets visit...
Don't touch it now
Just to close this out we've been gradually switching the food over and we're now at the point where we're using 75% of the new food (Burns) and 25% of the old food each meal and the poos are largely good.
First one of the day is fine, second one usually has a little liquid as well (but given that he's a hoover and hasn't yet figured out not everything he finds on a walk (half a tennis ball last week) that's no surprise really. He is at least getting better on this front and tissues are now eaten less frequently!
Longer term the plan is that we'll continue with the 75% and 25% mix to run down the food that we have and then we'll try adding in the Davies Ranger for the 25% and if that works he'll get one meal each of the Burns and the Davies giving him some variety and us some resilience that if one manufacturer changes their recipe we've got a second food we can rely on.
Thanks all for the help.
First one of the day is fine, second one usually has a little liquid as well (but given that he's a hoover and hasn't yet figured out not everything he finds on a walk (half a tennis ball last week) that's no surprise really. He is at least getting better on this front and tissues are now eaten less frequently!
Longer term the plan is that we'll continue with the 75% and 25% mix to run down the food that we have and then we'll try adding in the Davies Ranger for the 25% and if that works he'll get one meal each of the Burns and the Davies giving him some variety and us some resilience that if one manufacturer changes their recipe we've got a second food we can rely on.
Thanks all for the help.
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