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My new lab is in heat. Help me. Any advice.
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 607244" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Jody, I hate to tell you this but Purina is TERRIBLE food! One of the worst! Junk food for dogs! Check on that dog food advisor website that Witz gave you - it's downright scary! Purina, like most commercial pets foods, is a CORN-based product. Corn is used as a cheap filler in pet foods. Dogs can't digest corn - it goes right through them and creates massive poops! But they still aren't getting sufficient nutrition from the food so they eat more and more trying to make up for it, and poop even more! It's basically no more than corn pressed in to little pellets that have been sprayed with a few vitamins and minerals and artificial flavorings. In addition, corn is a <em>very</em> common allergen in dogs and can cause stomach problems, gas, and skin issues.</p><p></p><p>The 4 Health that Janet talked about is an <u>excellent</u> food. It's basically a Tractor Supply store brand virtually identical to Taste of the Wild foods but not as expensive. I assume that it's also grain-free like TOTW. I still give my little guys the Taste of the Wild because I have three Bostons, one with a very sensitive stomach and another with a host of allergies and auto-immune issues and I've been hesitant to change their food since I finally found one they could all thrive on. But one of these days I'm going to try the 4 Health and see how they do on it. You also have to watch what you give them for treats. Most of the grocery store brands are also made of corn. You can find better treats in pet stores.</p><p></p><p>My Bostons are also very farty (is that a real word?) little dogs but there isn't a lot of odor. Their food agrees with them but theirs is caused by swallowing a lot of air when they eat because of the shape of their mouths and jaws. But on the wrong food, those little guys can clear a room really fast! You can buy special bowls in pet shops that keep them from eating too fast. They are made like angel food cake pans with a projection in the middle. They have to eat around this projection and it really slows them down so they don't swallow as much air when they are eating. But I would get him on a better food first, then look in to a different bowl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 607244, member: 1883"] Jody, I hate to tell you this but Purina is TERRIBLE food! One of the worst! Junk food for dogs! Check on that dog food advisor website that Witz gave you - it's downright scary! Purina, like most commercial pets foods, is a CORN-based product. Corn is used as a cheap filler in pet foods. Dogs can't digest corn - it goes right through them and creates massive poops! But they still aren't getting sufficient nutrition from the food so they eat more and more trying to make up for it, and poop even more! It's basically no more than corn pressed in to little pellets that have been sprayed with a few vitamins and minerals and artificial flavorings. In addition, corn is a [I]very[/I] common allergen in dogs and can cause stomach problems, gas, and skin issues. The 4 Health that Janet talked about is an [U]excellent[/U] food. It's basically a Tractor Supply store brand virtually identical to Taste of the Wild foods but not as expensive. I assume that it's also grain-free like TOTW. I still give my little guys the Taste of the Wild because I have three Bostons, one with a very sensitive stomach and another with a host of allergies and auto-immune issues and I've been hesitant to change their food since I finally found one they could all thrive on. But one of these days I'm going to try the 4 Health and see how they do on it. You also have to watch what you give them for treats. Most of the grocery store brands are also made of corn. You can find better treats in pet stores. My Bostons are also very farty (is that a real word?) little dogs but there isn't a lot of odor. Their food agrees with them but theirs is caused by swallowing a lot of air when they eat because of the shape of their mouths and jaws. But on the wrong food, those little guys can clear a room really fast! You can buy special bowls in pet shops that keep them from eating too fast. They are made like angel food cake pans with a projection in the middle. They have to eat around this projection and it really slows them down so they don't swallow as much air when they are eating. But I would get him on a better food first, then look in to a different bowl. [/QUOTE]
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