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Best food for dog with sensitive stomach?

Dog has problems regularly – episodes of vomiting up her food, losing weight, refusing food despite being hungry, etc. After $$ tests, two different vets don’t know what else to do except prednisone, which we’d rather not. Recently gave her some Castor & Pollus Natural Ultramix Lamb and Rice, which she actually ate – and seems to keep down. But this has happened with a few other brands – then the problems started again. Anyone have similar difficulties? Any recommendations re: food that might help?
Don’t know how to reply to the answers (any suggestions?) so will try this … Thank you all. We do provide boiled chicken and rice during the dog’s bouts, which helps. Will try the oils and pumpkin too. Sounds like lamb/rice formulas may be best long-term (?). This is a large breed, too…

My favorite foods for dogs with “sensitive stomachs” is California Natural-very few ingredients, so not a lot in the food that can upset the system. A few other good ones include: Canidae Lamb & Rice, Wellness Simple Food Solutions, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient.

About the refusal of food: Some dogs simply prefer not to eat every day. If she refuses food for over a week, then I would be concerned, but to go 2-3 days without food is normal and OK.

About the pumpkin you state you’ll try: Pumpkin is used as a fiber source to help with constipation or diarrhea. If you choose to use it, use 100% pumpkin, NOT the pie filling. Don’t add animal fat to the dog’s diet-that could make the vomiting worse-and then cause diarrhea, too-it’s not something that will settle the stomach. Mild foods will do that (like the one you’re already feeding, or the ones suggested in the first paragraph).

I wonder why the vets wanted to prescribe Prednisone-what were the diagnoses when you took the dog in? You certainly don’t want a dog dependent on steroids, but a single round of steroids won’t hurt.

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I get Mal-Tzu [MalteseXShih Tzu] breed of dog soon be the Eukanuba dog food, be perfect?

I heard Purina too, is it better? Should – I almost Purina and Eukanuba Please?!

Neither one. Both of them are of low quality. I would not give my dog either, even if I won a lifetime supply for free. Here are reviews of this food: Eukanuba Adult Small Breed – 2 / 6 stars – http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=108&cat=all Purina One chicken and rice – 1 / 6 stars – http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com / dog_food_reviews / showproduct.php? product = 258 & cat = all === Read the ingredients on the food you buy. Go with a food high quality dog. Here is my "short list" of rules when I look ingredients of dog food: 1) When I chose a dog food, I chose one high meat content. I want to see preferably at least 2-3 outside the top 5 ingredients be meat or meat meal (first ingredient must be!). Meal is simply the meat with moisture deleted. 2) I want to see more quality grains like barley, brown rice, oatmeal, instead of seeing wheat and corn. Or an alternative starch / Carbohydrate such as potatoes or sweet potatoes. 3) I do not see any byproducts. 4) I do not see a lot of expenses. 5) I do not see conservatives is believed to be carcinogens (BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin). 6) I do not want to see artificial colorings such as the Red, Blue, Yellow and dyes. 7) I do not want to see added sugars (sugar, corn syrup). I do not want to see mystery meats (meats identified only as "meat" or "poultry".) Here's an article about byproducts: http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=ingrd and an article on what ingredients to avoid: http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients — There is no food that is the * best *, different individual dog May thrive on different foods. What is the best for one may not be the best for the future. And just because the quality of food is good, this does not mean it will jive the best for your dog. What you want to know the food is high quality * your * dogs do best on. Here are some examples of foods High Quality: * Artemis * California Natural * Canidae * Chicken Soup Varieties of Plants * Eagle Pack Holistic Selects * EVO * * Fromm Innova Merrick * * * Nature's Orijen * Solid Gold * Taste of the Wild * Timberwolf Organics * Wellness Or check this website for good foods: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ (I recommend only feeding foods rated 4, 5 or 6 stars. Anything 3 stars or less, I would stay away from.) — The best food quality may seem more expensive at first, but it smooths. The quality of food, ate less expenses (and therefore less crap that comes out to the other end). Your dog eats more food of inferior quality to try to get the nutrition it needs, and most the food just passes right on through. In addition, higher quality food will make your animals healthier, so you save money on veterinary bills in the long term. — Stay away from store brand groceries. They are of poor quality foods chalk full of fillers, preservatives, dyes, etc.. (Foods grocery store are those like Beneful, Old Roy, Alpo, Pedigree, etc.) Beware "premium" foods. "Premium" does not always mean good nutritionally, and is not a food of high nutritional quality. Most of these foods have the same types of ingredients as grocery store foods, just a little better for those not so good ingredients. (Premium foods are those like Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc..) Another thing to beware of: many vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They simply take advantage of brands they keep on their shelves, so they grow. Truth is, vet schools do not focus much Nutrition. She said that the vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, many vets are simply said: "This the food is good, then they send the message without the knowledge of proper nutrition. Also, some brands of dog food (like Hills) support veterinary schools, so vets have heard of when they start college, which makes them think that is good. business Hills, the makers of Science Diet, are heavily involved in vet schools. "Hill's scientists more than 50 articles and chapters of the author textbooks per year and teach at leading schools of veterinary medicine "(Source of quoted section: http://www.hillsvet.com/zSkin_2/company_info/company_info_general.jsp?JSESSIONID=HMz2B3Jn3hv0rnSoxCobfbBhOec35ODG7yh5t3P0vcvhOtzRlQ9M!598359213 ! 167846923! 7005! 8005 & FOLDER% 3C% 3Efolder_id = 2534374302026072 & bmUID = 1196192566575) — "Big box" store like Petco Animal and Petsmart rarely have quality foods. (I think that Petco sells "Solid Gold" and "Natural Balance" brands and Petsmart sells "Blue Buffallo" which are all the better food, but most foods are not.) Also, grocery stores and Wal-Mart are not good places to buy food not more. Your Best Paris for dog food quality are: – small, locally store animals – dog boutiques – farm supply stores — When switching foods, do so gradually. I do this over a period of time over two weeks: 25% food A, 75% food B 50% food A, 50% food B 75% food A, 25% food B 100% food A.

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