Dry food for puppy

Jayisplay

Hope somebody can help me here , I have a puppy 2 months now, at first he was on gain puppy food and his pooh was mostly very soft. I now have him on red mills mother and puppy engage about a week and a half and it's still the same, can anyone recommend a food that could work because it's getting really annoying.

Liam McPoyle

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Knine

Jayisplay wrote: »

Hope somebody can help me here , I have a puppy 2 months now, at first he was on gain puppy food and his pooh was mostly very soft. I now have him on red mills mother and puppy engage about a week and a half and it's still the same, can anyone recommend a food that could work because it's getting really annoying.

What was his worming routine? Where did you get him & what was the Breeder feeding? Have you spoke to them?

tk123

Jayisplay wrote: »

Hope somebody can help me here , I have a puppy 2 months now, at first he was on gain puppy food and his pooh was mostly very soft. I now have him on red mills mother and puppy engage about a week and a half and it's still the same, can anyone recommend a food that could work because it's getting really annoying.

If your pup has had runny poo for over 2 months you should take it to the vet to be checked out. Are you over feeding by any chance as that can cause upset tummies too - how old is the pup and how often are you feeding it?

Jayisplay

Knine wrote: »

What was his worming routine? Where did you get him & what was the Breeder feeding? Have you spoke to them?

I am worming him every 2 weeks , I got him off some guy in Kilkenny , he is 4 months old now, no have not spoken to breeder but he was feeding him gain.

Jayisplay

tk123 wrote: »

If your pup has had runny poo for over 2 months you should take it to the vet to be checked out. Are you over feeding by any chance as that can cause upset tummies too - how old is the pup and how often are you feeding it?

The thing is it's not runny all the time, I would say about 70% of the time it is, and even at that it's really really soft rather than runny. I am feeding him according to the back of the packet of food which is 190g per day divided between 3 meals, he is 4 months now he is a cockapoo .

gmisk

I would really recommend lily's kitchen... We have a Frenchie and he hasn't had any issues at all, healthy and great coat.
They do puppy and adult food, dry and wet as well as treats etc

Jayisplay

gmisk wrote: »

I would really recommend lily's kitchen... We have a Frenchie and he hasn't had any issues at all, healthy and great coat.
They do puppy and adult food, dry and wet as well as treats etc

Actually never heard of that one, I will give the one he's on at the moment another week or 2 as I still have a lot of it left.

cotton

Can’t recommend acana highly enough. Had my doberman puppy on it, solid poos, shiny coat and overall did great on it. Have since switched him to the adult version, not cheap but definitely worth it.

Jayisplay

cotton wrote: »

Can’t recommend acana highly enough. Had my doberman puppy on it, solid poos, shiny coat and overall did great on it. Have since switched him to the adult version, not cheap but definitely worth it.

I don't mind paying a bit extra if it works, it's actually really getting to me he just done another runny one just now , I'm sick of bringing kettles of boiling water out the garden to pour over it as it leaves a mess trying to clean it up. Thanks for the suggestions , hope to get a few more, maybe il give the one he is on 1 more week, as I I read online it can take a few weeks to get use to the change.

muddypaws

You could be over worming him. At his age he shouldn't be wormed every two weeks. Did he have a heavy worm burden when you got him?

Bunnyslippers

The gain foods are the worst foods, nearly all cheap grain fillers which dogs can’t digest at all, I had to buy it when I first moved to Ireland as couldn’t find anything else locally for two weeks, the gain stuff gave my dogs bloody very runny poo for a month, took ages for their guts to heal!
I’d reccomend James wellbeloved or taste of the wild, the last two pups we’ve had have been on taste of the wild. It is more expensive but for certainly the first year or two when your pup is growing the most it is a very good idea to have a good quality food so they get everything they need. You can then move onto a slightly cheaper brand if you want. As with introducing any new food do it gradually over a week until you phase out the old stuff totally, a teaspoon of live yoghurt can also help.

Knine

Actually the Gain Elite foods and the grainless one are on a par with Jameswellbeloved. It depends which one he is using. Like mentioned above worming every 2 weeks is too often.

The Breeder you got your dog from should have discussed all this with you. Did you see the mother of the pups?

cocker5

Knine wrote: »

Actually the Gain Elite foods and the grainless one are on a par with Jameswellbeloved. It depends which one he is using. Like mentioned above worming every 2 weeks is too often.

The Breeder you got your dog from should have discussed all this with you. Did you see the mother of the pups?

No breeder he got him off a guy ..

Knine

cocker5 wrote: »

No breeder he got him off a guy ..

If the guy had a litter then he is a Breeder and he has a responsibility to any puppies his bitch has. I guess it goes back to everything about getting a puppy from a Reputable Breeder.

cocker5

Knine wrote: »

If the guy had a litter then he is a Breeder and he has a responsibility to any puppies his bitch has. I guess it goes back to everything about getting a puppy from a Reputable Breeder.

I know what a breeder is... he didn't state how old the dog is.. only that he has him 2 months now.. he could be the second owner.. that was my point

Jayisplay

muddypaws wrote: »

You could be over worming him. At his age he shouldn't be wormed every two weeks. Did he have a heavy worm burden when you got him?

I brought him to the blue cross and they gave me 1 large tablet and said to give him a quarter every 2 weeks , I have 1 quarter left not sure after that how often I have to give it to him, they said go back down and they will give me another one.

Jayisplay

Bunnyslippers wrote: »

The gain foods are the worst foods, nearly all cheap grain fillers which dogs can’t digest at all, I had to buy it when I first moved to Ireland as couldn’t find anything else locally for two weeks, the gain stuff gave my dogs bloody very runny poo for a month, took ages for their guts to heal!
I’d reccomend James wellbeloved or taste of the wild, the last two pups we’ve had have been on taste of the wild. It is more expensive but for certainly the first year or two when your pup is growing the most it is a very good idea to have a good quality food so they get everything they need. You can then move onto a slightly cheaper brand if you want. As with introducing any new food do it gradually over a week until you phase out the old stuff totally, a teaspoon of live yoghurt can also help.

yes a few have now said gain is not great so I defo won't be going back to that, I have heard of both the ones you mentioned , is it right that the better quality food the less you need to give them, il try the yogurt tomorrow or I've heard a teaspoon of sweet Potatoe .

Jayisplay

cocker5 wrote: »

No breeder he got him off a guy ..

Well when I say guy I mean farmer in Kilkenny who had a cockapoo pups for sale, Ye I saw the mother alright.

Jayisplay

cocker5 wrote: »

I know what a breeder is... he didn't state how old the dog is.. only that he has him 2 months now.. he could be the second owner.. that was my point

I bought him when he was 8 weeks old he is now 4 months old , he was with the mother and 1 other pub when I got him, I also forgot to mention I have never seen a dog eat so quick in my life his food is gone in about 25 seconds he barely even chews it. Anyone know if burns is a decent food as this was recommended by the vet.

Knine

Jayisplay wrote: »

Well when I say guy I mean farmer in Kilkenny who had a cockapoo pups for sale, Ye I saw the mother alright.

So you got him off a Breeder so. The Breeder should have given you a weeks supply of puppy food and some written care sheets advising about worming, feeding, vaccinations etc. You should not have had to contact him about the puppy. Normally the Breeder would be in touch regularly to see how the puppy was getting on & give any advice needed.

Unfortunately chopping & changing the food would not be helping. Judging by the Breeder you got your puppy from I would take him to the vet and have a chat, not the Blue Cross as such. It could be caused by an infection or Giardia etc.

CircleofLife

It may just be that the level of protein in puppy food is not agreeing with him, as some dogs do struggle with large amounts of it. I would try him on a small amount of adult food to see if there is a difference.

muddypaws

Go to a vet as advised above.

Jayisplay

Knine wrote: »

So you got him off a Breeder so. The Breeder should have given you a weeks supply of puppy food and some written care sheets advising about worming, feeding, vaccinations etc. You should not have had to contact him about the puppy. Normally the Breeder would be in touch regularly to see how the puppy was getting on & give any advice needed.

Unfortunately chopping & changing the food would not be helping. Judging by the Breeder you got your puppy from I would take him to the vet and have a chat, not the Blue Cross as such. It could be caused by an infection or Giardia etc.

He did give me a full bag of the food and u number to text for another free bag to be sent to my house, he has been on gain since I got him up until a week and a half ago when I changed to red mills, I think 190g a day sounds a lot so maybe I might try reduce it a bit.

em_cat

OP, please take your pup to a vet, continual loose stools can cause severe dehydration which has its own issues and can result in death.

It may be that your pup has a medical condition that is beyond the scope of food intolerances or allergies; a change in food can help with loose stools in some circumstances, however your pup could very well be having digestive issue.

Jayisplay

So I have tried giving my pup a spoonful of live bio you guru everyday and it seems to be working very well.

Jayisplay

Yoghurt