[princessjazz]

Thanks for the replies. It occurred to me that my question better be asked differently, so I'm going to do a new thread for it.

 

[princessjazz]

Sad to see you switch from raw to kibble, especially being they were doing well on it. Likely your dog isn't taking in the nutrients in yet,or isn't processing the kibble resulting in larger amount of stool, and every dog will handle the change differently. Did you feed a prey model raw diet?
I don't like taste of the wild for the fact of the recalls, but many members here have had good luck feeding this .. If I were to put Duke back on kibble I would choose Acana hands down.. Canadian made, they use quality ingredients... You could try the limited ingredients line..

Hi - I did feed a prey model raw diet and it just got to be too much work recently. My boxer is a really messy eater and I felt that I was constantly cleaning up after her. And she's a very big eater too so it was a struggle to keep enough food for her on hand. We're also going to be doing some traveling this year and the family member who will be dog sitting for us wants nothing to do with a raw diet, so I figured it would be best to acclimate them to dry food now.

I'm using the grain-free food and she's actually been doing great on it. No diarrhia or loose stools at all. I think maybe I was unprepared for how much boxers poop. I think that's why she's so skinny!

 

[princessjazz]

I too had to move Duke back to kibble from raw. I felt guilty at first, but I now realize that having that added stress gone (we have a lot of other stuff going on in our lives right now) made me a happier person, so that's a good thing!

We are feeding the Acana Regionals line and I'm a huge fan! Duke is doing amazingly well on it. He has a beautiful glossy coat, his breath isn't bad, he doesn't have a "dog" smell (except for his feet). He also has nice solid poops on it and he only poops 1-2 times a day, sometimes 3 at the most.

Hi - How often do you feed Duke?

With raw I was feeding once a day but with kibble I started with twice a day - morning and evening - figuring that would be easier on her tummy and allow her to absorb the most nutrients. However, some mornings she's not very interested in eating. She keeps looking to eat at her old schedule. I wonder if it would be best to bring her back to that.

Congrats on the low poop frequency! :clap2: It's the little things that bring us joy... :dance:

And I have to admit, I'm much happier feeding kibble for now. It does relieve a lot of stress for me too.