Need suggestions for food. Baffled by Brulee's tummy

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erynjoyce

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Hello folks,
I have a 16 mo old sable, Brulee. Seems like no matter what I feed him, his stools are soft (mash potato-like) and he gets bouts of diarrhea. And, truly odiferous!!! I've tried him on Innova, Taste of the Wild, Evo and I can't remember what else. All of them are top of the line, generally grain free. The last stool sample tested negative. He'll eat anything. I don't know if the protein level is too high. I've been leery about adding too many carbs because Cayman, my last sable, died a year ago from nasal cancer.

If you have any suggestions, let me know. We're off to the vet this weekend.

Blessings -
Eryn & Brulee
 
I had Emma on Eukanuba small breed puppy, transitioned to adult. She is now transitioning to Pro Plan Adult sensitive skin and stomach formula, which the breeder uses for her adult dogs, and because she decided not to eat her Eukanuba. She has had no problems with soft stools or smelly stools. Try adding some plain yogurt to your dog's food - helps keep the good bacteria in the bowel tract working as they should.
 
Pumpkin should work as a short term solution, but clearly you need to get to the bottom of the problem.

I had my boys on high-protein, grain free diets and did not encounter an stool problems. Perhaps you need to look at the ingredients themselves. Some dogs do better on red meat, than white or fish and vice versa.

What additional snacks or supplements are you feeding?

When my son was a little guy, we thought he had food allergies, so we put him on the BARF diet, and then slowly started to reintroduce foods to see how he reacted to them.

You may want to consider doing the same. Boiled rice and chicken for a week or so until stools are better texture (I can't believe I just typed that! :dead:) then introduce food and treats gradually. As soon as stools get mushy again, you may have found your culprit.
 
Do any of the foods you've tried have a similar ingredient? Like maybe they all have chicken or they all have barley? If there's something that they all have in common, your dog might be allergic to it. Try a food that doesn't have that ingredient.

If you are unsure, then you can try a limited ingredient food. There are a few brands with limited ingredients: California Natural, Wellness simple solutions and Blue Basics (Blue buffalo).

My dog had loose stool after she had a stomach virus. She had numerous stool samples and digestive tests. Everything came back negative or normal. Many stool samples come back negative even though the dog has worms or parasites. They don't always shed worm eggs or parasites in their stool. I dewormed Bailey despite her negative stool sample. That did the trick. She's had normal stool since her deworming medicine. I used safe-guard, which can be found at petco. It's the same as panacur, which the vet can prescribe.
Talk to your vet about deworming if you can't find food that agrees with your dog. Good luck. I know how frustrating it can be.
 
I agree with everyone--I would stick with just ONE food, and see if the loose stools continue. If not, slowly reintroduce extras (treats, rawhides, etc) one at a time to determine the culprit.

We tried this with our pup, and it didn't work. So we decided to feed boiled rice and chicken (very mild) and she was even worse. We've since eliminated ALL chicken from her diet, and she has been fine since.
 
Saidy has had problems with that sort of thing since she was just a pup, I've found with her she does better on fish based foods. She had been eating purina ones sensitive system kibble which is salmon based and that worked really well for her, for the past couple of weeks she's been on blue buffaloes fish and sweet potato recipe and that seems to be working out as well. everything else we've tried has resulted in soupy poop and/or throwing up.
 
Did Brulee happen to get name from cooking? like creme brulee?

regarding odiferous stool- it is a sign that things do not digest well... there could be multiple reasons and you need to have a plan
- eliminate parasites- test and retest stool for all possible worms, some of them are kinda hard to catch
- too much protein will give pups diarrhea
- eliminate lack of digestive enzymes, this forum likes Vibrant Pets supplement which contains amylase, lipase, protease etc digestive enzymes that will help " sensitive stomach" and several acidophilus bacteria, you can find some other supplements with similar ingredients but VP is good.
- eliminate allergies, as many people pointed above, either home cook or stick with very few ingredients kibble for at least several weeks and see what might be the reason.
 
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