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Hi,
After adopting our dog Sylva back in May of this year, we've had quite a few digestive problems since we changed her food a couple of months after having her.
We started off feeding her Forthglade, but she didn't really like that and we really wanted to give her a wider variety of protein and offal, but without all the hassle, expense and work of a raw diet.
So, I found a really good wet food made by a German company called Rocco and it is a really good mix of different protein (Not all chicken!) and plenty of offal! So we switched her over (gradually) to that and she seemed to be doing really well on it, with a shiny coat and lots of energy...But, after a few weeks, she started, having quite runny poos and every few mornings, she would wake us up whining and pacing and be desperate to go out and then eat grass frantically for ages! It's usually every few days that she do this and she will usually eat grass until she is sick!
We had a thought that maybe this food that is rich in offal, may be too rich for her stomach, especially as she was in the shelter for around 4-5 years and was mainly fed kibble.
So, we have decided to start cutting down on the Rocco and getting some different food, probably Forthglade again and then just mixing some of the Rocco into it on a daily basis, so she's still getting the variety and some offal, but not entirely that. We have been doing this since the weekend and fingers crossed, she hasn't woken us up to go out and frantically eat grass, yet!!
What do you think??
She also gets a little kefir for good gut bacteria and garlic added to her food daily and she has raw bones a couple of times a week.
After adopting our dog Sylva back in May of this year, we've had quite a few digestive problems since we changed her food a couple of months after having her.
We started off feeding her Forthglade, but she didn't really like that and we really wanted to give her a wider variety of protein and offal, but without all the hassle, expense and work of a raw diet.
So, I found a really good wet food made by a German company called Rocco and it is a really good mix of different protein (Not all chicken!) and plenty of offal! So we switched her over (gradually) to that and she seemed to be doing really well on it, with a shiny coat and lots of energy...But, after a few weeks, she started, having quite runny poos and every few mornings, she would wake us up whining and pacing and be desperate to go out and then eat grass frantically for ages! It's usually every few days that she do this and she will usually eat grass until she is sick!
We had a thought that maybe this food that is rich in offal, may be too rich for her stomach, especially as she was in the shelter for around 4-5 years and was mainly fed kibble.
So, we have decided to start cutting down on the Rocco and getting some different food, probably Forthglade again and then just mixing some of the Rocco into it on a daily basis, so she's still getting the variety and some offal, but not entirely that. We have been doing this since the weekend and fingers crossed, she hasn't woken us up to go out and frantically eat grass, yet!!
What do you think??
She also gets a little kefir for good gut bacteria and garlic added to her food daily and she has raw bones a couple of times a week.