Ask the Frenchie Geek - Switch to raw dog food?
bullmarketfrogs July 19th, 2008
I have a GSD. He is 1 yr 3 months. When I got him at 3 months he was on Purina. I switched him over to what I thought was a better quality dog food: Solid Gold. He then started having diaherria. I then tried Wellness. Still no success he still had the runs. When I took him to the vet they put him on the Eukanuba Low Residue. He is not liking it much is not eating very well.I am considering moving to Aunt Jeni’s raw (I fed to my other GSD)… Is that a bad idea based upon the fact he is on the ‘perscription’ diet?Thanks you in advance…
I think I’d base my anwer to this question on what the ultimate cause of his runs is - food allergy or sensitivity, pancreatitis, parasites? I’d want my vet to give me a good, solid reason for having my dog on Eukanuba, other than ‘Well, it stopped his runs’.
Other than that, I don’t know anything about Aunt Jeni’s per se, but there are few digestive issues I haven’t seen clear up on raw (including my own dog’s extremely frightening pancreatitis attacks). I’d suggest introducing it, slowly but surely - perhaps a 1/8 cup additional per day, until he’s totally on raw. If, during that change over, you don’t see a return of his diarrhea, I’d say you’re home free.
Good luck, and let me know how it goes!
Carol
Thank you… They didn’t give me an ‘diagnosis’ other than alot of GSD have digestive issues so they put him on it and the result was positive.I will do just that slowly transition his food and see if there are any issues.
Again, thank you. I trully wish there were ‘vets’ that supported the raw diet. It just makes so much sense. In reading about the raw diet it said that vets while in training are not taught about nutrition. The same is true for large animal vet.
I will definitely keep you apprised.
