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    Diabetic Dog Food Recommendations

    Our westie was diagnosed with diabetes, addisons disease about 3 weeks ago. On top of all that, she is losing her hearing. Our vet recommends - Hill's Prescription Diet w/d Digestive/ Weight/ Glucose Management Vegetable & Chicken Stew Canned Dog Food [link]. This stuff is really expensive...
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    Homemade Dog Food Help

    Hey, we have a 16 year old Diabetic Dog. We has struggled with her insulin levels recently and in her old age is having trouble digesting and going to the bathroom. I want to move her to a homemade diet, mainly chicken and rice, in order to have more control of what she is eating, but i do...
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    1.5 yr old Bernese mountain mix

    Hello everyone! I have my girl on Diamond Naturals Large Breed Lamb. I've been thinking about changing her due to some skin and belly issues lately. She's been on this food since her transition to adult food at around 18-19 months. Any recommendations for a active girl who needs to manage her...
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    Has anyone tried Sundays for Dogs dog food?

    I’m looking for a new food for my girl. She’s 12.5 years old but still loves to play in the yard and run. I want to keep her active and healthy for as long as possible. Any reviews or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. 😊🐶
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    4 strong paws brand - thoughts?

    Hi all! We’ve been on this brand of food with our pup for 3 months now and it seems to be okay. He’s definitely a little gassy but I can’t tell if that’s just him being him self or if the food doesn’t sit 100% well with him. Our breeder recommended this food - we asked the vet about it and he...
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    Transitioning between flavours

    Thinking of changing up my dog's flavours for Purina Pro Plan since shes a picky eater. Has anyone had issues switching flavours without slowly transitioning? (e.g. going from salmon to chicken). I assume for formulation is generally similar. Also, has anyone tried feeding different flavours...
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    Protein need for a 6-year-old Labrador?

    3 months ago we adopted a 5-year-old Labrador (turned 6 in April). Our lovely Lab is doing great and enjoying his new life. From the beginning on we fed him Taste of the Wild, but after reading about the DCM cases and the lack of research (at least published) by TotW, we decided to switch to...
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    Chicken allergies & PPP shredded beef

    Hi! Does anyone here successfully feed their dog with chicken allergies Purina Pro Plan shredded beef? It has poultry by-product meal which makes me hesitant. I tried to reach out to Purina to ask them but they’re not answering. She’s currently on PPP sensitive skin & stomach salmon & rice...
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    Prescription Hills w/d vs. Hills Sensitive stomach

    my dog was doing just fine eating hills sensitive stomach for several months/ a year. I have the prescription w/d on hand just if she has occasional loose stool, and it fixes her up so quick, and then i transition her back to her non prescription food. however- now as i’ve been transitioning...
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    IBD Dog Food

    My dog has IBD and we feed him Hills Science z/d. The problem is he’ll eat up the gravy that I kind of make with the pâté but leave the dry food. I can’t really afford to get both. Does anyone have a suggestion to make the dry food more enticing? Is there a plant based gravy that I could...
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    6yo Pomeranian diet change (around 6 pounds)

    My Pomeranian has been suffering hair loss after a very bad grooming experience. I have been massaging her coat with coconut hair oil and it didn’t help unfortunately. I’m hoping a diet change would help. She’s been eating Orijen kibbles. I don’t mind preparing and cooking food for my dog at...
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    Looking for resources

    Hi! I currently feed my 2yr old pit/shep (48lbs) the Acana Limited Ingredient Lamb & Apple, and I’m just thinking about switching to something else. not for any particular reason, I know there’s a bunch of drama about mars buying them, I don’t know much about that but my concern is that if...
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    Royal Canin Cardiac

    My dog is currently on the Hill's Science Diet h/d formula for heart disease, which is very low sodium. I noticed Royal Canin makes an early cardiac formula for heart disease, but it has "moderate" sodium levels. After some googling it does appear that Royal Canin makes a regular cardiac formula...
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    Equilibrio Grain Free - Good?

    Hey, does anyone ever heard about this brand, made by a brazilian company (Total Alimentos)? I'm feeding my 14yr old poodle with this one right now, and she's loving it. Despite of other grain free dog foods, aparently they use a better source of fiber and carbo, and at the sime time not going...
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    Puppy stomach issues

    Hi I have a pup that is 9 months old and he’s been having soft stools/diarrhoea ever since we got him at 4.5 months. He’s been to the vet countless times, was prescribed a hydrolysed protein diet and yet his stools remain terribly soft with a mucus coating. I’ve tried Royal canin, ppp, hill’s...
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    Tiny kibble, dinner time & Carrots!

    I am so annoyed at trying to figure this out. I've even asked people at all major pet supply stores... Which kibble is the smallest? They don't know! My vet only recommends what she sells @ $$$$, of course. TINY KIBBLE. I've been feeding my mini Shih-Tzu Bil-Jac because it isn't as hard as...
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    Best chicken-free kibble for small breed?

    Hi! I have 2 chihuahua mixes - one 10 pounds, one 8.5 pounds. One of whom is allergic to chicken. I’m looking for the best small breed kibble for them. Right now they’re enjoying Honest Kitchen beef kibble(which they enjoy but aren’t enthused about). I have spent hours researching brands and I...
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    Non-chicken based low fat dog food for pancreatitis

    Hi everyone, Our toy poodle had an acute pancreatitis 6 months and she fully recovered. However we are still on Royal Canin’s low fat (7.5% fat) kibbles. Now, we’re suspecting she has an allergy to chicken protein and she licks her front paws constantly. We tried a couple of alternatives but...
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    Dry dog food advice

    We have a 3 year old Pomsky. She’s always been a picky eater. She wouldn’t want to eat the same dry food again after a few times. She would gobble it down when the bag is new but wont even touch it from day 3. It has gotten to a point where she’d rather starve herself but eat the dry food. So...
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    Looking for some recommendations

    So between the 3 of my dogs we have an array of allergies. For about 2 years Zignature was our go to and then my Chi started having gland issues again. So then we were only using the fish flavors of Zignature. Still an issue, so we switched just her to Earthborn Holistic Venture Alaskan Pollock...
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