Frequent Pooping?

[*LabLoverKEB*]

No problem. We had our nutrition portion in school about 3 months ago, and learned about many different kinds of pet foods. I'm not in any way saying science diet is the best food, but I do believe they make great foods for animals that help maintain their health issues!
I agree with corn as an ingredient, many animals are allergic to it, and it's just a filler that really doesn't do anything. I'll mention California Natural to my instructor, thanks!

[wolf_Q]

No idea if it's just my dogs or not but I switched them from Wellness Lamb to Avoderm Lamb and I'm not sure if they actually poop less frequently but they are considerably smaller poops, with all three dogs. They've done really well on it too, its sold at Petco for sure likely at Petsmart too.

[MonicanHonda]

Oh, are you in vet school??!!! Or tech school or something!??!! Ugh, I'm nervous because I apply this summer/fall. >.>

I like Avoderm too... good food, but I don't think it's at Petsmart... I think really the only good foods Petsmart sells is Blue Buffalo and I think they just started selling Castor and Pullox which isn't bad.

[dab_20]

Thanks everyone for the info and comments. I have seen Blue Buffalo there and they have commercials on TV now too... I may look into that!

[dab_20]

What do you guys know about Royal Canin? My brother feeds that to Springen, it has a kind that is especially for Boxers. Good or no?

[king2005]

digi poops once a day & its really small & well formed... I spend about $7/week or less for her raw diet. she lovs it & has no allergy reactions to it cause i can control it 100% this way.

[MonicanHonda]

Well, Royal Canin's breed specific meals are a joke (nothing makes them special), but RC is a bit better than Science Diet I suppose.

*Sigh* I fear I must take back the recommendation of California Natural as a good pet food. I just found out today that Natura has been sold to Proctor and Gamble... the makers of some very bad foods out there. Euk and Iams used to be decent foods but once PandG got their greedy hands on them, they went downhill... Now I fear that Natura may do the same (Evo, Cal Nat, etc.)

[bckrazy]

What do you guys know about Royal Canin? My brother feeds that to Springen, it has a kind that is especially for Boxers. Good or no?

Royal Canin and Science Diet are both VERY BAD foods... they consist primarily of lower-than-cattle-feed-grade fillers, and the little "meats" they use are rejected scraps. Nutro Ultra is just a step above that, as it's still packed with grains and has very low meat content at all.

Corn Meal
Chicken By-product Meal
Animal Fat
Soybean Mill Run

Those are the first 4 ingredients in SD, and it gets worse from there. Chemicals, common allergens, etc. Nutro contains 3 types of rice in the first 4 ingredients, making the food primarily rice!!! That's a nutty price to pay for a rice-based dog food. This just doesn't seem like food that a carnivore should be eating, does it? A canine can only digest at MOST 25% of grains/plants. The rest of it is going to be converted into excessive, yucky poops. When you feed grain free, poops will be small, firm, and much less frequent. My dogs poop once or twice a day, never more, and they're very small.

I love Orijen & Acana... it costs $12 for a 5.5 lb bag of it, so it's about $2/lb. Same as Nutro Ultra! And you will be feeding much, much less of it. The ingredients speak for themselves.

Fresh deboned chicken, chicken meal, turkey meal, russet potato, fresh deboned pacific salmon (a natural source of DHA and EPA), herring meal, sweet potato, peas, fresh deboned lake whitefish, fresh deboned northern walleye

If you can't get Orijen or Acana, Wellness CORE is a low cost, quality grain free option.

[dab_20]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

king2005, I would love to feed a raw diet, but unfortunately there is no way I could get my mom to prepare it when I am not home. She just wouldn't agree to it

bckrazy... is Orijen & Acana a good choice for Sam too? Considering he was put on this prescription diet for his allergies? I'm sure I can find it somewhere... I do live in the city... I'll do some googling! I think there is this place called the Dog's Meow that sells dog food that chain pet stores don't offer. My mom will CERTAINLY be happy that she no longer has to pay 70 dollars for a bag of Science Diet dog food! I'm going to send this thread to my bro so he can read about it for Springen.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Oh, are you in vet school??!!! Or tech school or something!??!! Ugh, I'm nervous because I apply this summer/fall. >.>

Didn't see this until now.... oops!! I'm in a veterinary technology program. I will be an RVT! (Registered Veterinary Technician).