i feed her Nutro Ultra small breed adult an have actually been mixing in puppy food in with her food for the last couple of weeks.
I am also feeding her a can of Nutro puppy food a day.
in total she actually had 11.( i forgot to mention that she had another one)
the one problem she has right now is she has the runs..which is of course from the rich puppy food.
is there anything that people can recommend that helps with the runs?
thanks again
Neal

Usually for dogs that get the runs especially from a change in diet we would do a couple days of boiled hamburger and rice only, but that is probably not going to be balanced enough for her especially while feeding puppies. Its probably worth seeing/talking to your vet to see what they recommend. There are drugs that can be used that won't restrict her diet. Her having the runs is not good, any of those extra nutrients she is getting and needs are getting passed through her system before they have a chance to be absorbed.

Just adding some cooked rice to her normal food should help with making the poop a little more solid.

One of my dogs gets stress diarrhea, I feed her canned pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix) you can find it in the canned veggie isle. She loves it and it helps her out with a couple bowel movements. She is a black lab and I feed her about 1/2c, btwn feeding.

thanks for the input

do your research on puppy food, most vet sold brands are nothing but garbage, especialy royal canin.

here is a good resorce of dogfood ratings you can look through to get an idea of the levels of quality of different dry foods.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog-food-index-k.html


Steve

You gotten lots of tips now how about some pics of the little rascalls!!!!!!! :lol:

I agree we need to see pics!

That website doesn't list either of the high end foods that I use... your best bet is to talk to your breeder and find out what they recommend... they will know what works best for your breed... assuming that they are a decent breeder (some just feed cheap stuff to keep the costs down).

+1 :biggrin: