How to transition my puppy from cooked food to dog food without loose stool?

Poor Koby! You can switch his diet to the new food and transition directly from the bland diet. Make the transition over 5 to 7 days. If Koby continues to have loose stool after a couple days on the diet, I recommend to have him seen by the veterinarian. Sometimes stress can allow bacterial overgrowth and the bacteria will cause a continued diarrhea. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions!

Poor Murphy, he sounds very sensitive! Limiting change to the adult, chicken version may help if available and a probiotic paste can be very helpful for any diet transition. In sensitive pets, a 10% change every 3-5days can help reduce upsets. In large breed dogs, puppy food is ok up to 15months so there is no immediate hurry

I would switch him to plain boiled boneless, skinless chicken and white rice for a little while to see if this settles his tummy. If it improves, I would SLOWLY start to transition him to a new puppy food. I like science diet and royal canin. These are diets that have been around for a long time with the proper studies to back them up. I would also put him on a probiotic like purina fortiflora or proviable to see if this helps. If he is continuing to have loose stools, I would have your vet take a look at him to rule out parasites including giardia. Your vet will be able to do additional diagnostics if needed as well. They will be able to get him on the proper treatment to help him feel better as soon as possible. I hope this helps!

Yes, you should have transitioned her slowly over a few days from the rice and chicken to the new food. So start all over again: Fast Meisha again for 12 hours, then feed bland food such as boiled rice with boiled boneless white chicken meat in small quantities over several feeds a day,. Do this for a day, then start replacing small quantities of rice with her Blackhawk food over the next two days until she is at the normal quantity of her regular food. If the diarrhea does not go away by the end of the third day, or your Meisha is lethargic and dehydrated,you will need to take her to a veterinarian for an exam.

No. That is not normal. I recommend to try a different food. Some diets are just too rich for some pets. Try something like Royal Canin. In general this diet line tends to be very easy to break down and does not contain a lot of excessive fillers. Many dogs do wonderful on this diet line. Make sure to transition the diet slowly and you will know within one month if she will do well on this diet or not. I hope this is helpful and please feel free to post any additional questions.

As long as the stool was normal or close to normal, you can begin the transition back to the regular diet. Ideally, it should take 7-10 days to transition back. See how Teddy does tomorrow. If the stool is getting looser or more bloody, go back to a bland diet until it isn't, then restart the transition. Call your vet also and let him or her know that Teddy has loose/bloody stool again. A recheck may be recommended.

If you intend to transition to a new food, do it this way: I would fast Lou for 24 hours and then put him on bland food for two days, such as boiled white rice and boiled white boneless chicken meat, fed in small quantities over several feeds and then transition back to regular food slowly over a few days. This should work.

The loose stool could be from his diet, parasites, infection, or something he ate. Your vet can test a stool sample for parasites and then prescribe a dewormer, if needed. You could also add a probiotic, Fortiflora or Proviable to his food and see if that helps. Blue Wilderness is a good high quality food so changing to that might help, too. You should gradually change food by mixing his old food in with the new as abrupt diet change can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

If you suddenly switched his food without a gradual changeover, it can definitely cause digestive upset. I would pick up all food and then offer a bland meal of boiled chicken and rice to see if it helps settle his stomach, then try to feed his original diet until you decide on a new food. Products such as Science Diet, Purina, Royal Canin, etc all offer very high-quality foods and focus on a variety of issues such as sensitive stomachs, large breed, etc. When you do switch food, you'll want to switch over a period of 7-9 days, gradually adding in more of the new food each time, to help reduce the chances of digestive upset. if reverting to the old food doesn't help, or the GI upset worsens, a vet check and stool sample are best to rule out common issues such as parasites, allergies, etc that could be causing your pup's distress.

Yes, I suggest you get him a probiotic to add to the food. Use the probiotic with the chicken and rice (no puppy food) for about 4 days and then go back to trying to transition him back to the puppy food. I like this probiotic. I think it is the best. Feed one packet on the food daily. It comes as a box of 30 packets and I would give it for the entire 30 days. http://www.allivet.com/p-1130-purina-pro-plan-veterinary-diets-fortiflora-dog-supplement-box-of-30.aspx If you can't get Fortilfora then you can use any probiotic made for dogs. No human ones or dairy products. Hope this helps. Best wishes.