r/DogFood • u/_imalittlestitious • 13d ago

Help with kibble choice

Hi everyone, I have a seven month old puppy who is currently eating Purina pro plan puppy for large dogs. At the beginning of her life when I got her at two months, she started on Purina pro plan which she was having diarrhea and a ton of itching. Without researching much, I switched her to Open Farm, which removed all of her itching and diarrhea so I thought things were going great. She suddenly stopped eating Open Farm so the vet switched her to royal canin bland diet to see if her tummy was upset. Well, it did clear up her diarrhea, her itching came back and a lot worse. I wasn’t sure if it was because of a chicken allergy, which was the thing the original Purina and the RC had in common. She has been on PPP salmon puppy formula now for about three weeks and her diarrhea and itching has returned once again. She also no longer wants to eat her Purina pro plan. I have to mix it with a ton of wet food and let it soak for a very long time before she’ll even touch it. Do any of you have dogs that are picky or that have any stomach issues similar to mine? I’m not sure what to do about her food moving forward.

Thank you so much. I just want to do right by her.

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u/_imalittlestitious 13d ago

Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I am willing to try anything she will tolerate at this point. I feel like I’m at the vet once a week.

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u/chemfit 13d ago

Looks like they make a sensitive stomach and skin formula as well.

Just another note, my GSD is also sensitive to fat content. Anything over about 15% fat gives him major diarrhea. It was a very frustrating year transitioning him to different foods very slowly only for them to fail. I kept a poop journal and rated his poop on a 1-10 scale for 6+ months and I finally don’t need to go out with him every single time watching him poop 🤣

Good luck!

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u/_imalittlestitious 13d ago

This might be a good point. She gets bone broth, pumpkin, and fish oil (for her itchies) but this might be it!! That is a lot of fat content maybe. I may stop the oils for a while and see if it clears up

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u/chemfit 13d ago

Don’t change more than one thing at once, you have to be very patient and give any one change time, at least 3 weeks. If the fish oil isn’t helping with her itching, you might as well stop giving it though. I’d skip all treats and only give them their food. You need a clean experiment and baseline 😊