Little advice if you have an older dog with loose stool problems

[NNN0LHI]

We have an older Keeshond dog who has developed this problem as she got older. So we eventually switched her to this dog food:

http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/

It comes freeze dried and you have to boil water and mix it yourself. The advantage to this is you can make the food as dry or wet as you need it to be depending on how much water you add to it when you make it.

If we make it too wet the old gal will have loose stools and need medication to control that problem. But if I take my time when making it and add just a little water at a time until I end up with a thick almost pasty very dry concoction the loose stools go away. No medication needed.

I think this may be a common problem with older dogs so I figured this was worth mentioning here.

It is good food too. Human quality. Enough so that humans actually do the taste testing at the factory where it is made.

Don

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

1. Are all the varieties good for the loose stools issue?

What type are you using ?

Honest Kitchen apparently donated a gift package of their products to the local no-kill shelter who put a $10 price tag on it at their recent holiday fair where I bought it. It consists of a 4 lb box of Love, 2 packages of treats -Nuzzles (Cherry/duck) and Wishes (haddock) plus a digestive supplement. I later figured out that the retail value is about $75.


Currently I add white rice to Buster's food and that has kept his bowels happy.

[NNN0LHI]

2. I switch her back and forth between Force and Embark

Just to give the old gal some variety. One is chicken and the other is turkey.

Been giving it to her for a long time and she is really old too. Never had a Keeshond go this long before. She has to be over 13 now and she still runs around like a puppy. Kept her figure too. Never got overweight or had a lot of medical issues.

I just began noticing that when I didn't take my time and be careful when making it and it was too wet she had loose stools. But when I take my time and mix it dryer everything is all good. I don't think it has as much to do with variety as getting the consistency correct.

Hope that helps.

Don