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Diet for new dog after spay surgery
Posted Tuesday, 08 December 2009 By Shelly Skoog-Smith
I'm adopting a dog on Thursday. She was spayed on Monday. At the shelter she's been eating Exceed dog food from Sam's Club. I don't have access to any of their stores but found online it is similar if not the same as Purina One. I refuse to buy Purina because of their awful ingredients.
Will it completely throw her off if I change her food with no transition? Or is it better to buy a small bag of (yucky!) Purina & switch her gradually?
I feed my current dogs Natural Balance Potato & Duck.
Thank you!!
Will it completely throw her off if I change her food with no transition? Or is it better to buy a small bag of (yucky!) Purina & switch her gradually?
I feed my current dogs Natural Balance Potato & Duck.
Thank you!!
Diet for new dog after spay surgery
Posted Wednesday, 09 December 2009 By Dr. Carol Osborne
Dear Shelly
You are correct about quality and the lack there of regarding commercial dog foods. I personally wouldn't recommend either but would consider an organic diet such as Natures Balance, Newmans, etc. Whenever you switch from a lower quality diet to one of higher quality it's not necessary to gradually blend but it certainly won't hurt
One way to switch diets is for example:
Day1: feed 75% old diet + 25% new diet
Day 2 feed 50/50
Day 3 feed 754% new diet with 25 % old diet
Day 5 100% new diet
Please keep me posted
Best Wishes
Dr Carol
You are correct about quality and the lack there of regarding commercial dog foods. I personally wouldn't recommend either but would consider an organic diet such as Natures Balance, Newmans, etc. Whenever you switch from a lower quality diet to one of higher quality it's not necessary to gradually blend but it certainly won't hurt
One way to switch diets is for example:
Day1: feed 75% old diet + 25% new diet
Day 2 feed 50/50
Day 3 feed 754% new diet with 25 % old diet
Day 5 100% new diet
Please keep me posted
Best Wishes
Dr Carol
Update on new adoptee
Posted Friday, 11 December 2009 By Shelly Skoog-Smith
Thanks, Dr. Carol!
The shelter was kind enough to give me a small bag of her food so I can transition her gradually. I've had her 24 hours now but she doesn't have much of an appetite. I tried some rice & she liked that much better than the kibble. She has terrible gas & mild diarrhea.
She's also lactating, collecting toys & guarding them (& nipping at my other dog that gets too close to the 'nest'). I assume this will go away when her hormones even out?
Thanks again!
The shelter was kind enough to give me a small bag of her food so I can transition her gradually. I've had her 24 hours now but she doesn't have much of an appetite. I tried some rice & she liked that much better than the kibble. She has terrible gas & mild diarrhea.
She's also lactating, collecting toys & guarding them (& nipping at my other dog that gets too close to the 'nest'). I assume this will go away when her hormones even out?
Thanks again!