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Antoinette

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So i changed my baby boy to a 4 star food from his purina puppy food. As well as giving him natural bones to chew on. My question is how long should it take to start helping him with his smell? I was really hoping a better quality food would help his constant wet dog smell, as well as his wet poops 4-5 times a day...its been 9 days on the food and no difference yet. Is it possible i need to try a different one?
 

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It does take awhile. I usually give it 6-8 weeks.
 
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OK its hard to be patient. Thank you! grizzly loves to give hugs and cuddle and i just cant do that before work he has such a strong dog odor :(
 
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Yes im aware we may need to try another one. At first i thought the redness in his eyes was disappearing and now it seems to be right back where it was...
 

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Which food did you switch to? I'm curious! Did you switch slowly?
 
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we switched to Nutro maxx lamb and rice all natural puppy food. And yes we did the switch slowly half and half for about a week. :( he just has this strong wet dog odor we cant seem to get rid of and he just wants to be a lap puppy and cuddle even though he is HUGE LOL
 

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It could be that that food is just not as good of a quality, it is a 4 star food? I didn't think any Nutro ranked that high, they make some pretty low grade kibbles. [MENTION=2291]cowsmom[/MENTION] what do you think?
 

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I agree with Nutro not being a great food! They arent a high grade food and that could be causing the smell nd soft poo.... They have brands like Fromm, Earthborn, Blue Buffalo that are better foods with less fillers ..... I would def swith to a 6 star or at mininumun a 5 star. We currently feed Fromm and I always tell people to just try it nd see if it works well b/c its a great food to feed our bullies...
 

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I just looked up the ingredients and it sure has a lot of rice, three different forms of it. This tells me this food is mostly made up of rice. A bit of rice is okay usually, but that is a LOT of rice!
 
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I went to petco to buy Aveno and the salesperson told us the nutro maxx would be good too. I am so ready to switch one more time if its what will be best for him. I dont want to ruin his little ( big ) tummy........it looks like cheerios ( not very appetizing to me ) But i did imagine it was better than the Ol'Roy the breeder was giving him for 3 months YUKKK!!!
 
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correction I meant we went to buy Avo-Derm or merrick and we were told to get the Nutro
 

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I went to petco to buy Aveno and the salesperson told us the nutro maxx would be good too. I am so ready to switch one more time if its what will be best for him. I dont want to ruin his little ( big ) tummy........it looks like cheerios ( not very appetizing to me ) But i did imagine it was better than the Ol'Roy the breeder was giving him for 3 months YUKKK!!!

Oh definitely!!! Yuk is right!! :laugh:

If you want what is best, try Fromm or Earthborn. Both can be ordered through petflow, use coupon code englishbulldog , free shipping over $49

A lot of us here use petflow and their prices plus free shipping is so worth it.

The person at petco is obviously not a dog food expert....
 

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I went to petco to buy Aveno and the salesperson told us the nutro maxx would be good too. I am so ready to switch one more time if its what will be best for him. I dont want to ruin his little ( big ) tummy........it looks like cheerios ( not very appetizing to me ) But i did imagine it was better than the Ol'Roy the breeder was giving him for 3 months YUKKK!!!

It's kind of like the vets and food..they only know what gets told to them by sales reps. And it's amazing how bad their advice can be. I agree with above, try Fromm or Earthborn..:up:
 
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Thank you i think i will try something else. I just wasnt sure how change his food so much and i have only had him a few weeks will affect him. I dont want to make him sick but i do want him to have something yummy and good for him.
 

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