Danny Nystrand
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Samson suddenly has started getting tear stains, probably just in the past week. My initial thought was that it's being cause from the dog food switch we made this past week (been in the hunt for the right dog food for more than a month now). Last week I started mixing in a newer food, Great Life buffalo formula, with his current food, Dogswell Nutisca Salmon & Chickpea (both grain and potato free- yeast problems in the past). I know Nutrisca is a great dog food that has benefits for diabetic dogs as well, but I was made aware of the fact on a thread here on ebn that it has no pro or prebiotics. I add yogurt to his food to take care of the pros, but the only natural food I'm aware of that carries the pres are bananas and Samson's not a fan for some crazy reason as he eats almost all other fruits. Anyway about a week into the change I started seeing the tear stains forming. As they got worse I also noticed that the pink inflammation in between his paws went away but they started turning an extremely dark blood red, kinda like the color of raw piece of red meat (purple/red almost). I switched back to the Nutrisca 2 days ago and no good news yet. I'm wondering if maybe it could be the Nutrisca causing the problem and it's just now taking effect as I can't imagine what ingredient could be causing this. Tapioca is in the Great Life. Could that cause this problem? How long does it take for the effects of these dog food change to start happening? I just started using Mal-a-Ket wipes for his tears stains and paws but no changes yet. Anyone else with any input? I really want to stop it at the source and not just find a temp quick fix. Thanks!