Anyone tried Gut-rite or Tree Bark for a dire rear

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Pup (4 months old) has a dire rear. It never has been really firm.

After seeing advice on here to look at whichdogfood.co.uk,, we have over the last 3-4 weeks slowly switched him over from Skinners puppy (chicken meal & maize) to Eden dry complete (80% fresh/dried meat, 20% veg, 0% grain). He has been on 100% Eden for a week now, but the rear is still dire. We have cut back on quantities a bit, less than stated on the bag, and that has helped (starts solid, but then runny - sorry if tmi!)

Called Eden for advice and they were very nice and spoke about pups body detoxing out the grain and getting used to a meat/protein diet and it taking time for his system to adjust and to stick with it just a little longer.

If it goes for more than a few more days they recommended trying Gut-rite or Tree-Bark powder. Has anyone tried these?

It may take a little while to settle after you've swapped food.

My pup (5 months) has had a bit of diarrhea since I got him; part of that was because I didn't have the same food he had been on before; so we had to swap to new food all at once. Also I think I've been over-feeding him, so am checking amounts - he's somewhere between small and medium, and I must have been rounding up a bit too much.

I've not heard of gut-rite or tree-bark powder. If I were you I'd keep up with the new food for another couple of weeks. You say you've cut down the amount and it's helped a bit. You might do well cutting down a little bit more if there's no change after another week or so to see if that makes a difference.

I'm assuming he's still lively and drinking normally? If not then you should take him to the vets.

He lively and drinking well, but whining a little before feeding time, I think its because he's a Labrador (who loves to eat) and the Skinners grain probably swelled in his tummy and gave him more of a feeling of fullness for longer.

He's 4 months old and 16.2kg.

Eden feeding guidelines don't really have his age/weight combination. For 4 months he should be getting 285 grams, for his weight he should be getting between 425-470 grams. We are currently giving him 330 grams split over 3 meals, he has continued a normal weight gain last week after cutting back food. I am not sure about cutting back any further.

Slightly better now, he's only doing 2 poos a day (previously was 3-4). Morning one is firm (and huge!) but one around 5pm is still very very runny, hopefully it's a sign things are settling down!

Firm at the beginning of the day and loose later is a classic sign of over feeding. I got caught by this one, as golden retriever pup ate (and stills does given the choice) everything in sight. We had feed changes, blood tests, meds with nothing found and it cost a fortune, but turns out it was just plain and simple greed.
Try cutting down a bit more, unless pup is underweight

Our dog is a giant - prone to tummy issues, he has the dorwest herbs tree bark and if seems to really help.

We had problems with our now six months old collie cross puppy's digestion from when she first arrived. We tried a whole variety of things and found that lamb based puppy food suited her better than most. However, eventually I saw suggestions on a few different websites to try Chappie (original) canned food. So we did and we haven't looked back. She is energetic, has a glossy coat and firm, easily picked up poo. And she really likes it.