Dry food for a sensitive stomach.

[Pippin8]

She came with collards, then we tried taste of the wild & orijen. We've had her checked with the vet & she's fine, just has a sensitive stomach. They gave us fibre to bulk out her food, which has helped a tiny bit, but didn't recommend any food.

Ive looked into a raw diet but can't afford it as she's a large breed & would need a large amount at the minute as she's still a pup.

Any recommendations?

[BestIsWest]

We also use Burns and Fishmonger's finest for ours. He doesn't get on with grains at all.

[FuzzyFairy]

It might be worth introducing it back in then. Ddog went through a spell of not finishing his meals around 4 months. So I started picking it up after 20 minutes which resulted in him wolfing down each meal in record time! To slow him down again, he now has his meals from a Kong Wobbler or Buster Cube. It keeps him occupied too :).

What breed is she?

[WonderOnTheUp]

I have a large dog and used to feed Millie's wolfheart at a cost of £35 a month. His had a dodgy stomach, I've switched to raw (just natural range or mvm) and the cost is the same each month but stomach problems have gone (no more clearing a room out with his stinky farts too!!)

[NewYearSameMe]

His one didn't have wheat, it was the special one that only the vet sold, I think it was id (or some other two letter identifier). It did have a variety of things that might have caused a problem though.

[Gide]

Egg binds, so is useful for diarreaoh, I give my lot raw eggs. Hills is very poorly rated on the allaboutdogfood website. The first ingredient is wheat, I think, not a great start.

[NewYearSameMe]

My dog was on Hills for years, the one for sensitive digestive systems. It was ok but not perfect and his poos were rarely solid. It has egg in it and I suspected that might not have been great for him. He's been having Carnilove for about 7 months now and it seems a lot better, plus he likes eating it.

[Gide]

I would add back in a meal, at 7 months and a giant breed (?) she probably needs at least 3.

Careful with some dried foods: Chappie, Pedigree, Royal Canin all continue carcinogenic additives. If you can stick with Orijen, I would. You feed less of it than the other more easily available ones so it may work out as a similar price. If a slice of bread helps, give it to her. Some wheat/grain won't harm as long as she's not intolerant. Add cooked white rice, too, as a trial. It's worthless nutritionally, but might help firm her up.

One of mine is on Wainwright's trays and output is very solid. I give him nothing but that if his tummy is reacting to something, it really helps.

You could try the child version of kaolin from the pharmacy, sorts out diarreaoh very quickly, just don't say it's for a dog!

[Heirhelp]

This may or may not b helpful. My cat occasionally gets coltis and has a leaky bum. He does well on Royal Canin sensitive, they may so something similar for dogs.

[Pippin8]

I meant to add, she's 7 months.

[Pippin8]

She is only on 2 meals a day. She stopped eating her lunchtime meal altogether early on. I could reintroduce it.

[LetThereBeCupcakes]

That's a great point fuzzy, our girl is nearly 7 and still has 3 meals a day. She just can't tolerate larger quantities in one go. I always forget to mention it as I'm so used to it!

[Beedoo123]

We'd tried lots of things including nature diet and the sensitive diet on prescription from the vet... Eventually tried James wellbeloved, which we didn't expect to be any good for our dog tbh and 2 years on (touch wood!) he's been fine on it! He just has the turkey and rice version, nothing else, no treats so a bit sad, but he's so much better!!

[ineedamoreadultieradult]

It's not for everyone but if you think you could handle it I would try a raw diet, lots of lovely bone to keep her poos nice and solid.

[FuzzyFairy]

Just an idea but how many times a day do you feed her? Could it be too much in one go? Our pup was on three meals a day until 6 or 7 months.

[KittyBeans72]

my dog had a diabolical stomach and the worst messes used to come out the other end. the second vet we went to (Triage Pets, Mill Hill - Big up!) put him on Royal Canin GI vet diet tinned food and then the dry version and it soerted him out within 24 hours. it's absurdly expensive BUT it did the trick and allowed his stomach to calm down and now we're introducing other (cheaper) foods to see what we can move him on to as a long term solution.

[Pippin8]

She has been on a grain free dry diet. She has had a third of a pack of nature diet puppy added to her dry food as a trial for a week, that didn't make her better or worse.

Weirdly she scavenged 2 slices of white bread on a walk & it's the most solid she's been. I think James well beloved is next on my list. Just to clarify, I don't constantly change her food, she had collards for 2 months, taste of the wild for 2 months & orijen just a week so far.

[sweetkitty]

I think they are as they are grain free. Most are 60-70% meat with veg.

The best thing to do if you want to try Millies is phone them up, they are a small family run business and their customer service is excellent.

[Pocketrocket31]

I've got a fully grown gsd on raw food, it's good quality and cost around £70 a mth, I used to pay around the same for James well beloved... The raw is much better in my opinion :)

[DailyMailAreArses]

Are all Millies good for sensitive stomachs?

[sweetkitty]

Try Millies Wolfheart

[MrsJayy]

Chappie vet told us to give it to our last dog who had colitis we tried all the fancy pants expensive food and it was the only food that helped her she did still have bouts of upset stomach but it certaily reduced them.

[Wyldfyre]

Take a look at allaboutdogfood.co.uk.
Go for nothing less than a 3 out of 5. Look for a food with a named meat source as one of the first three ingredients and one without wheat or maize as a lot of dogs are intolerant to them.
Also worth remembering that as a general rule, the higher the quality the less you have to feed so a good quality "expensive" food can work out cheaper than a low quality "cheap" food.
There are foods that are almost the same price per bag as Bakers/Pedigree but are 100 times better in terms of quality (specifically Skinners Field and Trial and CSJ No-Grainer)

[FuzzyFairy]

We give our ShepherdX Grain Free Wainwrights (Pets at Home brand). It's single meat and vegetables and has a good rating on all about dog food www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/dog-food-reviews/0875/wainwrights-dry-adult-grain-free.

He thrives on it, shiny coat, chilled out at home, appropriately bouncy on walks, and vet says he's the perfect weight. They also do different flavours and swapping them doesn't seem to bother his tummy so we do that every now and again to keep it interesting.

It's about £36-38 for 10kg, they regularly have offers on it though.

[DorynownotFloundering]

Try a grain free high meat content kibble. Not cheap but you can feed less & as pp said try rice free too some dogs can't digest starches. Keep her for at least 3 weeks on one to be sure it does / doesn't suit. Sometimes it's constant swapping of diet that aggravates things.

[LetThereBeCupcakes]

We also use burns for our dogs, our girl has an insanely sensitive stomach and she's fine on it. We buy on subscription from amazon so it's cheaper.

Out of interest, what sort of fibre did the vet give? Presumably that agrees with her if she's improved a bit with it.