Best wet food for puppies with sensitive stomachs

[SirChenjins]

ChenPup is a bit of a delicate flower and the slightest change seems to set his bowels off. I switched to Arden Grange sensitive recently and it was brilliant - nice, solid poops, hurrah! He's not a happy bunny though as he likes his wet food, and getting him to eat the kibble is a bit of a battle of wills. Can anyone recommend some wet food for sensitive tums? He's 7 months.

Naturediet might work . We’ve recently swapped our dog over to this , we mix feed wet and some kibble ( Millie’s wolfheart) , he can be a bit picky but seems to like alllteh flavours we’ve tried so far and the poos are excellent .

I've not heard of that...definitely worth a try, thanks

For pups with tummy problems, I always use Chappie alongside their dry food. It stinks, but they seem to love it

Another vote for Chappie. My dog had terrible tummy troubles as a pup, Chappie is the only one that seems to suit her. I have managed to introduce a little kibble too now to make it more interesting. Whatever you change to though I suggest introducing it gradually with their usual food.

I'd heard Chappie is good for sensitive stomachs - but the mere mention of it seems to really upset some people! I'm happy to try a range of things though. Do you use it on an ongoing basis or just when your pup has an upset stomach?

I thought Arden Grange did a wet food version of their sensitive food?

arden grange wet food sensitive

Crikey - how on earth did I miss that?! Great, thanks for these suggestions - a few options to try

I'd use it on an ongoing basis on the theory they are getting a good quality dry, and the wet food is making it interesting. At a later stage, if they seem to get on a more even keel with their digestion, you can try other foods. I have a sensitive snowflake adult, and he would never eat kibble by itself. But we rotate the wet food between Burns, Naturo, Butchers grain free tins with gravy, and (kill me now) Chubb roll. Of all of them, he loves the Chubb roll with his whole heart and it actually suits him better digestively than high quality foods. My dogs are super healthy, great teeth, and I get told a lot that their coats look fantastic so personally I can't get too hung up on what they eat. Better feed something that they can get nutrition from than something you might as well put straight in a poo bag imo.

Ahhh - that Arden Grange food is for pups 9 months and older, that's probably why it didn't show in my searches

I tried the Chubb roll recently - oh boy, it did not end well and the garden hose had to be used on the back garden! He wolfed it down though. We rotate a Lily's Kitchen and Butchers wet food - he gets a couple of spoons in with his dry food at dinner, and breakfast & lunch is dry food - I've found too much of those wet foods don't agree with him.

I have a dog with a very sensitive stomach. Used to give her the Burns dry food but after having this for years she went off it and someone recommended Chappie ( wet food) She loves it and doesn't seem to upset her stomach. It's also much cheaper than a lot of the prescription foods for sensitive stomachs.

Chappie is now on my weekend shopping list

Chappie is an adult dog food so not suitable for puppies.

It has a very high cereal content and will not have enough protein for a puppy

How old is your puppy?

He’s 7 months - so probably too young, even if I mix it with some AG sensitive kibble?

Have you tried forthglade? I’m in a similar situ with my pup and thinking of trying this! Or butternut box x

We use grain free Lily’s kitchen and butchers- whichever we grab out of the cupboard. We also use grain free kibble- Wellbeloved or Harringtons.

DDog is a retired racing hound, his poo was like soup before we started on this! We feed rabbit ears and chicken feet as treats.

Have you pinpointed the cause of the sensitive tum? I only ask bc it took us months to realise our pup was allergic to chicken (which is put in blimmin everything). We now use Aflora single protein (beef, venison, salmon, anyything but chicken!). It's not wet tho..

Yep way too young for chappie. It is very very low in protein (and poor quality protein eg just meat derivatives) which is not enough for a puppy to develop.

If the kibble works for him soak it in warm water and it becomes like wet food - obviously let it cool down before you give it to him.

I would look at the ingredients of the Arden sensitive and then work from foods suitable for puppies that have the same ingredients.

So it is fish based and no grain or cereal (chappie is full of grains and cereal!) It has potato, sweet potato and chicken oil. Also has beet pulp which can cause symptons in some dogs but seems ok for you.

What is it he's sensitive too? Common cuplrits can be grain, chicken or beef.

You may get more success with 'novel protein' such as Eden wet salmon and pheasant. My lad adores their goose and rabbit wet food.

Working out what's setting it off is the key. Chicken is not FawkesPup's friend, neither is beef.

www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/wet_dog_food/arden_grange/356946?variantid=356946.1&mkt_source=1454719&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0PWRBhDKARIsAPKHFGiRCuvHTgQY8rYOOHtyL_1cb9sjFc7rzjFgENU2nSXQklRFITQUjFoaAiOnEALw_wcB

Or just buy the AG sensitive wet??

@PollyRoulllson

Yep way too young for chappie. It is very very low in protein (and poor quality protein eg just meat derivatives) which is not enough for a puppy to develop.

If the kibble works for him soak it in warm water and it becomes like wet food - obviously let it cool down before you give it to him.

I’ve tried that - but he knows it’s kibble and is having none of it unfortunately.

I thought the culprit might be chicken as the bland diet of chicken and rice the vet suggested made it worse so I avoid chicken based wet food.

I tried Turkey Forthglade which didn’t end well so tried a couple small spoons of lamb Forthglade tonight in with his AG - we’ll see whether he’s tolerated that in a couple of hours. I do make my own food with some mince, liver and vegetables that are ok for dogs and he tolerates that but again, I give that in moderation and mix in kibble.

Will score the Chappie off the shopping list.

@GuyFawkesDay - someone suggested the AG wet but it’s only suitable from 9 months. Thanks for the suggestion re the novel protein, I’ll look into that.

I have bought Butternut Box for my dog who is 12, she also suffers a very dicky tummy if she eats fatty and rich food.

She really loves the recipes and it excellent quality, it’s basically minced meat, vegetables and herbs.

She’s been absolutely fine on it, firm poops, no grumbly tummy.

If you did want to try it I have a code below that will give you 75% off your first box and 25% off your second.

Hope it helps

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Thanks @Bluepantsbigheart