Pets
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
I need a plan of attack for switching dog food
My husband and I adopted a dog a couple weeks ago. Her foster mom was feeding her a generic Purina Dog Chow which I quickly transitioned her from to Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice (in the dark blue bag). This helped with her stool but she's pretty itchy. She's been licking her paws (not a TON, but still a few times a day I catch her) and scratches quite a bit. So, I'm assuming she's got some food allergies going on. But, how do I figure out what it could be besides buying a whole bunch of different dog food and switching it out and trying each different kind for a week or two? That could obviously be expensive! I know that a lot of dogs are sensitive to chicken, so perhaps I should switch to a fish based food? I'm taking her to the vet next week just for a wellness visit, but I thought I would post here and see if anyone has suggestions.
Re: I need a plan of attack for switching dog food
Do you know about how old she is? If she is older than 2ish, I would put her on a grain-free food.
If she is younger than 2, there are grain-free foods with a lower phos level, such as Fromm Surf and Turf.
I HIGHLY recommend Fromm Surf and Turf. The company is based in WI and none of their ingredients are outsourced from China.
They see us rollin'...they be hatin'.
Fish based is a great idea!
Love Fromm Surf & Turf. Another one is Wellness Core Ocean. If you have a Costco membership, they also sell a fish-based grain free food too (and it's cheap!).
With fosters we did a switch over about a week and a half. 3/4 old food, 1/4 new food, then up/lower the foods until you're at the new food 100%. You won't get diarrhea this way.