I really need HELP!!!!!

[Holly Paterniti]

Ok, so I want to start Bear on a more healthier dog food without it being too expensive.......I tried to grade this Nutro Natural Choice, but I am having trouble............can someone PLEASE help???? Here are the ingredients:

Venison meal, whoel brown rice, ground rice, rice gluten, rice bran, poultry fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), rice flour, dried plain beet pulp, oatmeal, natural flavors, sunflower oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), soybean oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), dehydrated potatoes, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, L-Lysine, dried egg product, dried kelp, taurine, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, zinc sulfate, zinc protienate, ferrous sulfate, ascirbic acid (source of votamin C), biotin, maganese protienate, manganous oxide, niacin, calcium iodate, calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (source of vitamin B2), vitamin A supplement, glucosamine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), copper protienate, sodium selenite, chondroitin sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement

I have also noticed for only getting a 1/4 cup with his 3 3/4 cup of other dog food (Iams: yellow bag) he has had a lot of gas :( what should I do? Should I take it back or wait it out a bit? thanks!!

[Maureen W]

hi Holly,
try a website, www.gonaturesselect.com and see if Nature's Select might be in your price range. My experience is that it is in the price range of Nutro foods, except that it comes in 50# bags, AND they deliver! It's a delivery-only food, so you need to see if there's a Representative where you live.

by the way, some gas or loose stools can be normal if food is changed over quickly.
best wishes!!
~Maureen

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I see that you have chosen your food but I will add my 2 cents just in case someone else is reading this with questions. We have used Nutro with our 10 year old lab mix and our Springer for their entire lives and they have done really well on it. No gas, few poops, good health, etc. We began reading the food group information and thought we should change so we tried Dick Van Patten and another one I can't even remember. They were both ok but when we go for extended camping trips, they weren't readily available. When I read about Costco's Kirkland being rated so high and the cost lower, we decided to try it. We have also "graduated" Ned to adult food. So far all three dogs like it. None of my dogs eat every meal every day on any food. Because we are still switching over, we do have some gas. The product that they had the least poop with was the Nutro but......

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I have the exact same experience! My mini-poodle was on Nutro her entire first 15 years (16 th year on Rx food)and she was wonderfully healthy, teeth good, coat great, etc. I had Jack on it, and he had little tiny firm poops like from very small dog...all my friends with big dogs were amazed. Now that I have switched him, he still poops 2x a day and it is firm, but it's about 3 times larger! (Sorry if anyone is eating while reading, lol) I know that in humans, it's healthy to have big well-formed poop, so I'm not worrying. But I liked having less to pick up, LOL!