if WAINWRIGHTS is such a good brand then why are all their flavours with RICE or POTATO..? - im sure someone told me on here that rice wasnt good for dogs digestion cos its not part of their natural diet and can be hard to digest (and could be reason for our 4.5mnth old pup farting) - we changed to veg & potato and the worker at pets at home (and someone else) said similar about puppys + potato and all the starch in it, the WW Turkey & Veg is 58% Potato, 29% Turkey Meat meal and 1% Veg - bit of a lie, should be called Turkey & Potato...

Bella's gas has improved slightly since changing, but were gunna try Duck & Rice as its not completely gone and the T&V costs much more (10kg instead of 15kg at similar price)

Why would you think your pups gas would completely go no matter what food they're on? There's not a food in the world that will produce no gas at all.

WW is a good mid range food, you get get premium foods such as Acana, Orijin etc, but unless you're prepared to pay premium prices, for either filler free wet/dry or feed raw, you'll always be putting some kind of filler in the dog.

It's just he way it is sadly.

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personally my dogs have rice, in fact usually when a dogs got an upset stomach the remedy is to starve for a meal or two then give, chicken/fish or scrambled egg and rice, as its a light resting diet, which being the case then rice cant be that bad. Alternatively some vets now say chicken/fish/scrambled egg and potato.

Some cereals can be a problem but Ive always understood the culprits more likely to be wheat and maize that can cause irritation in some dogs.

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I dont, that would just be stupid to think that?,
the reason for changing foods is because it was suggested on here because her gas started to get really bad when she was moved from a poor quality derivative type food onto WW Turkey & Rice, we were told (on here) it may be the rice and to try the Turkey & Veg one instead.

the women at pets at home also said once on WainWrights you can change between flavours to give the dog some variety as its all the same stuff..? is this true?

looks like we may have to move her from wainwrights all-together, her stomach is bubbling and making funny noises a lot too.

one thing weve noticed since putting her on Turkey & Veg is not only has her gas gotten a bit better but she has never left any in the bowl yet!! with the other WW she has had she has (sometimes).

Sometimes it can be the actual meat protein. One of my old girls who lived to 14 Plus had bouts of collitis in late life, a lot was caused by a back and neck problem that was solved with Rimadyl NSAID but the Rimadyl Long term use give her the collitis, but I found if I kept her on a diet of deans senior tinned and James well beloved Lamb and rice (the Denes senior was lamb based too) she was mostly fine. If I gave her the JWB Turkey and rice though then different story upset stomach and collitis. Sometimes its the meat protein thats the problem. Thats why one type may be better then the other.

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I was thinking that too - well hopefully it is, tomorrow were buying Lamb or Duck.. prolly go for the lamb, see how she is, i would rather try and keep her on WW as she has been on it for while now and im happy with the price and quality of the food, at moment we cant afford more as my partner is off work long term with work related stress and has to be changed job before she can go back so income is very low for at least next couple of months

thanks for the replies guys/gals...

Turkey can be a bit of a "windy" meat..... maybe the lamb would be better. Good luck!

NOt a massive fan of their kibble but their wet food is as good as any, in my opinion.

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But some dogs can't tolerate rice either, and get colitis if they eat it. I have one such dog. I remember trying her on the 'resting diet' to treat her colitis and it got worse because there was more rice! The potato based foods are an alternative for dogs that can't digest rice. If your dogs are OK with rice, that's fine. Some dogs can't tolerate potato but are OK with rice.

Likewise some can't tolerate chicken, beef or any other foodstuff you care to name for that matter.

I can recommend Wafcol 'Chicken & Corn'. Our Springer tolerated that very well due to having IBS type intolerance's all of his life where he would often be inside out (as I call it) if he ever ate any cereals/maize/gluten and very very poorly. It took a long time to find a food that suited (when we first got him aged 3) and he was on that for many years once we found it....we were also very relieved.
They also do Fish & Corn and Salmon & Potato. We used to buy it from PAH - not sure if they still do it now. Oh I did see it on Amazon though the other day when I was perusing foods.

Hope you find something that suits soon.

(Wafcol have their own UK website if you want to investigate it further).

Sorry have edited this as I see Bella is still probably going to need a puppy food. The above is really for an adult dog)