Hi ajshep have just sent you a pm .

Just replied Sorry if its a bit long! Tried to keep it quite simple cos I can remember getting sick of re-reading things to understand them when I was reading up about it!

You may want to opt for the raw diet when your GSD is a bit older and isnt so affected by the change . so for now go with a good dry food and maybe after 6 months old try again but young dogs will always have the runs if your not carefull . Our lab girls are just over 12 months and i feed them a raw diet at the weekend they have 200 gms of raw meet each and a load of raw veg sometimes with a bit of pasta part cooked . during the week i feed them on pero labrador food but this can be fed to any dog not just labs its based on salmon and brown rice with no added nasties . they also do a food that is all orgainc the chicken in it is grade A human consumption quality its on spescial offer at the moment from there web site free delivery on all orders too , they will happily send you samples to try but you must make any transition over a longer period of time say about 2 weeks .

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We feed a mixture of complete, and raw chicken, and sometimes veg, exactly what the books tell you not to do. It is possible you were just overfeeding your pup.

Thanks everyone for replys and advise , thought ide give you an update on Ronnie ( well she is much better , only one poo today which is much more firm than last 2 days ) so i am ver the moon . all i have been giving her is boiled chicken and rice , now from today have added some of her usuall vitalin kibble with it adding a small amount of the new kibble i am putting her onto ( holistic nutro choice puppy ) . then hopefully when i am brave enough will try the raw again ( this time much more slower ) with maybe just chicken and lamb to begin with for first 2 weeks . .


thanks again for all your help

Hi,
No wonder the pup as the runs being feed all that, it needs a more stable diet.

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Amanjay Siamese & Animal Healer.

Yep agreed, you need to decide what you're going to be feeding and stick to it. Gradually introducing a food would be pointless now as you don't have a starting food anymore. Decide what to feed and stick to it. The more you swap and change the more problems you are going to have!

Hi yeah i know , i did get a BIT over excited with the raw diet (with all the choice of food it offerd ) ( forgetting she is only a !!!! PUPPY!!!!! ) I wont be doing that again ill tell you . poor girl .

now she is better when do i replace all the chicken and rice for just her usuall dry food ? or should i contintue with the boiled chicken and rice for a few more days ?

thanks

Whatever you want to feed her long term start feeding it now!

good point jochicken/ boilded rice will allways get rid of the runs