HI
Have a 7 month golden retriever pup with a sensitive stomach for 2 months. Have finally got her on track but is on Hills id. Wondered if anyone can guide me in the right direction of which is the best food now she is ok. She came to me on Royal Canin and purina. She did not like purina so changed to Arden grange but produced soft stools. Not sure if best to go back to Royal Canin breed specific. She also gets very bored with the same food. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Royal Canin is excellent generally but like with any food it is best to use one and stick to it, particularly with a pup. Call them and speak to one of their nutrition reps, they are very helpful (I have NO connection to RC!!).   James Wellbeloved also part of the RC brand now have a good reputation.  None of mine young or old have ever done well with Arden Grange, loose stools, loss of coat colour.  Being bored with the same food will be made worse by swopping and changing as with each change it will upset her stomach further. 

Agree that I would not swap around too much.  If pup was reared on RC, it is a sensible idea to keep to the tried and tested.  I assume pup is still on puppy food so the breed specific would be for when pup is older.

Although, to be perfectly honest, my breeds have always done much better on the RC food for size, as opposed to breed.  Having owned a dog in the past that was on Hills ID, I would say that it won't hurt to give some wet food with the dry.  And Chappie is the answer!  Tinned Chappie seems to have the same effect as ID and is good for gippy tums.

Agree tinned Chappie is very good for sensitive stomachs and so very much more easy on the pocket.

I had a puppy with a sensitive stomach that came to me on Eukanuba because the breeder said she could not tolerate anything else. She still had regular episodes of diarrohea.  After a bout of campylobactor and a huge loss of weight at a year old I eventually put her on Orijen.  I think she is slightly allergic to chicken so she has the fish variety and she has been fine for the past 24 months.  Yes it is expensive but not as expensive as regular visits to the vets.  Could it be that your puppy is intolerant to the ingredients in the food you are giving her?

I would personally try her again on RC Junior - I have just looked on their website as you mentioned breed specific RC and I wasn't sure at what age you could start feeding it - I see that they now do G R junior!  I would start off by using the regular junior food and go over to G R when she has a prolonged settled spell.

RC do a sensitive - but I would be reluctant to put such a young dog on it at this stage.

I feed my pup - same breed, very similar age on RC Junior once a day and the other meal of either raw/canned meat and biscuits and she is doing really well on it.

Hope she settles down soon.

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yes was advised by pet food shop to try Chappie and it worked. Had my first full nights sleep for 2months.
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HI
Vet found she had campylorbactor and said it has left the stomach sensitive hence Hills I/D. tried Chappie and all clear since tuesday.
Just wondering which food to try and keep her on now.
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If Chappie works then think of the old addage 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'...

You've found what works for your dog...Chappie....stick to it..
I think we shouldn't get hung up on 'label snobbery' as such yes to some people
they look down their noses at Chappie as for some the ingredients aren't up to scratch.
Yet it has helped countless dogs with sensitivities live a long and happy healthy life.

If it works for your dog that's all that matters surely! :)

Great advice
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I don't think many vets know much about nutrition.  My vet recommended Hills but some of the ingredients are suspect.  And he said try a chicken and rice elimation diet which I am sure made her worse.  He wouldn't accept that she could be allergic to chicken but I have since read that it is quite a common allergen.  And he was dubious about the high level of protein in Origen.  Goodness knows what he would say if I put her on a raw food diet!

I would try an elimination diet.  You could give fish and rice and gradually add different foods and see if your dog has a reaction.  I am so glad I didn't listen to my vet as he would have advised Hills for the rest of her life.

My youngest flatcoat had an almost permanently upset stomach when he was a pup which was cleared up by putting him on a raw diet.

> None of mine young or old have ever done well with Arden Grange, loose stools, loss of coat colour. 

Now I have found quite the opposite and mine don't do well on Royal Canin.,  I have won quite a lot of it and have to sneak it in with their food, no more than 25% otherwise they have horrible yellow stools like those of a human babies nappy.

I do mostly use the lamb and Rice Arden Grange.

If the OP had a Campylobacter issue then really the food is not to blame for the looseness.

As most dogs are not fed a fish based diet the foods with this as a main protein source are novel and cause fewer sensitivities.