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I need to make Annie's stools looser. 
She developed a small hemerroid (sp?) on her little bum, and the vet said that we could put her on stool softeners, but that they're a little bit harsh for her tiny 10 week old body, and that we could try to just add more canned food to soften them naturally. Well, the breeder sent her home on Purina Pro Plan Puppy mixed with canned, and even after upping the canned portion, she's still solid. I even did the big no-no and switched her canned food cold turkey over to merrick Puppy Plate and mixed it with her pro plan (Merrick canned foods have a history of making my dogs stools loose) and she just pooped, totally solid.
I can't believe that I am trying to induce loose stools after months of trying to make Grissom solid. I don't want to upset her little system too much, but at the same time, I need to make sure she's not straining to poop while we treat her hemerroid, so it doesn't get any worse. It's not bad at all right now, much smaller than a pea, and looking much less red and angry after only a day of treatment.
Sooo.. any ideas on how I can get her stools softer, without totally ruining her tummy? We are planning on switching her to Innova puppy, and have 30lbs of it coming with our food order at work on Saturday. I know a cold turkey switch would do the trick with the poop, but would it damage her in any other long-term way?
What are the odds, that of my four dogs, only one seems to have zero food or digestion issues? Actually, I guess Annie's issue is a PERFECT digestion system, producing solid stools no matter the intake, and I do NOT want to destroy that in the long run!!!
She developed a small hemerroid (sp?) on her little bum, and the vet said that we could put her on stool softeners, but that they're a little bit harsh for her tiny 10 week old body, and that we could try to just add more canned food to soften them naturally. Well, the breeder sent her home on Purina Pro Plan Puppy mixed with canned, and even after upping the canned portion, she's still solid. I even did the big no-no and switched her canned food cold turkey over to merrick Puppy Plate and mixed it with her pro plan (Merrick canned foods have a history of making my dogs stools loose) and she just pooped, totally solid.
I can't believe that I am trying to induce loose stools after months of trying to make Grissom solid. I don't want to upset her little system too much, but at the same time, I need to make sure she's not straining to poop while we treat her hemerroid, so it doesn't get any worse. It's not bad at all right now, much smaller than a pea, and looking much less red and angry after only a day of treatment.
Sooo.. any ideas on how I can get her stools softer, without totally ruining her tummy? We are planning on switching her to Innova puppy, and have 30lbs of it coming with our food order at work on Saturday. I know a cold turkey switch would do the trick with the poop, but would it damage her in any other long-term way?
What are the odds, that of my four dogs, only one seems to have zero food or digestion issues? Actually, I guess Annie's issue is a PERFECT digestion system, producing solid stools no matter the intake, and I do NOT want to destroy that in the long run!!!