Our rescue dog Rosie, a terrier/wire-haired dachschund mix, has been on Blue Buffalo (small bites) since early March, and since then has had loose stools to varying degrees. Sometimes they look fine, other times not, but at all times - especially late in the day - she has had the occasional drippy ending to her stool.
Late last week she started having diarrhea, so we put her on chicken & rice over the weekend. Yesterday we started transitioning her back to Blue Buffalo and the diarrhea came back with a vengeance. So, I spoke with our vet (who knows a lot), who said she sees this sometimes with Blue Buffalo, and told us to feed Rosie chicken & rice until her stool stabilizes, and that after that, we should switch to a low- or no-grain food. She noted that if the food has any grain, it should be rice (since other grains e.g. wheat are potentially allergenic).
We can do that; it's not a problem (we are happy to pay more), but in reading some of the posts in this forum I'm a little concerned about no-grain food producing a loose stool. After the issues we have been experiencing, that's the last thing we need.
Does anyone have a suggestion for which dog food we should try for this transition? Ideally there should be a small-bites food for whatever brand we choose, as Rosie weighs 15 pounds - she is such a fast eater that I'd be worried she wouldn't chew larger-size kibble sufficiently for digestion purposes.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
Late last week she started having diarrhea, so we put her on chicken & rice over the weekend. Yesterday we started transitioning her back to Blue Buffalo and the diarrhea came back with a vengeance. So, I spoke with our vet (who knows a lot), who said she sees this sometimes with Blue Buffalo, and told us to feed Rosie chicken & rice until her stool stabilizes, and that after that, we should switch to a low- or no-grain food. She noted that if the food has any grain, it should be rice (since other grains e.g. wheat are potentially allergenic).
We can do that; it's not a problem (we are happy to pay more), but in reading some of the posts in this forum I'm a little concerned about no-grain food producing a loose stool. After the issues we have been experiencing, that's the last thing we need.
Does anyone have a suggestion for which dog food we should try for this transition? Ideally there should be a small-bites food for whatever brand we choose, as Rosie weighs 15 pounds - she is such a fast eater that I'd be worried she wouldn't chew larger-size kibble sufficiently for digestion purposes.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.