[rawfeeding] Re:New puppy with diarrhea...

Taylor,
I had the exact same issue with my puppy recently when I switched her to raw
-- my first week, I got so gung ho and fed her all sorts of stuff: ground
lamb, chicken legs, goat meat, chicken liver, eggs. She got overwhelmed and
repaid me with DREADFUL diarrhea at 2 a.m... and 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. and 6:30
... not really, but it seemed like it. (although I guess I'm lucky I have a
pup who actually wakes me up to go out at 2 a.m. when she has diarrhea). She
still seemed to be feeling good, still had an appetitie, wasn't dehydrated.

So I backed off a couple days, gave her a little pumpkin to firm things up
and some cooked chicken breast. That seemed to settle her down. Once her
stool got firm again, I introduced just chicken back. She got diarrhea for a
day or so, but again seemed to feel fine, and then her stools went back to
normal. After a week or so, I introduced turkey ... and this week I
introduced lamb. I JUST started giving her liver and some gizzards this
week. It's perfectly fine to wait to introduce organs, and it's perfectly
fine to go VERRRY slowly in introducing new protein sources. So long as your
pup seems to be feeling well, has an appetite and is not dehydrated, things
should be fine. If Lokie gets worse, or doesn't improve in several days,
though, I'd get to a vet.

Good luck with Loki.
Liz

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