jamesn184 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Hi All, I've had Rosey (Golden Retriever) on Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy (Chicken & Rice) for over a month now and her stool's are still the size of my palm.. I thought Premium food was meant to reduce the size of a dog's stool... If Nutro is not working my only other choices are really Royal Canin or Canidae.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dju Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I had Hugo on Nutro when he was a puppy but don't specifically remember that he was having extraordinarily large poos or anything.. could be a sign the food is not agreeing with him as the more that comes out at the other end, the less that is absorbed by the body (logically). We have Hugo on Black Hawk now (a premium, holistic food) and his poos are quite small, so it's definitely agreeing with him. Also works out to be cheaper, and he's gotten a nice sheen to his coat since switching. Maybe you should consider looking around to find food that best suits your dog (regardless of any "holistic" or "premium" labels)? They're all different, some dogs do well on Pal, surprisingly enough! Ask around for some samples of food (I know you can get a 1KG sample bag of Black Hawk, for example, I don't know about any other brands that give out free samples, though, since I've only ever fed two things), and see which one agrees with your dog the best. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Have had a couple of clients comment on this lately. Not sure if they have changed a source of ingredients or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest english.ivy Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I fed Nutro for awhile and my Belgian had large poops while eating it. This was over a year ago though. I fed the lamb and rice Nutro and I think I fed the puppy to my Pointer but I can't clearly remember his poops but he was changed to BH pretty quickly due to Nutro being expensive for two dogs. Her poops on BH are tiny. Badger eats a lot more as he's a growing puppy and he also eats toys etc so his are still a bit larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Isn't it more important that the food agrees with the dog and that the dog does well on it, not how large the end product is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Large poos can be good for preventing anal sac issues I'd me more worried if there was an increase in frequency of stools rather than size. Size of your plam sound spretty normal for a golden retriever though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'd be looking at the consistency (firmness) of the poo then the volume. firm poo shows the food has been digested properly, some foods just provide more fibre which some dogs need more then others. With a pup I wouldn't keep changing their food though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeyjangels Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 As becks post said. My vet says "if a no 2 is kickable thats good " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have seen a lot of dogs on Nutro do huge poops, to me if they are pooping big they are not utilising the food. My older dog eats Canidae only half a cup a day plus raw, 1 or 2 small poops a day and my puppy was on RC lab junior but had such bad wind and pooped heaps so i changed to Earthborn Holistic and he is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileys mum Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I tried my dogs on Nutro Lamb & rice for a couple of weeks, & my dogs all had terrible stinky wind & very big poos. They have now been eating Black hawk holistic for over 3 weeks now & am very happy that their poos are now very small & not one bit of stinky wind either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-o Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Old topic, but the reason is the amount of beet pulp in the food, which isn't a good thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamSnag Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I have fed nutro for years and puppies never had an issie with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-Dog Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 We recently have changed from all Nutro to Nutro and Taste of the Wild. We have one bag of Caandie ready to go after Nutro runs out. I like the idea of having dog shit that you can kick to pickup as quoted from someones Vet. :) It is a work in progress. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 If you have a look at their Adult Lamb.... Not many functional foods there....if you're going to feed such huge amounts of grain you're going to see it come out the other end. Lamb, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Chicken Fat, Dried Beet Pulp, Maize Gluten, Natural Flavours (Chicken), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-Dog Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Hello sas, what do you feed your dogs ? Lucky-Dog :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullBreedBoy Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Agree with sas. It's a low digestibility food, which in turn leads to large stools. Nutri is in that mix of low quality dry foods masquerading as premium food an ripping unsuspecting consumers off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Hello sas, what do you feed your dogs ? Lucky-Dog :) Raw but if I were to feed Kibble it would be Canidae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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