[Luvtails]

Originally My vet put my dogs on eukanuba low residue diet (after a week of bland) which is supposed to help them absorb more and I think It has fiber to bulk up the stools. I have been dealing with giardia off and on for the past 5years due to poor water drainage from our yard. the only thing that works for me is to treat them with panacur about 2 times a year if no signs of diarrhea. I will ocassionally treat them is their stools are consistantly mushy. As soon as someone gets diarrhea lasting for more than 2 days or is water and smelly (giardia diarrhea is very foul smelling in the active phase) I start them on flagyl. My dogs test negative for it as not all dogs test positive. Giardia is a tough one and can be very expensive. I nad a hard time keeping weight on the dogs and found that feeding raw has actually helped all around. they are in good health, good immune systems (very few mushy stools or other ailments), good stools, and good weight. I love the raw diet. I have noticed however that the grain free foods if fed ALONE and not as an addition to the raw will actually increase the amount of stools and make them softer. I was feeding timber wolf with a little raw and the dogs were pooping 6 times a day! now I am lucky if they go once on just the raw. My friend who feeds Annemet noticed the same thing.