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Originally Posted by Prin
IMO, 5 days is ideal, not a standard for switching dog foods.  I've never had a dog who switched that easily and Jemma and Boo both take much longer than 5 days to adjust to a new food. |
Wow. I've switched dogs over in 2-3 days (on average). I've even had customers tell me that their dogs get sick on all new foods, but once I figure out what works with their systems, I've had no problems switching to an appropriate food within days. But with some foods, it can take months... I don't have time to fuss with foods that take months for their body to "adjust" to, so I've always found one that I can switch to right away. Even if it means adding probiotics to their diet (eagle pack makes a good powder).
And some dogs can't take two foods mixed together, but if you put down a new food (no mixing), they do just fine. His sister took almost 3 months to switch to Wellness, until I got tired of watching her "count kibbles". (I can't believe some people actually do this lol). His brother also just went through 3 weeks of diarrhea, so we finally said "Screw it... it can't get any worse" and stopped mixing it, and just went straight to the new food. The diarrhea was 100% gone by the following night (and hasn't come back). Sometimes you just have to let it go and stop fussing.
This is what I do for a living though, so maybe I just have more experience? *shrug*
