Lisa pretty much got what I was saying. And in answer to your other question about protein, I think the protein in ND is perfectly fine on it's own.

I think 2-3 weeks should be okay to test the waters. But I will say that maybe for 2 weeks try just the one food at a maybe 2 to 2.5 cups per day. If things don't improve then try cutting back on the amount a little bit (like maybe if you don't see improvement on 2.5 cups/day drop it down to 2.25 or 2 cups/day) for another 1-2 weeks to rule out overfeeding. I know when I fed my sibe Evo (turkey/chicken formula), he ate 1.75 cups/day and had very firm stool, but he'd have soft stool if he ate 2 cups/day.

Good luck and we look forward to updates on Brewer's progress. By the way, you might want to start a thread of your own dedicated to Brewer's food/tummy issues.

Recommended 4 to 1 by Siberians over other brands, Taste of the Wild......................... good to the last lick.

lol Mine would so do that if we let them!

Do you Know Almo Nature's line?!? My cocker spaniel eat this line and i think my future puppy too or it's wrong?!?

http://www.almonature.co.uk/en_gb/index.cfm/pet-food/dog/

look, the brands of dry food for dogs that I know here in Rome are:

- almo nature
- nature best
- royal canin
- science plain
- purina

I thought that these brands were also there in the usa. what is your brands?!? it's just my curiosity!!! =)

*what are (sorry!!!)

Of that list of foods you have available, I'd stick with the Almo Nature that you've been feeding. Probably the best of the bunch.

Oh gosh, we have so many different foods available over here it's mind boggling and more new products are coming out all the time. It's hard to keep up with! Some of the better and more popular brands over here off the top of my head would include Orijen, Acana, Fromm, Nature's Variety, Innova, Merrick, Solid Gold, Blue Buffalo, Dogswell, Wellness, Go!, Canidae, and Taste of the Wild. There is so much more out there and that's just talking about kibble, the dehydrated, freeze-dried, and frozen raw opens up so many more options beyond kibble.

Thank's for your clarification! =)

The breeder I got Nira from was feeding her purina... I got her off of that crap and have been doing 4 health and TOTW mixed as I did not want to switch her fully off of a grain kibble due to loose stools. Shes been doing well and actually the 4 health from tsc is a pretty decent food from what Ive researched.

Complete grain free will probably help with the loose stools. That's what we had to do with Ghost, and she does great on it. You can also give a little pumpkin from time to time, and that helps a lot.

I've been feeding Chloe the Blue Buffalo diet but I am now switching her over to Orijen. Its working very well with her and she looks forward to it at each meal. I love the ingredients because there are no fillers.

Currently Brewer is getting ~1.6 cups of Fromm's Grain Free Game Bird Recipe and a .25 cup (dry) of Sojos Complete Beef, which comes to approximately 750 calories or 14.1 calories per pound. Hmm, I wonder if we could up his intake a bit...

Fenrir gets an offering of 4 cups of TOTW daily, 3/4 bison mix and 1/4 salmon recipe. When I keep it to one, he tends to blow it off, but he's been taking down most of his food since I started mixing it up. He also gets about 2 biscuits of Salmon-recipe Blue Wilderness treats almost daily and one minty Twistex every few days since it supposedly helps their teeth.

Yeah 4 cups is crazy!

We're sampling Natures Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb with Cheyenne (it was 50% off) and she seems to like it which is a rarity...

Rodeo is now eating Venison/Lamb patties and Acanas new LID Lamb. Seems to be OK...