I think we need to remember that Science Diet is full of fillers which are mainly fibers. Fibers will harden up stool. It's not uncommon for dogs to have solid stool (and usually a lot of it) on lower quality kibbles because there is so much filler.

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Heatherlee wrote:

Snowflake20 wrote: If you want the box I have of Thrive (it's more than 1/2 full, I used it for a little over a week), you're welcome to meet Claudia and I Saturday at Surrey Ridge Dog Park and have it. I also have a sample of Orijen puppy you can have that should be about 3 meals if I remember correctly.. I would love to meet up for another puppy play date!! What time and what day where you thinking about? Im pretty sure I have an open schedule. Yes I would love to try THK. Thats funny I have never looked at the Solid Gold stuff thought it was a cheesy brand. When I do start THK do I fix the kibble in with it or feed THK in morning and kibble at night. Jenn, I would like to meet up with you also I want to try those foods. I work downtown and take speer all the way to the Cherry Creek Mall I will time it today but I think I usally pass the mall around 5:15 or so depending on traffic. Where is easy for you to meet?

You can mix kibble with THK or feed THK in the AM and kibble in the PM, either way. You should be ok switching cold turkey with THK too. And Saturday! Claudia, what time are we thinking? The high is 80..

wag20 still works on wag.com, I think most puppy foods aside from Orijen are bleh.. I also have a small bag of Back to Basics Salmon kibble you can try.

Thanks for all the replies! I think that I'm going to try out THK and with either TOTW or Ojiren! OMG Durbin gets the worst gas with this treats my friend got him it that has soy and wheat and other things in it lol.

So I just want to give everyone a update on Durbin. Jen and I met up the other day and she gave me a lot of samples to try (thank you Jen!). I first fed him TOTW the fish one I believe and then for the next meal another TOTW Bison. The first poop he took was almost solid it was a little soft. After that we went to the Natural Balance duck (Morning) and he had another Natural Balance duck (dinner) This morning he had a Natural Balance Fish forulma this morning. His poops are finally solid!!! No more mush or water diarrhea. I think he can't handle chicken. So I'm going to the store tonight and I'm going to go with TOTW Pacific stream formula and maybe a smaller bag of the High Prairie formula to switch off with.

Ginger doesn't do well with chicken in kibble form either!

Make sure the store will let you return the bag if for whatever reason he goes soft.

I don't know if this is out of your way, but in Cherry Creek, there's Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlet Store (next to Christy Sport, near Whole Foods). They will let you return an open bag of food, even after a couple of weeks, if it doesn't work out for Durbin. (As long as the bag isn't half empty or anything like that). Also, they are a discounted pet food store, and they have rebates when you sign up for the 'Friend of Chuck' program - basically giving you back an additional 3-5% every quarter depending on how much you've spent.

i told Melissa about C&D's when we met

Dog Food is always trail and error. AS I liv ein Germany I´m not aware of American dog food but I heard several times that Timberwolf is one of the best.