. . . . . but I did find this raw frozen option:
http://www.naturesvariety.com/InstinctRaw/dog/venison
California Natural and Natural Balance do make a sweet potato/venison, but I know that processed food also may be an issue. Any thoughts? her?
IMO, avoid the NV frozen raw because it has such a long list of ingredients. Any one of those could be an existing -- or new -- IBS trigger. Same with Primal Pets frozen raw diet. Too much stuff for a quirky G.I. tract. Read ingredients lists. Keep it simple.
I hate to cook, avoid it like the plague at home although in truth, I do cook out of necessity if I want to eat. I won't cook for a dog, if I can avoid it. Instead, I use the prepared frozen raw diets and finally(!) found one that serves us very well.
I feed Sophie
Oma's Pride http://www.omaspride.com/index.php along with good vitamin & Omega supplements. I can't say enough good things about it, if you want to try a frozen pre-mixed raw diet.
The Oma's Pride ingredients list is very, very simple and this brand has had no food recalls (yet). Sophie does not have IBS, but her G.I. tract is touchy, and other foods caused skin allergies: scratching, biting, literally tearing out the fur on her rump. Her ears stay clean on their own, too. I rarely remember to look in there. A lot of raw-diet fans say it has to do with grain/carb-free diets, so perhaps they are right. Either that, or good genetics, is what I say.
There are two kibbles that don't give Sophie problems and I feed them to her occasionally (once or twice a week) just to keep mealtimes interesting, or when I haven't thawed out her frozen raw:
Wellness company has their "Simple" line of Allergy foods. One protein source, one carbohydrate (rice) source. Sophie's G.I. tract does well but the rice (or something) make her eyes run & tear stain more than normal) Just our experience.
Natural Balance - "L.I.D." Limited Ingredient Diet is a similar type kibble, one protein source, one carbohydrate (sweet potatoes) source. Sophie does well on it, too.
The thing about kibble is the carbohydrate that is needed to 'glom' or hold the food together (similar to meatloaf) makes for large poops. I've gotten so spoiled to the smaller poops from the carb-free Oma's Pride, that I really don't like to feed much kibble, in spite of the ease, because of the size of the poops. We don't have a pick-up rule here, and the smaller poops are smaller (like, half the size/volume), and disappear much faster.
Oma's has a couple dozen distributors in NC, where you live, so accessing it shouldn't be a problem. We have limited availability in my area. After two years, I've gotten rather accustomed to the partial thawing of the 2-lb brick, cutting up & placing in zip-loc type bags, and re-freezing routine. The 1-lb brick is easier & faster to thaw, but the 2-lb brick is, IMO, more efficient.
Putting Gracie on a raw diet is definitely worth a try, but bear in mind that there are raw-fed dogs who have problems with IBS as well, so it is not a cure-all diet. Definitely worth a try, though.
Every dog is different. For me, OP is the best for Sophie and she is well worth the little bit of bother. And I have the NB-L.I.D. and Wellness-SIMPLE as backups in a pinch.