arasara
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I am planning on either halfway transitioning to merricks or completely transitioning from Evo.
I have been having problems with Evo for a while now. Kosmo's stools will get so hard that he has trouble passing them and Faith gets the worst gas in the whole world from it. I called the Evo company directly and the lady told me for Faith "she eats too fast" so that's what causes the gas.. icon_nwunsure (not sure I believe that one too much) and for Kosmo they told me that Evo is lower in fiber so I need to add pumpkin to it - ugh.. excuse me?! I thought that was supposed to be a completely nutritionally balanced food?? Kind of threw me for a loop there. I unfortunately cannot add too much to Kosmo's food because I end up throwing it out when it has stuff mixed in with it - especially stuff like pumpkin. Kosmo is the world's fussiest eater..
SO - I have made the decision to make the flip. I really think Evo is a good food it's just not working 100% for us so I think I might try to stick with half and half and see how we do. Faith will eat anything, of course, but I just can't deal with that gas. I tried prozymes and then since I was half and halfing Evo and Innova puppy I just started adding more puppy than Evo and her gas went away completely. Kosmo is my picky guy. He's obviously still eating, but it really upsets me that his stools get so hard that he has trouble passing them.
I went out tonight and purchased a 5lb bag of Merrick's "Turducken" It has organic chicken as an ingredient and I am really impressed with their ingredients overall. The protien content has gone from 40% with Evo to 24% with merricks. Hopefully this will be enough to make the difference.
Of course when I was there I also got sucked into buying an 8 pack "lunchbox" thing of merricks canned foods. They smell SOOO good - the first time I opened the can I couldn't believe it was actually dog food!! The wingaling has actual chicken wings but somehow they cook them so that the bones are soft and safe. Faith will eat anything I put in front of her and depending on the mood he's in sometimes Kosmo actually has some merrick's canned too!! THe last one we got was cowboy cookout and he actually ate probably about 50% of it It's a good thing for him!
Anyways wish us luck for this new journey!! If it doesn't work out I guess we'll have to try something else out. I am also considering buying chicken and turkey on the side and cooking a whole bunch and then freezing into seperate ziplocks and just take them out periodically to mix with the kibble. I know somebody who does that and has a lot of success with it. cross your fingers for us!! :flwr:
I have been having problems with Evo for a while now. Kosmo's stools will get so hard that he has trouble passing them and Faith gets the worst gas in the whole world from it. I called the Evo company directly and the lady told me for Faith "she eats too fast" so that's what causes the gas.. icon_nwunsure (not sure I believe that one too much) and for Kosmo they told me that Evo is lower in fiber so I need to add pumpkin to it - ugh.. excuse me?! I thought that was supposed to be a completely nutritionally balanced food?? Kind of threw me for a loop there. I unfortunately cannot add too much to Kosmo's food because I end up throwing it out when it has stuff mixed in with it - especially stuff like pumpkin. Kosmo is the world's fussiest eater..
SO - I have made the decision to make the flip. I really think Evo is a good food it's just not working 100% for us so I think I might try to stick with half and half and see how we do. Faith will eat anything, of course, but I just can't deal with that gas. I tried prozymes and then since I was half and halfing Evo and Innova puppy I just started adding more puppy than Evo and her gas went away completely. Kosmo is my picky guy. He's obviously still eating, but it really upsets me that his stools get so hard that he has trouble passing them.
I went out tonight and purchased a 5lb bag of Merrick's "Turducken" It has organic chicken as an ingredient and I am really impressed with their ingredients overall. The protien content has gone from 40% with Evo to 24% with merricks. Hopefully this will be enough to make the difference.
Of course when I was there I also got sucked into buying an 8 pack "lunchbox" thing of merricks canned foods. They smell SOOO good - the first time I opened the can I couldn't believe it was actually dog food!! The wingaling has actual chicken wings but somehow they cook them so that the bones are soft and safe. Faith will eat anything I put in front of her and depending on the mood he's in sometimes Kosmo actually has some merrick's canned too!! THe last one we got was cowboy cookout and he actually ate probably about 50% of it It's a good thing for him!
Anyways wish us luck for this new journey!! If it doesn't work out I guess we'll have to try something else out. I am also considering buying chicken and turkey on the side and cooking a whole bunch and then freezing into seperate ziplocks and just take them out periodically to mix with the kibble. I know somebody who does that and has a lot of success with it. cross your fingers for us!! :flwr: