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#1 ·
Jager is currently on the Blue Buffalo Wilderness food for Large Breed. He's a huge 115lbs maybe 120lbs at 9 months. He like the blue buffalo a lot, but he also take massive poops. I don't know how much of it is he is just a big dog and its a big dog poo or if he is truly not processing the food as well as he should.
I have used blue buffalo on my other dogs with great success. Is there another brand that is just as good and similar to the blue buffalo that I might consider.
 
#2 ·
My last dog was over 100lbs and had an 'abundance' of poop. I switched him to Natural Balance Limited Ingredients and it made a noticeable difference and he did very well on it. I'm currently feeding Diamond Naturals Grain Free and I'm really happy with it. Cas has been on it for almost a year and looks wonderful! There are certainly other grain free kibbles that are 'as good', but it's trial and error with some dogs.
 
#5 ·
Our dog is large as well but has minimal droppings due to his raw diet. They also don't stink nearly as much as non-raw. I know raw isn't for everyone, but this is the 1st dog we've tried it with and it's such a HUGE success. Your post about the massive poops just reminded me of this added benefit.
 
#8 ·
Can you define "massive poop?" Do you mean lots of pieces of waste, large pieces of waste, too soft waste? I don't know how else to put it politely :)
Hank is on Natural Balance LID (which has mixed reviews around here) and has nice firm stools and I consider them large sized pieces of waste, perhaps 4 to 5 pieces at a time. On previous foods (Origen, Taste of the Wild, Wellness) he had pudding poops. (He is a big dog as well, 27" at the withers and 110 pounds. Sounds like your dog is going to be huge. Hank was 88 pounds at 9 months.)
 
#13 ·
By massive, there is just a lot. Its healthy as far as not to soft not to hard. Everything is being digested well. It just looks huge to me.
From past experiences I know good quality food and a healthy dog means less poop.
I know everyone has their opinions about food and its also trail and error too. Im open to any options.
 
#14 ·
If his poops are well formed and he is not straining to go, it sounds like he may just be predisposed to large poops :) From experience, I would say if you have a food working for you then stick with it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
#15 ·
Science Diet is not a good kibble, I would not feed that.

You want a kibble with less fillers and more meat.

Wellness, Blue Buffalo, Solid Gold, Orijen, Taste of the Wild, Evo, etc. Those are all higher quality kibbles.
 
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