I'm such a bad GSD-mommy.
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I waited until the last minute to go shopping for new dog food. He has enough to last him for dinner tonight, but by morning, he's all out of kibble.
On my way to work this afternoon, I was going to stop at my usual place where I buy dog food, which is a locally owned farm & garden place that sells high quality pet foods/treats/etc. I pull into the lot and there were no cars! I get up to the door and theres a rail in front of the doors and "closed" sign. Nothing about closing for good or remodeling... just the usual closed door sign.
Well, now I have to break down and buy some food from Petsmart, which doesn't carry the brand of food I get, Fromm. I was planning on down grading his kibble, since the Fromm kibble was a bit rich for him and he had problems with loose stools. He has had these problems since he was a puppy and I haven't found any kibble yet that bulks things up. But when I was going to do the transition, I was going to go through the 1/4 new food, 3/4 old food first week, 1/2 and 1/2 the second week and so on.... those of us who have done the food transition know what I'm talking about. Its easier on their tummys. Anyways... now that I'm down to 2 cups of food, which will be his dinner tonight, we are going to have to go get a new brand of food and deal with the bad transition... which is totally my fault, since I waited till the very last minute to purchase a new bag of food. But I guess the last thing I was expecting was my usual store where I purchase dog food going out of business, since they have been there as long as I have lived in the area, which is 16+ years.
Anyways... long story short... I need to buy food tomorrow morning and was wondering if there was anyone here who buys any of the brands offered from Petsmart? Or any recommendations for a dog that has a sensitive tummy. As much as I'd like to continue giving business to the smaller petstores that sell high grade kibble, I need to have a stable store, like Petsmart or Petco, that I can rely on them staying in business and carrying the same foods and won't run into this dilemma again.
And for those that are going to suggest RAW, I can't afford that right now and the transition would probably be worse, going from kibble to RAW in one day.
On my way to work this afternoon, I was going to stop at my usual place where I buy dog food, which is a locally owned farm & garden place that sells high quality pet foods/treats/etc. I pull into the lot and there were no cars! I get up to the door and theres a rail in front of the doors and "closed" sign. Nothing about closing for good or remodeling... just the usual closed door sign.
Well, now I have to break down and buy some food from Petsmart, which doesn't carry the brand of food I get, Fromm. I was planning on down grading his kibble, since the Fromm kibble was a bit rich for him and he had problems with loose stools. He has had these problems since he was a puppy and I haven't found any kibble yet that bulks things up. But when I was going to do the transition, I was going to go through the 1/4 new food, 3/4 old food first week, 1/2 and 1/2 the second week and so on.... those of us who have done the food transition know what I'm talking about. Its easier on their tummys. Anyways... now that I'm down to 2 cups of food, which will be his dinner tonight, we are going to have to go get a new brand of food and deal with the bad transition... which is totally my fault, since I waited till the very last minute to purchase a new bag of food. But I guess the last thing I was expecting was my usual store where I purchase dog food going out of business, since they have been there as long as I have lived in the area, which is 16+ years.
Anyways... long story short... I need to buy food tomorrow morning and was wondering if there was anyone here who buys any of the brands offered from Petsmart? Or any recommendations for a dog that has a sensitive tummy. As much as I'd like to continue giving business to the smaller petstores that sell high grade kibble, I need to have a stable store, like Petsmart or Petco, that I can rely on them staying in business and carrying the same foods and won't run into this dilemma again.
And for those that are going to suggest RAW, I can't afford that right now and the transition would probably be worse, going from kibble to RAW in one day.
