13 week make puppy - loose stool

[njimko]

Hi All, I just joined YT and an happy to be a part of your family. I got my boy on May 1 and he is going on 14 weeks. He is doing well, he plays, runs, etc. The only issue i have is that he has loose stools most of the time. He is scheduled for his next Vet visit on May 30. I am currently feeding him Merrick puppy wet food. He likes it. I'm confused bc I know that this is a high quality food, yet it seems to cause loose stools. I also have Wellness puppy dry kibble but he doesn't eat it as much. My goal is to have him eating the dry as I think wet foods might tend to cause loose stools.

Any help? I know I can buy another kind of wet food but not sure if that will solve the issue.
Anyone experience this?
Will my puppy get better at eating the dry food?

Thanks.

[kreuer]

Originally Posted by njimko

Hi All, I just joined YT and an happy to be a part of your family. I got my boy on May 1 and he is going on 14 weeks. He is doing well, he plays, runs, etc. The only issue i have is that he has loose stools most of the time. He is scheduled for his next Vet visit on May 30. I am currently feeding him Merrick puppy wet food. He likes it. I'm confused bc I know that this is a high quality food, yet it seems to cause loose stools. I also have Wellness puppy dry kibble but he doesn't eat it as much. My goal is to have him eating the dry as I think wet foods might tend to cause loose stools.

Any help? I know I can buy another kind of wet food but not sure if that will solve the issue.
Anyone experience this?
Will my puppy get better at eating the dry food?

Thanks.

Do you mix the wet with dry? I have a hard time getting my 4 month old pup to eat her dry food so I add just enough wet to mix in with her dry and that seems to work for her. The loose stools are probably from the wet food, but I would talk to the vet just to be sure.

[njimko]

Hello and thanks for the quick response. I do try to mix dry with wet. But he ends up eating the wet and leaving the dry kibble. My previous yorkie just ate dry. So perhaps it's just a matter of time until he gets a bit older that he'll like eating the dry.

[Wylie's Mom]

Did the loose stools start after you started a different food than what he was eating at his breeders? If yes, then I'd go back to the previous food...wait a while...and switch to a different kibble later.

To make dry food more appealing, sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on it..it's nice and pungent and can often help dogs since they eat first w/ their noses.

You also may want the vet to do a fecal.