Pumpkin

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Anonymous wrote:Pumpkin is great for a quick fix. We have a breed that rarely produces formed stool without help, so we give him dehydrated carrots with each meal. We rehydrate them in water and add some salmon oil since they’re fat soluble. Now it’s easy to pick up after him.

What breed is that? I did not know that was a thing.

Greyhounds are engineered to be different from other dogs (larger hearts and lungs, extra red blood cells, different blood values in general), and soft stools are extremely common for them. Olewo carrots make their stools like other dogs’.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. My dog always consistently has tootsie roll poop. I was just happy that something as simple as adding pumpkin would help.

Usually, he won't eat his breakfast kibble. He will eat the breakfast kibble around the same time he eats the dinner kibble. Drives me nuts.

This morning, I added the tablespoon of pumpkin to his kibble, and he actually at the entire breakfast bowl of kibble. That has to be better for him than how he usually eats: breakfast kibble and dinner kibble one right after the other at dinner time.

Please consider exploring new foods that are NOT kibble. There are so many higher quality options these days like human grade dehydrated (see Honest Kitchen) or freeze dried (see Stella and Chewy).

I agree, though I am skeptical about Stella and Chewy ingredients. Honest Kitchen is good but my dog won't eat that porridge consistency. I feed Spot and Tango UnKibble and Dr. Harvey's mixed with meat, oil, probiotics and grain.

Do you mix this all into one meal? Why do you add your own meat? I'd love to hear more about how you feed your dog. I a new dog owner and currently feeding Purina pro plan sensitive skin & stomach salmon & rice formula. I did some research and it seemed like that was very popular, and my vet highly recommended it. But now I'm learning about non-kibble, raw, freeze-dried, people htat cook from scratch, and all these other options. Toppers and broth, oil, etc. I'm a little overwhelmed. I think kibble is going to be the best option for me, just based on my capacity, but I also want to make sure I'm feeding the best I can. Perhaps I just need to be adding a few things to my kibble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My dog always consistently has tootsie roll poop. I was just happy that something as simple as adding pumpkin would help.

Usually, he won't eat his breakfast kibble. He will eat the breakfast kibble around the same time he eats the dinner kibble. Drives me nuts.

This morning, I added the tablespoon of pumpkin to his kibble, and he actually at the entire breakfast bowl of kibble. That has to be better for him than how he usually eats: breakfast kibble and dinner kibble one right after the other at dinner time.

Please consider exploring new foods that are NOT kibble. There are so many higher quality options these days like human grade dehydrated (see Honest Kitchen) or freeze dried (see Stella and Chewy).

I agree, though I am skeptical about Stella and Chewy ingredients. Honest Kitchen is good but my dog won't eat that porridge consistency. I feed Spot and Tango UnKibble and Dr. Harvey's mixed with meat, oil, probiotics and grain.

Do you mix this all into one meal? Why do you add your own meat? I'd love to hear more about how you feed your dog. I a new dog owner and currently feeding Purina pro plan sensitive skin & stomach salmon & rice formula. I did some research and it seemed like that was very popular, and my vet highly recommended it. But now I'm learning about non-kibble, raw, freeze-dried, people htat cook from scratch, and all these other options. Toppers and broth, oil, etc. I'm a little overwhelmed. I think kibble is going to be the best option for me, just based on my capacity, but I also want to make sure I'm feeding the best I can. Perhaps I just need to be adding a few things to my kibble.

I often do, in varying quantities and have other combos I do as well. I'd love to talk about the method behind my own madness, but maybe this could be a S/O thread? I think it would be interesting to hear what more owners do and how they navigate kibble vs. raw vs. flexi feeding, etc. but you might not get the responses on this thread that is specific to pumpkin. Promise I will write you an essay if there is a better thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My dog always consistently has tootsie roll poop. I was just happy that something as simple as adding pumpkin would help.

Usually, he won't eat his breakfast kibble. He will eat the breakfast kibble around the same time he eats the dinner kibble. Drives me nuts.

This morning, I added the tablespoon of pumpkin to his kibble, and he actually at the entire breakfast bowl of kibble. That has to be better for him than how he usually eats: breakfast kibble and dinner kibble one right after the other at dinner time.

Please consider exploring new foods that are NOT kibble. There are so many higher quality options these days like human grade dehydrated (see Honest Kitchen) or freeze dried (see Stella and Chewy).

I agree, though I am skeptical about Stella and Chewy ingredients. Honest Kitchen is good but my dog won't eat that porridge consistency. I feed Spot and Tango UnKibble and Dr. Harvey's mixed with meat, oil, probiotics and grain.

Do you mix this all into one meal? Why do you add your own meat? I'd love to hear more about how you feed your dog. I a new dog owner and currently feeding Purina pro plan sensitive skin & stomach salmon & rice formula. I did some research and it seemed like that was very popular, and my vet highly recommended it. But now I'm learning about non-kibble, raw, freeze-dried, people htat cook from scratch, and all these other options. Toppers and broth, oil, etc. I'm a little overwhelmed. I think kibble is going to be the best option for me, just based on my capacity, but I also want to make sure I'm feeding the best I can. Perhaps I just need to be adding a few things to my kibble.

I often do, in varying quantities and have other combos I do as well. I'd love to talk about the method behind my own madness, but maybe this could be a S/O thread? I think it would be interesting to hear what more owners do and how they navigate kibble vs. raw vs. flexi feeding, etc. but you might not get the responses on this thread that is specific to pumpkin. Promise I will write you an essay if there is a better thread!

Thanks! I would really love to learn more. Maybe I'll create a spinoff later. I think this would be a good topic on a Reddit dog group. I'm in one for my specific breed and then another one just for dogs in general. Are you in any of those? Maybe I should start the topic over there for more responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dog was 💩 and not in a normal way.

I added a teaspoon of pumpkin 🎃 to his kibble. He immediately improved. His 💩 is back to looking like little tootsie rolls.

I don't know what is in the pumpkin that helps, but it works almost immediately.

It's a $1.59 can of awesome goodness. I divided the 15 ounce pumpkin 🎃 into ice cube trays and froze them. I have convenient single tablespoon servings to use.

Anyone else have positive experiences with 🎃?

My bulldog gets pumpkin every day in his meal. It does a great job of keeping things firm. lol.