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What's A Healthy Weight For My Dog?
Determining a dog's healthy weight is not as easy as looking at a chart of average age and breed weights (though that can give you a place to start). As a rule of thumb, a dog at a healthy weight should have a visible waist when you look at them from the side and from above, though we encourage you to talk to your veterinarian when determining an exact number.
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Probiotics For Dogs
If your dog is still having loose stools after the first week on Nom Nom, but otherwise acting fine, you may consider adding a probiotic to your dog's diet. Probiotics are strains of live bacteria that assist in normal digestive function and help the overall immune system within the gastrointestinal tract.
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Dogs Placed On Bland Diets
Your dog may be temporarily placed on a bland diet by your veterinarian. How does this factor into your typical NomNomNow feeding routine? After a fasting period of about 12 to 24 hours, you can reintroduce NomNomNow by mixing half of a meal with equal portions rice (or another gentle carbohydrate).
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Dog's Upset Stomach
If your dog is intermittently vomiting or has persistent diarrhea greater than three days, you should talk to your veterinarian about their recommendations. If they're comfortable based upon your dog otherwise acting fine, one strategy would be to skip a meal or two.
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Understandably, people get worried when their dog's stool changes. During a transition to a fresh diet, the bacteria and amount of nutrients are different in the intestinal tract, which means dogs may have looser stools or go to the bathroom more frequently during the transition phase.
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