Beagle-Lab Mix with Food Issues

by Jen
(Wisconsin)

We have an 11 month old Beagle-Lab mix, and since we've had him he's had major stool issues. Primarily it's soft diarrhea then with mucus and blood (on and off for weeks).

We've gone to the Vet - it's not a parasite or bacteria infection - and she thought it likely an intolerance to "rich" foods.

We're first time dog owners, so now that I think about it, "rich" isn't really descriptive for me (no idea what that means). She suggested we stop peanut butter (in his Kong ball) to see if this decreases the problem. We feed him Science Diet Advanced Fitness (we tried to switch him to Merreck--all natural but it got really bad so we stopped).

We've been adding a heaping tablespoon of pumpkin and it does seem to help keep the poo together.

We'd love to hear about definitions of "rich foods"; perhaps this will help us eliminate it from our dog's diet, and any other suggestions that might help.