just switch ruby to a different food not roxie as roxie is doing well and has the health problem - does ruby have any health probs? maybe just some allergies going on? I would feed ruby venison and sweet potato by natural balance for 12 weeks and keep roxie on diet as roxie is doing fine on ultra zd and ibd can be a prob so if it is not broke do not fix it. Feed them separately - if you are getting ready for work bring one into the bathroom with you feed that one then bring the other one in and feed that one after -- i feed separately in the office while on computer. I do this twice a day for the girls and dex i come home for lunch and feed him at lunch as he has ibd so i break it up 3xs a day to help with digestion but he also does well twice a day. I would not go to vegetarian diet unless she cannot tolerate any meats as vegetarian is last resort for me or if dog has liver disease. If just allergies many dogs do well on venison and sweet potato, duck and potato and fish and sweet potato by natural balance
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Natural balance vegetarian is a food some allergy dogs do well on as well -- it is the protein they are allergic too as that is the allergent along with pollen, flea saliva
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Where can you buy the vegetarian as my petco doesn't have it..... they have all the natural balance flavors, but I've never seen the vegetarian formula....
Do you think I can try that for both? Or are you saying to keep Roxie on the z/d since she is doing so well on it (acts like a normal puppy again - as I haven't seen since she was 1 year old) and put Ruby on the vegetarian formula?
Sorry for asking so many questions, just want to make sure I'm doing the best for both girls.... I have no problem feeding them two different foods if I have too, just would rather not... Mornings are very hard as it is getting them fed and ready for work, etc. etc. etc. but will do WHATEVER I have too for my babies.....
Thank you again.
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