The American Beagler Forum

my neighbor was asking me what he could do he bought a pup i think he said its around 10 weeks old and its stool is runny he has wormed the pup with pyrontel pamoate and has had 2 boosters. he feeds puppy chow. i went down and looked at the pup it looks very healthy and no sign of worms and full of energy . i told him try rice and cooked burger. any info i will pass it along. thx

Puppy chow is good, almost too good imho. It seems rich and fatty, lots of puppies get soft stool off it epically if it's mixed with water and softened.
What I did was withhold feed till evening and allow them to empty out their stomach, then feed a dry kibble for a few days to allow their stomach to readjust and then I saw the stool firm up and harden again.
I only fed the puppy chow every other day and it seemed to keep the stool firm and from getting mushy again.
To me, a bloated belly on a puppy is not a good thing and this is what to much soft food will do. The puppy does not chew to fill itself, it only laps up the mush till it bloats. If the puppy has sufficient fluids already, what goes in is what comes out...

thx for the info sr patch i called and told him what you said and he said that he feeds the purina puppy chow dry he dosent put water on the feed. thx again