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Biscuit had a horrible time with his anal glands until I began adding homemade *doggie stews*

I think Betsy's right --- you might need to vary the kind of fiber. I never liked the high fiber doggie foods -- it's much cheaper, easier and (I think) healthier to give them a good dose of brown rice or lentils cooked with veggies. It's easy to do if you have a crockpot or (!) a George Foreman Lean Mean Roasting Machine (which cooks the concoction in no time flat! I had Biscuit on that exclusively for several months, then went back to leaving dry food down at all times. I know a bit more about doggie nutrition these days and would now always have dry food available, in order to ensure the pups get the proper nutrition.

Good luck with your poor little pup!

 

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He! I've had people sneaking into the doggie stew before!

In any case, I buy huge quantities of broccoli whenever I find it on sale - the pups run to the refrigerator whenever I open it, in the hopes of getting a stalk of broccoli --- then Lady goes and hides to devour her treat, while Yogi parades around proudly with his broccoli for quite a while before settling down to eat.

You might try seeing if Murray is the same about the broccoli --- also raw carrots! Not sure bananas would help the anal gland situation much but they possess other benefits.

 

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Whoops! And add wheat germ! I always sprinkled the top of his stews with some wheat germ (raw, unprocessed wheat germ).

 

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Originally posted by Beverly Anne Cawley:
[QB] Oh, biscuit, you are such a hippie!  Even your dogs are crunchy-granola    

 

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