highly digestible, low residue dog food.....

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Devonshire dumpling

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My 17 yr old Patterdale is having the very occasional faecal incontinence, it's very mild, but when he's gotta go he's gotta go!

It's due to no other cause other than old age and everything getting worn out!

I could do with a diet that is low residue as apparently you get a fairly good success rate with firmer less frequent poos!

Can any recommend one, he's not overly fussy!

ps has no trouble holding his weight he rarely goes on senior diets as he gets fat on them, which isn't good with his grade III heart mumur, he's currently on tesco cheapest tinned meat 1/2 baked bean can and a small scoop of cheap dog biscuits, he's done well on value food for 17 years!

cheers

pps he is 10kg!
 
could you give him the tesco complete dry food its very low output ,my dog poops for britain on anything else. its very good and cheap too!.x
 
eukanuba used to be good for solid poos. Or something like applaus-v. high meat so likely to be firmer?
 
awww, bless him,wee old man:D id be tempted at his age to try something via your vet like hills prescription for oldies. Or fish4dogs ? Is he on any meds? If not, then something to pep him up a bit might also help, my elderly lab was put on metacam and vivitonin and the incontinence improved.
 
LOL at baked beans :D No i meant i feed him half a tin of DOG food baked beans size!

Not going to change his diet to raw at his age, so not an option.

He is on Vetmedin....not showing any senile signs, infact he still pops his back legs out behind him like a puppy and has running spurts around the home., its very very mild incontinence, so I feel a low residue food will just help him out!

Thanks might try the tesco complete...... if not yeah will try the hills from vets x
 
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