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Changes in diet can be stressful for your dog and can lead to digestive upsets.

At some point, you may need to change your dog’s diet and the best way to do this to reduce the likelihood of a tummy upset, is slowly!

A gradual transition will give your dog (and their stomach) a chance to adjust to the new food and should take around 7-10 days to complete. However, if you know your pet has a sensitive stomach this time frame should be extended.

Here’s a guide to help

Days 1 to 2:     Feed 3/4 of the normal amount of current food and add 1/4 of the new food. 
Days 3 to 4:     Serve half the current food and half the new food. 
Days 5 to 7:     Feed 3/4 of the new food and 1/4 the previous food. 
Days 8 to 10:   Serve only the new food.

If your dog isn’t adjusting to the new food or experiences any digestive upsets, you can try extending the transition over a few more days or get in touch with your vet for advice.  They may suggest a different diet or even adding a probiotic to support the gut through the change.

If your other pet doesn’t need a special diet, we recommend that you double check with your vet before feeding.  

Some diets are perfectly safe to feed, while others, such as a renal or urinary diet may cause problems in pets that don’t necessarily need it.

If you still need some guidance, feel free to give the PetCare Team a call on 0800 212 161 (9am-5pm, Monday to Friday excluding bank holidays) and we can start the conversation.

PRO PLAN VETERINARY DIETS should be fed following the guidance of a veterinary surgeon.  Whilst many of them are fine to feed, some can be contra-indicated for growth, which means that it may affect your pup's development.

Check with your vet or alternatively, you can call us on 0800 212161 or message through the Contact Us page and speak to one of our veterinary nurses. 

Cats and dogs’ nutritional needs are very different from those of humans and a certain proportion must be obtained from specific ingredients. For example, cats have a unique and necessary requirement for animal protein so can never become vegetarian. In addition, both dogs and cats need varying levels of different nutrients depending on their age and daily activity levels, as well as many other lifestyle factors. Satisfying these varying demands with homemade pet food is very difficult because you need an in-depth knowledge of your pet’s individual physiology and nutritional needs. This means that there is a real risk the homemade dog or cat food you prepare could leave your pet without essential nutrients and have a negative impact on their health in both the medium and long term leading to conditions such as bone density problems and/or malformations.

With more than 90 years of experience in research and nutrition in the field of pet food and over 500 nutritionists, veterinarians, behaviourists and food scientists, we make food that consistently ensures the correct balance of right nutrients and energy requirements for your pet formulated to satisfy their unique nutritional needs.

We also make special veterinary diets that are available on the recommendation of a vet to help nutritionally support specific clinical conditions. For example: if your dog or cat has an allergic reaction to certain ingredients, we offer a specially manufactured hydrolyzed diet that is specially formulated to reduce reactions to the food. Alternatively, if your cat is diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus we offer a veterinary product that has been scientifically proven to reduce the level and frequency of insulin injections required.

Using high quality processed pet food also offers other advantages, such as decreased health risks. Thanks to stringent manufacturing processes and multiple safety checks from raw ingredient sourcing through to warehouse storage the final manufactured pet food is safe for your pet to eat.