Connie's had something of an upset stomach since she's been here, which is why I've been experimenting with adding pumpkin, for example. I wonder if maybe she has a food allergy - she wasn't having problems in her prior foster home, but the sort of food they were feeding her (Costco's house brand) isn't available here (believe it or not, there isn't a single Costco near where I live!) so I've had her on the purple Wellness. The protein for that is chicken though - I'm not sure what is in the Costco - so today I bought Natural Balance fish and potato dry food to see how she does on that - it might just be that she shouldn't eat chicken. So far so good - she hasn't needed to go to the bathroom since dinner which, since that was over 3 hours ago, is a daytime record for her here!
(To clarify - Connie is fine being crated for 8-9 hours each night, and is often crated for 3-4 hours at a time during the day without an issue - one day she was crated for 8 hours, but I don't generally like to crate a dog that long without a bathroom/leg-stretching break (except at night). But when she's loose in the house, she's generally been asking to go out after about 2-3 hours, so that she's been loose for more than 3 hours after eating and hasn't been interested in going out is a change.)
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