Instead of the medication I would consider change his food. The proformance puppy is has a lot of fillers and the source of the protein is not the greatest.
chicken meal, rice, rice flour, ground corn, corn flour, chicken
fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract), corn gluten
meal, beet pulp (sugar removed), natural flavor, flaxseed, dried egg
product, brewer's yeast, calcium carbonate, salt, potassium chloride, lecithin,
rosemary extract, canola oil, chicory root extract, yucca schidigera, lutein,
vitamins and minerals
I do not know what is available to you in your area but Orijen makes an excellent puppy food. Dogs have a hard time digesting carbs. The proformance has a great deal of them. What sounds like is happening is your dog is a very nervous ( stressed, anxious, wirery) dog. This being the case he needs more nutrients because he is constantly moving. Here is an exert from the Nutritional Research for Dogs and Cats 2006. "with highly digestible diets, colonic digestibility accounted for 1 to 4 percent of total digestibility, whereas with diets containing legumes and certain types of starches, colonic digestibility ranged from 12 to 24 percent of total digestibility." When this happens the dog is loosing nutrients because the colon is doing a great deal of the digesting and the nutrients are not getting absorbed into the body. With this being said the "rice,rice four,ground corn,corn flour, and corn gluten are not easily digested. The Origen contains none of these and has a higher meat content and its protein is being derived from the meat not the corn and rice.
You can buy the Orijen online at
www.only4pets.com . Solid Gold also has a grain free food but it is not as good as the Orijen. Good Luck
FRESH REGIONAL INGREDIENTS
Fresh chicken meat, chicken meal (low ash), turkey meal, steamed russet potato, fresh-caught Northern Whitefish, chicken fat, fresh whole eggs, salmon meal, salmon and anchovy oils, tapioca, chicken broth, sunflower oil, flaxseed, Atlantic kelp, steamed carrots, spinach, peas and tomatoes, sun-cured alfalfa, apple fiber, psyllium seed, rosemary extract, yeast extract (MOS), glucosamine HCl, cranberries, black currants, L-carnitine, chondroitin sulfate..
TONIC HERBS AND BOTANICALS
Chicory, burdock and marshmallow root, rosehips, stinging nettle, marigold flowers, fennel seed, chamomile flowers, milk thistle, chickweed, summer savory.
ORGANIC MINERALS
Iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate.
PROBIOTIC MICROORGANISMS
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Bifidobacterium (B. bifidus), Saccharomyces (S. boulardii).
PREMIUM VITAMINS
Mixed tocopherols (source of vitamin E), choline chloride, vitamin A, vitamin D3, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin B12, folic acid, biotin, pyridoxine (source of vitamin B6).
