Jennifer Michelson

I have been thinking lately about Griffin's nutrition. He works a lot. We are on 2 SAR teams, wilderness and Urban. We do team trainings every weekend--either an hour+ running through the woods or several shorter work sessions on agility or rubble searching. He is run 1hr+ each day during the week--lots of ball chasing in addition to free sniffing.

He is on Solid Gold(hund-n-flocken) and gets some Fresh Pet wet food on top of it. He has SIBO so he does have digestive issues. He is on Tylan daily to control the SIBO (with out it he gets the runs).

He is lean and muscular, right now as light as I wish to see him (as a pet I would call him skinny). His coat has always been a bit dry--but with the sibo I worry about too much fat. I had him on Canidae before the Solid Gold and it was dry on that food too.

I do not have him on any suppliments yet. I probably should start the joint suppliments--What are the good ones?

At this point I would rather have him an a kibble base with possibly wet/raw/cooked extras. No bones as he crushes and swallows them whole (I have found sharp sherds in his poop when I tried him on raw a couple of years ago).

I have been wondering if I am missing anything with his food--I know athletes eat differently than us non-athlete people, should a working dog have, say, higher protein, vitamins, minerals etc?? Am I missing anything? Is there a fat that I can use that would not upset his intestines?

Thanks!

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Jennifer