Chocolate Australian Labradoodle sniffing between two bowls of old and new food

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Dog Food Transition Planner

A seven-day chart assumes every dog is the same. Enter when you are starting and how your doodle handles change, and get dated steps you can actually follow.

Tell this tool which food you are moving to and how sensitive your doodle's stomach is, and it gives you the old-to-new ratio for each day of the switch. Most transitions run 7 to 10 days; a sensitive doodle or a jump to raw needs longer, and the plan stretches accordingly.

Food transition planner

Enter the day you're starting and how sensitive your doodle is. You get dated steps instead of a generic seven-day chart.

Your schedule · 8 days

WhenDatesOld foodNew food
Day 1–2Tue, Sep 8 – Wed, Sep 975%25%
Day 3–4Thu, Sep 10 – Fri, Sep 1150%50%
Day 5–6Sat, Sep 12 – Sun, Sep 1325%75%
Day 7–8Mon, Sep 14 – Tue, Sep 150%100%

The rule that matters: if the stool softens at any step, do not advance. Hold at that ratio for an extra day or two until it firms up, then carry on. A transition that takes longer than planned has not failed — one that gets pushed through has.

Full walkthrough in the 7-day food transition plan. If it has already gone sideways, see diarrhea after switching food.

Moving to raw off long-term kibble is the one case where this schedule is too fast. Go through a cooked stage first — see our feeding philosophy and the kibble-to-raw plan. Stop and call your vet for blood in stool, repeated vomiting, or a dog who seems unwell — that is not transition upset.

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