DRZ, I used all of what you described. I didn't have any issues with loose stools on the diet mainly because the dog was utilizing it. If he didn't work as he did, there's no way he could've been fed that much fat without being a fat slob of a dog. He's the only dog I've ever worked that received that much fat in his diet for a keep as most of the others simply didn't work hard enough to even use that much.