Monday, March 15, 2010

What To Do With My Picky Puppy?

my six month old pom puppy no longer wants to eat the wellness puppy food (dry kibble) she has been on for 4 months. she'll eat treats and wet food (i give her about 1 tablespoon a day) but is uninterested in her dog food that is kept out all day. i'm not sure what to do about this! i don't want to switch her food because she has already been on 3 different dog foods. should i mix her dry food with her wet food? should i just restrict treats/wet food so she'll be forced to eat the dry food to survive? can i just give her wet food and rely on her treats/bones to strengthen %26amp; clean her teeth? any suggestions would be helpful! :) thanks

What To Do With My Picky Puppy?
mix wet food with dry, works like a charm for me, or try day old bread (found at store) and mix with some water and dry milk powder.
Reply:Put the food down for 20 minutes - if it doesn't eat - the food gets put away until the next feeding time. If the dog refuses food and starts getting ribby (you can see all the ribs) take it to the vet. If the dog is not eating half of the portions most of the time - you are feeding too much.





Also - only give treats after the dog has performed something - like after a training session. You could have inadvertantly caused the pickiness - kind of like giving kids candy and then asking them to eat dinner - it doesn't work too well.
Reply:She might be getting enough to eat from her treats and wet food, so she's not that interested in her dry food. But it's not good to just feed them wet food, because it is really high calorie and dry food helps remove plaque from their teeth. To get her to eat it, try mixing her wet food with dry. Sometimes, though, dogs will lick the wet food off the kibble and not eat the dry food if you mix them. If that happens, just give her less wet food and leave the dry food out all the time for her. She'll get hungry and eat it eventually. My dog is really irregular about when he goes to eat his dry food, so don't worry if she doesn't eat it at first.
Reply:Maybe your dog is trying to tell you that it wants real food not processed waste products. Dogs need meat and bones not grains and additives.





You said that you are concerned about her teeth so do some research into a natural prey based diet. 80% of dogs fed processed artificial food have peridontal disease by the time they are three! These statistics are then used by the same manufacturers to sell other products - teeth and gum cleaning 'treats'.





My dog eats raw meaty bones as the basis of her diet and her teeth are sparkling with not a sign of tarter anywhere. Even the vet comments on her mouth and shiny coat.





The attached link is a great starting point for your research, good luck
Reply:if you want her to have a good habit, then just ONLY give her the dry food, if she doesnt eat it, leave it there. she'll have to when shes starving. and once shes eating the dry food like she wants to, then give her a little wet food. which she will probably stop eatin the dry food again. but just stop giving her anything else if she doesnt eat the dry food



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