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01-28-2013, 06:33 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Tennessee
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| Refuses kibble Before I brought Sam home, I knew I would be changing his food. The puppy food the breeder uses has more filler than I am comfortable with. After a lot of research, and more than a little budget consideration, I decided on Wellness Small Breed Puppy. Especially after learning that they no longer do business with Diamond foods. Sam, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with it. I have mixed it with the other dry, mixed it with wet, soaked it, warmed it, given it plain. The last straw was today. I used Jeanie's suggestion of very hot water, stirring it, and giving it to him warm. He didn't touch it, so I just left it down when I went to work, thinking he would eat at least some. WRONG! When I got home 10 hours later, the food was still in his bowl untouched. So I broke down and gave him some of the canned food that the breeder sent home mixed with brown rice and vegetables boiled in chicken water. He snarfed half of it down in about 3 minutes. My baby was starving!!! I'm taking the Wellness back to PetSmart tomorrow for a refund. No matter how quality a food is on paper, if more of it goes in the garbage than in my pup, it's not worth the bag it's in! I've read some really good reviews on the Simply Nourish (PetSmart's house brand). dogfoodadvisor.com gives it a "highly recommended" rating and a 4/5 score. The only thing I haven't been able to find out is what manufacturer it is produced by. Anyone have any idea? I want to give it a try before I go with something like RC or BB.
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01-28-2013, 06:37 PM | #2 |
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| LOL the trials of trying to find a good food that your dog will actually eat. I went through a number of different brands as well. Good luck and I hope you find a food your baby likes. I have no info on the brand you mentioned.
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01-28-2013, 07:55 PM | #3 |
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| Wow. I feel so bad! I gave Sam the other half of what I mixed when I got home, and he wolfed it down too, then whined until I gave him some more of the canned. I mixed about 10-12 pieces of the kibble in. He's picked the soft out and left the kibble - again! So now, he has eaten more in the last 4 hours than he has in the last 2 DAYS.
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01-28-2013, 08:06 PM | #4 |
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01-28-2013, 08:49 PM | #5 |
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| I have to say my puppy doesn't care for Wellness puppy either. Apparently, healthy doesn't always mean tasty? Lol. I imagine the canned food is like what KFC is to people. Perhaps try another brand and transition him *very* gradually. Or try a better brand of canned food and see if he would eat it. Perhaps he just doesn't like biscuit/kibble type food and prefers wet food.
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