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Old 12-02-2006, 05:45 PM   #1
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My chelsea eats Innova puppy mix with small spoon of Merrick canned food. She is now 5 months. She will not eat the dry food alone unless if she is extremely hungry. I am thinking to switch her to other brand with small kibble. I need your opinion. What is the most tastiest dry food ? I am reading the post it seems Nutro lamb and rice formula is quite tasty but I heard that Nutro brand is not that good. I am thinking of Solid Gold wee bit small or Merrick puppy dry food. Any suggestion or personal experience ?
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Gracie loves the Natural Balance Venison and Brown Rice formula. She used to like the Royal Canin tiny puppy, Chicken Soup, and Ultra. Then she went off all of her dry, except for those bits that she stole from the cats, which was Natural Balance Venison and Pea. So, I thought, OK, you like Natural Balance Cat Food, you should like the dry dog food. And she does! The kibble is kind of large but Gracie handles it just fine. I wish these companies would put out sample sizes so we don't have to spend a fortune on food that our animals hate!
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i went thru tons of samples because romeo is so picky. i refuse to give him wet food because i know he'll never eat dry again. they only one he likes is nutro lamb and rice small bites.
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I tried the merricks she would not even try, I tried the nutro same thing, she only likes the royal canine I know it can cause skin allergies as I read but she eats it an does not have any problems.
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Oscar had a "chronic sore" for over a year. I switched him over to Wellness Fish & Sweet Potato and he finished the first bag...the sore is gone! He no longer has the itchies either. Now it smells rank...like fish, but he loves it! And I went to get the second bag and Wellness has treats as well...I got him the yogurt, Apple & Banana treats...he loved those as well. I will add that Oscar was very picky...thought I would never get him off of the Royal Canin...he hated everything else, but loved the Wellness right off the bat. The Royal Canin was small bites that he swallowed whole. The Wellness is bites that are smaller than a Hershey's Kiss, about half the size, but he has to chew them, which is good for his teeth. I highly recommend the Wellness and I think it is rated pretty well! Good luck!
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Thank you for all your suggestion. She does not eat her innova kibble now even when I mixed it with merrick. She probably eats only 5-8 kibbles. I stop giving her treat too so she will be hungry. Should I try other brand now or wait ? I do not want to make her more picky by changing to many brands. Thanks.
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Thank you for all your suggestion. She does not eat her innova kibble now even when I mixed it with merrick. She probably eats only 5-8 kibbles. I stop giving her treat too so she will be hungry. Should I try other brand now or wait ? I do not want to make her more picky by changing to many brands. Thanks.
After much experimenting, I decided to feed my baby Innova puppy and now innova evo. I realized that theu go through stages of eating most of their food to eating none of it. If you change their food everytime they don't eat it, you will be out of food brands to try very soon.

Keep in mind that at 5 months, your pup is still teething. If their gums are irritating them, they will eat less just like us humans.

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After much experimenting, I decided to feed my baby Innova puppy and now innova evo. I realized that theu go through stages of eating most of their food to eating none of it. If you change their food everytime they don't eat it, you will be out of food brands to try very soon.

Keep in mind that at 5 months, your pup is still teething. If their gums are irritating them, they will eat less just like us humans.

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you are right. the funny thing is she eats if I give her the kibble (one by one) but not in her bowl. Probably she is teething.
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Oscar had a "chronic sore" for over a year. I switched him over to Wellness Fish & Sweet Potato and he finished the first bag...the sore is gone! He no longer has the itchies either. Now it smells rank...like fish, but he loves it! And I went to get the second bag and Wellness has treats as well...I got him the yogurt, Apple & Banana treats...he loved those as well. I will add that Oscar was very picky...thought I would never get him off of the Royal Canin...he hated everything else, but loved the Wellness right off the bat. The Royal Canin was small bites that he swallowed whole. The Wellness is bites that are smaller than a Hershey's Kiss, about half the size, but he has to chew them, which is good for his teeth. I highly recommend the Wellness and I think it is rated pretty well! Good luck!
It does smell rank but it is an excellant dog food for those with sensitive stomachs and my Japanese Chin loves this food. I have 3 dogs and each one is on a different food. Two are on Wellness but different formulas and the third (Yorkie) wil be trying the Wellness Simple Solutions Venison as soon as he recovers from a colitis attack. We have discovered he's allergic to potatoes, and any poultry, wheat, etc. I will have to try the treats on the other two, sound interesting. I find that the Royal Canin caused itching. I have tried many brands but always ask for samples first, many do have them.
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I try Nutro and she likes it. She eats the kibble dry But now I noticed that she poops more often in quite a big quantity. Has anyone notice this ?
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I got some Canidae samples in the mail today and 3 of my 4 think it is great. Both Yorkies gobbled it up. They even picked it out when I mixed it with their current food. The fourth is my stubborn dachshund and she won't eat anything -- dry dog food that is; but I keep trying. I am going to order the Canidae online as I have not found it here locally. I think it is a very good food and it is also All Life Stages so they can eat it from puppy to senior.
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I got some Canidae samples in the mail today and 3 of my 4 think it is great. Both Yorkies gobbled it up. They even picked it out when I mixed it with their current food. The fourth is my stubborn dachshund and she won't eat anything -- dry dog food that is; but I keep trying. I am going to order the Canidae online as I have not found it here locally. I think it is a very good food and it is also All Life Stages so they can eat it from puppy to senior.
Canidae is awesome. It's so stinky too! I think that is why they like it. Loki was really picky until we tried Canidae.
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Both of mine each Canidae All Life Stages mixed with Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul. They love BOTH of those foods and they are EXTREMELY picky eaters.
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