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Originally Posted by edwardsupandy  I tried Pedigree, Eukanuba Yorkshire, RC Yorkshire, Proplan, Beneful, IAMs and what I notice, my maltese had terrible tear stains. I know Eukanuba Yorkshire has very good appetise smell and I will no wonder that most of yorkie or other dogs love it. The problem is my yorkie had smelly tears and my maltese had terrible tear stains.
Then I decided to cook for him and also give him Orijen dog food recently, the result, no more tear stains. My yorkie tears smelt badly before and he as this problem anymore now.
I myself learned from my experiences, no more dog food containing by-product, beetpulp, corn, or any other cheap ingredients. I will only choose human graded dog food like Orijen. I would try Solid gold or Timberwolf oneday. I am happy with Orijen for the moment.
You can see from my photo albums where Hanzo, my maltese, had terrible tear stains and his recent pictures where all his tear stains are gone.
I do believe good quality dog foods make really differences. |
I used to feed Lulu my shihtzu Alpo. She barely eats then. Then I switched to Science Diet. Same thing. And she never has any energy to romp around with Mocha for long. Switched to Orijen.. TADA! She's doing great. We go for walks twice as far before she starts sitting down. Her coat is much better too.
Just because a food smell better doesn't mean it's good for them. Just because a dog will eat the food, doesn't mean it's good for them. They will eat chocolate if you give it to them, won't they? Garlic? Hmm... Nice smell...
I know Mocha goes for tissues... stones.. anything crunchy, anything bitable, anything she can swallow, and some that she can't.
Even if they will eat the food, I will not feed it to them if I *know* it's not good for them. But that of course is only one person's opinion.
dmnevil:
Just keep persisting with the poo thing. When he poos on the wrong place, if you catch him in the act, distract him with a firm NO or a loud clap, and bring him to the right place. Mocha is *just* fully housebroken. She also used to poo everywhere she likes, which was usually not on the pad. She is almost 8 months old. It's been 3 weeks since we last had an accident. The key is persistence and patience, patience, patience. You will get there