[rebecca127]

Originally Posted by YoRkiE Te aMo

we have been successful with homecooking..our little one eats what we eat ..when we eat...real food ...no preservatives, fresh foods...several times a day...and there is no begging going on, as he is buzy eating too...they like variation and it is good as per the nutrients they need...
he gets a little of this and that it adds up to about half a cup of food a day..
snax are fruits...blueberrie, cherrie, apple, orange, tangerine..not alot just a little ...
yogurt and cheese but not processed cheese ...
even a little milk is better than an empty stomach on these little ones...

morning : a one inch peice of precooked beef chopped up with a small spoon of yogurt and a couple of blueberries..

lunch : half inch peice of riccota cheese or a boccincini cheese ball with a one inch square of bran bread

dinner :
chicken breast, beef (no fat) very lean ground meat (nothing fried)fish,tuna,salmon and a shrimp or two...

rice or pasta or potatoes or yams..
ours can not tolerate potatoe ( many are allergic to them )

veggies: tomatoes, broccoli, kale,snow peas, green beans, red cabbage, bok choy,zuccini, peas.

herbs: Parsley(great for nice white teeth) oregano, sage, rosemary .just a touch of some or each (we only use the rosemary occassionally) but the others daily..

the ratio is one third of each... for dinner depending on the size of ur little one ..about one eighth to a quarter cup of the mix...

for digestive problems and the best poops ..home style bran bread is great make little squares as a treat with a dap of butter..
a friend had a dog with colitis and needed meds..well those were replaced with the bran bread treats and he did great..better than the meds and no side effects

i was given this information by a vet in France ...
In Italy the dog food is a bag of pasta with the meat sauce dried and u add water and cook it and voila ! the dogs love it ...

now that is what our dog eats and he loves it and is healthy at 11 years and we also eat this...we cook for us and he gets too...
who could look at a bag of dry kibble and think that is edible?
so why would u think ur little one would !

Originally Posted by LDandPasquale

I agree . I think your dog is being finicky. I say pick the food she ate the MOST. Then stick to that. She'll eventually eat. And make sure you cut out ALL human food.

Just think of it this way...if it was you ..and you had your own personally chef...and you weren't really in the mood for what was being served..but knew something else would come along after it...Yeah you'd be finicky too!!

My husband once told me a story that when he was little..he didnt finish his veggies for dinner. His mom said nothing. Excused him from the table. And then the next morning when he got up...she served him the veggies for breakfast.

**The food she ate the most is Stella and Chewys Freeze Dried Raw, Canine Caviar, Merricks Wingaling. The only thing is I cannot afford the freeze dried raw because it is too expensive...

I mean she is so skinny right now and I absolutely hate it!!! I guess I am gonna have to just stick to the no human food and notleaving the food out all day... I must say for a small little dog she has the will of a GIANT!!!!!