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Originally Posted by rjones  He is on Nutro Natural Choice puppy and once he is done with that I think I will switch him to wellness. I am not sure if my petstore has the grain free, b'c he does have allergies, sneezes alot and eyes water...the vet said it's not the food just the time of year. I am in Texas and its close to 100...I hope he gets to be 7lbs I would prefer he be bigger, but as long as he is healthy I am happy  ...Do they have puppy wet food? that I could add maybe at night time to entice him. He does eat just off and on throughout the day, and when I crate him he has his food in there while I am gone he just doesn't eat to much. |
As he gets older you will realize that most of them pick at their food. Mine tend to only want to eat when we sit down to eat. So now they just eat once a day becuase they never touched their food other than at dinner time.
You can go to a number of foods like Wellness & Merricks that are corn free. You can go for the whole grain free as well. I used to feed Merricks because there was no corn. Then they made the Merricks BG which is totally without grain and that is what I feed now.
Look at the overall amount of food he is eating a day and how many times he poos. For the most part when you free feed they lazily eat through out the day so you won't see them putting a big dent in their food at once. If they are on scheduled feedings then you will see that they get down to business once you put down the food.
I never feed canned stuff. Others might but I am not big on the preservatives that they put in there and the other gunk to make it enticing. If he is not eating all that you might put in little pieces of veggies or fruits to entice him. I think once you get the canned food started that never stops. I think that some brands do have a puppy formula in the canned stuff. Check out your store. I never paid much attention to others but I do know that Merricks carrys a puppy wet.
Allergies are definitely abound right now. Toby has a bit of it. Your surely seeing a lot of the itchiness if your food has corn. I find that more than less they are allergic to corn.