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Originally Posted by viviansnickers  Your choice of kibble is fantastic, I would free feed at this point (leaving kibble down 24/7.) Your pup knows you are trying different things and is waiting for what you will come up with next. I would leave about 1/4 cup kibble down, in a shallow plate, just enough to cover the bottom, only 1 layer of kibble. Don't leave piles of it out and don't add anything to it. Snickers was picky for so long (pre raw diet) and as soon as I just left the dry kibble down, he ate as needed and was never overweight.
How old is your pup and how much does he weigh?? Don't stress if he doesn't eat for a day or so, he will. If he doesn't eat anything within 24 hours, you may want to change kibble and not add anything to it. A kibble Snickers is thriving on and eats regularly for the 1st time in his short 1.5 yrs of life is Acana, made from the same company as Orijen. It's less protein but still grainfree and has 3 varieties. He eats Primal raw in the AM and Acana in the PM. He eats his kibble everyday without fail. He loves it. I was truly shocked. I keep 2 varieties on hand just in case his pickyness returns, and I never add anything to it.
I hope I'm helpful to you and that your pup starts eating regularly...I know how frustrating it can be!!
Smiles!!
Snick & Viv |
Thanks. I used to free feed my cats. My previous dog I used to feed meat and kibble to, he used to eat the meat early evening and then finish the kibble at breakfast.
I gave Hedley something new this morning and he loved it:
fish4dogs
I knew it suited him as he had some of the trial size for training treats, and he also has the fish 4 dogs chews and treats as they are hypo allergenic. Unlike the other posters dog, Hedley loves fish! I might keep 2 foods on the go, the fish one and the orijen, see if that works. I fed him from my hand with the fish4dogs puppy food this morning, its smaller than the orijen puppy kibble and he ate a handfull straight away. I think he honestly gets bored with the same thing.
I am going to weigh him again soon. He now doesnt fit my kitchen scales, but the last time he was on them he was about 5lb and that was about at 12 weeks old. He is slim, but I know pups are under all that fluff. It has been snowing heavily here today and he loves the snow. He is lively and happy enough so I dont think theres anything really wrong.