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Originally Posted by BellaDonna  You know one time I noticed that one of my chi girls had very thin hair on her legs and ears and one ear was only partially up and that wasn't normal for her. I assumed that was part of her aging and her coloration because she is a white chihuahua with pink eyes and the liver color nose. Anyway....at the time we were feeding all the Chi's Nutro max ultra which I thought was a good food for weight control. At some point during this time we took them off weight control food and put them on to Merrick's and one day I noticed that LilyB had hair back on legs and ears!!!! That stunned me because what it told me was that the other food we were feeding with such good intention and actually been depriving her and the others of certain nutrients she desperately needed! Her ears are also both standing and another chi with a drooping ear is no longer drooping.
The moral of the story is that some dogs are more sensitive to ingredients of food than others but even the high $$$ foods are not necessarily the best foods. Also when you are buying a diet food they may be skimping or missing out on necessary nutrients to keep calories down.
Do you research on foods and watch your babies for reactions to even the best. |
Thank you. I'm sure part of Forrest's general ill health is because of the low quality food he is eating. But, even more than the quality was the fact that he hasn't been eating much of the food they fed him. He really can't get to his food bowl very easily on his own - it's kind of hit and miss for him.
I've been checking him at least hourly, putting his food and water in front of his mouth. Most times he will eat then and I believe when he is thirsty he drinks too. His weight and hydration have already improved just from the few days he has been here and getting food/water consistently. Soon I will introduce a better food for him but it will have to be done slowly.