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Originally Posted by bobbigirl  Baby Chan is super picky! But I know that I am not alone! There are lots of other picky pups out there! So I need help : ) I've been feeding my girl boiled chicken and carrots since the second day I got her. I did this because she wasnt eating due to sadness anxiety etc. She felt so small and thin so I kept going with the chicken because she gobbles it down!!! It's been a month and I am still searching for a kibble she will eat! A friend told me about Natural BaLance Meatroll and she likes it! Now she gets a scoop of chicken and a few slices of meatroll 3 times a day. She weighs about 2.5 pounds. I want her to get bigger! And she eats these meals with gusto! Just wish she would go for the kibble. I always leave some out! Does this diet sound healthy? Do I need to stop with the boiled chicken? Anyone know the amount of meatroll she should have per day? Thanks so much! |
Just to be clear you are using the NB dog food rolls right and not the treat rolls? The treat rolls should not be a main staple of a diet.
Moving right along. You can use the dog food rolls as full feed according to the NB website, but I personally like the ingredients list for their kibble more, but that's just my preference. I feed NB Limited Ingredient Diet Potato & Duck Small Breed Bites to Rylie. She likes it a lot and does really well.
You need to be careful about cooking for your dog. Feeding your dog cooked meals long term requires knowledge of canine nutrition in order to keep their diet balanced and healthy for them. You are much better off switching to some kind of dog food and only enticing with certain things. Boiled chicken doesn't hurt them, but it doesn't make a balanced diet from what I've gathered.
Have you tried pouring the broth from when you boil the chicken over the kibble? I've heard that can entice them to eat. You can also try mixing a little wet food in (just enough to coat the kibble a little bit) to entice them to eat.
Note: If you leave the kibble out and do NOT give too many treats or other food things they WILL eat the kibble. Dogs won't starve themselves and neither will cats. My cat Suki refused to eat her food for awhile. She didn't like the duck and green pea formula, but it used to be the one LID NB made for cats that came in a large bag. We just left her bowl out and didn't give her anything else until she ate it. She did eventually start eating it every day when she realized she wasn't getting anything else
. We switched her to the salmon LID once they came out with it in a large bag and she LOVED that.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE DANGER IN THIS WITH SUCH A LITTLE ONE BECAUSE OF HYPOGLYCEMIA ISSUES (Suki weighed 8lbs at the time). I would find another opinion on this method for such a small baby... I have no experience with that.
What kibble are you currently feeding?
There are plenty of other tips on picky eaters on YT. Yorkies seem to be notorious for it
If you look over the Health & Diet forum I'm sure you'll find plenty of tips! I hope this helps some or someone else will chime in for you! Until then just try reading up on the forum.