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Originally Posted by sweet_tikka  UPDATE:
I just bought a small bag of her previous food [her owners didn't give me any so i just put her on Acana like Pooter]
I mixed 2/3 s.d. and 1/3 acana... she scarfed it right up!
She wasn't scarfing the Acana... in fact barely eating it.
Hopefully this helps her transition better! Thanks! |
Just keep gradually increasing the Acana amount and decreasing the old food.
For the pumpkin - about 1 teaspoon (start with a little less, definatly no more than 1 tsp.) for a small dog. Just make sure it's not the pie filling kind, just all natural pumpkin - that usually works within a few hours
If it doesn't, you can do a few days of a bland diet of very lean ground beef or skinless, fatless chicken breast with white rice. Rice water works well too, but I haven't had luck in the past getting my dogs to drink it the handfull of times I had to try it.
As far as your question about the grain free in the original post, I guess I'm wrong, but I thought all Acana was grain free? I could be wrong (I know that company's Orijen is grain free). I personaly think grain free is best for dogs (and cats
) since they're carnivors and have no use for grains in their diet and it's actually really hard for them to digest grains of any kind (their digestive tracts just aren't made for it) They get all the nutrients that would be in grains from the veggies in their food
.