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Originally Posted by jnsdrexler02  Okay.............I'm going to have to try that!! I thought the Blue Buffalo was going to work but.......................NO LUCK!! In fact she just seems to be turning her nose up to "dog food" period!!!! She loves scrambled eggs so I tried mixing that with her kibble.............no luck! I think I am going to have to start baking chicken and rice and going that route. I'm not used to this...........my little Chihuahua will eat anything! Are these hunger strikes normal???? |
Really, she is training you to feed her human food, and you really need to combine human food correctly to give a dog a balanced diet. Chicken and rice are only acceptable short term, when your dog is having intestinal issues, as it is easy on the stomach, but it does not have enough nutrition for dogs long term. If you want to home cook, you really have to study and additional supplements are a necessity, do not think a balanced human diet is a balanced canine diet.
The good thing about healthy kibble is that studies show that most dogs will not overeat, and you can safely free fed many dogs without fear of overeating. In other words, the kibble is just tasty enough to nourish, but not tasty enough to tempt them to overindulge. I think you should decide on a kibble that you think is a good choice, and then put her bowl out twice a day for 15-20 minutes and take it away. She will learn that she doesn’t get tastier choices of she avoids her dog food. It may take up to 48 hours before she learns, but most dogs learn in 24 hours. Don’t give ANY treats or other food.