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Originally Posted by Angel Sweet Pea  Her skin looks ok [not red...just pale pink but I do need to bring her for a dental to remove some tartar on back teeth.. but she does not seem to have trouble chewing... she chews her chew treats like purina meat in the center mini chews or zukes dental chews... she eats her treats like the wellness hard mini bites... but does not want her dog food.. She did eat some of the shredded chicken... but left the kibble... saving up for the dental and now that weather is better, will try to find a competent vet to bring her to. She licks her paws a lot. Nose seems try today... when she is playing with her treat she sometimes rubs her nose on the floor in a forward motion.. This is all so new to me... |
That sounds like to me she's picky & finicky just like my dog's after they get a taste of better tasting stuff like human food or chicken. Both my Yorkie & Maltese will NOT touch their kibble if I just give it to them just "as is".
I have to let their kibble soak in some soup or stew, which we always have every week for ourselves like chicken soup or some broth. You could just buy a whole chicken on sale add few carrots & potatoes let it simmer for couple hrs. Now you have a big pot of broth with chicken & vegs to add to their kibble. Just freeze the rest away in portions plastic containers and bring out as you need it.
When feeding times come, I just microwave their bowl with the broth then put some kibble in it for about 10 min so soak it up. Then I chop up the chicken pieces & vegs to really small itty bitty pieces so that it all mixes up with the kibble they won't be able to pick form it.
If you do that, the bland dry kibble is now softer & has more flavor soaking in all that broth plus the chopped up chicken/vegs they should eat it like mine all of it everytime. Oh, if you have some leftover meat like pork chops or steak chopped them up too with the chicken they will devour it. If it has some salt or seasonings I just soak the beef or pork in a some warm water for 15 min that should remove most of the salt/pepper etc.