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Old 09-15-2015, 08:20 PM   #1
Deviruchi
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Question getting new puppy to eat kibble..

hi guys... as some of you may know.. i've recently got a new puppy nami (about to be 6 months soon)..

breeder sent her with some food that she has bee on, but when she came to us, at first she did eat, about 1/3 cup of food..
but after that she just simply refused to eat, and i started to mix some rice and chicken broth to her food, but then she'd just spit out her kibble and just picked out rice and licked off the broth..

ever since then i've been trying to get her to eat orijen puppy food, but then again. she just simply does not want to eat it!
i've talked to this pet store near me that sells orijen and other brands of food, and they recommended me orijen adult freeze dried food.. and what do you know.. she likes it.. he also recommended some goat milk, other supplements for picky eaters, which adds alot of protein to her food..
so far she also loves the goat milk, and i give that to her separately at times, adding coconut oil and fish oil to help her skin and coat.. but i do add a little bit to her freeze dried food, if she doesn't eat much at all, to try to help her eat a bit more..

even if she likes it though, she does not eat all of her recommended amount, and eats about 80% or less of her food per meal..
i'd like to get her to eat some kibble though, since she still is a puppy and it has more calories, and she def. needs to gain some more weight. (also advised by the vet) she's only 2.4lbs last time she was checked at the vet, about a week ago..

so how do i get her to eat kibble again?

i feed her at 7am, 12pm, and at 7pm again, or atleast try to... just depends on how much she ate during her regular meal time.. (like.. if she didn't bother eating her lunch... i'd try again at 2 or 3pm ish..)

i was told with my other puppy kupo, if he's skipping meals, just take the food away, and give him lunch later, so he'd be hungry to eat... but since she's so tiny, i'm scared of possibility of hypoglycemia...

what should i do?
thanks in advance
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