When I was young we had a sheltie that was fed canned food every single meal from a teaspoon one bite at a time. She was a puppy that got dumped when a new leash law was passed and found my parents who were painting our new house and had taken some fried chicken with them. What a wonderful dog she was. Spoon feeding strengthened her bond with each of us and was a treat.
That said, we recently had to change our little girl's food to Origen. We found the adult kibble is just too hard for her to chew and switched to the puppy Origen. She loves it.
She also had some trouble eating when she was about 6 months old as new teeth came her baby teeth didn't fall out. The double rows were painful. As soon as she had them pulled she was back in no time at all to eating. Check the teeth!! |