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I have to feed all my dogs seperately. I have a 12 year old mix breed taht has to be on senior food, canned, as she can no longer manage the kibble. poor old girl. then I have a 14 month old Shih Tzu who eats a good balanced adult dog food. I have to m ix kibble with can for him. just a little bit of can beause he wont eat the k ibble unless it is mixed with can. then I have my new yorkie pup, 7 weeks old today, who has to et a high quality puppy food . Right ow its canned, Wellness core grain free until her teeth come full in. then I will switch her over to the wellness smallbreed super5mix just for puppies. I have already started giving her some of this. I just break the pieces in half so if she doesnt chew it, she wont choke on it. she likes it. But for main feeding she gets canned still. In any case, it never fails, all of my dogs want to eat the other dogs food, not their own. So I feed old girl first, then the 14 month old, then the puppy. Course the puppy eats far more often then the other two. |
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I have several sample bags that I got from Artimis and Evenger's that I would give you but they are adult formula. |
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oh ok. well maybe i need to check out some different stores. the one I go to "petsmart" doesnt have these. I dont know if we have a petco in my city. ill check. |
Young pups really shouldn't have treats of any kind (including chicken sticks). They best way to reward him is with a piece of his own food. Now that he has a taste for baby food you are going to have to do it cold turkey. No chicken sticks!:eek: Make sure you are feeding him the healthiest food possible and stick to it. Check out your ingredient lists and decide if you think those things are healthy for him. Pet food manufacturers have found that they can make just about anything "nutritionally balanced" by adding a bunch of synthetic vitamins to the mix so use your common sense when looking at what the food is made of and how it was processed. Sometimes it helps if you don't feed him when you have people food out or have been cooking. If they smell you food it often gives them the idea that yours would be better than theirs. Maybe try feeding him in the morning before the smell of other foods hit his sensitive nose. |
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Just a suggestion: There are several companys that make a full life cycle food (puppy to senior). As for to hard for the puppy or senior,add warm water and let it soften. You can still add canned to it if you wish. I feed 5 soon to be 6 dogs: ages 12 yrs to 8 months and a new pup in April. I use glass custard cups for the little guy that has a hard time with the kibble so I can add water. Everyone else eats on paper plates. Both meals involve wet food mixed with kibble. Two of my dogs are allergic to fish anything ,that means no fish oil either ,one is allergic to chicken and no one handles grain very well. Choosing a food was a bit of a challenge. |
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I had issues with Gizmo, where he was getting tired of his kibble, so I started feeding him this Freshpet Vital Dog Food | Review and Rating , he loves the bison beef one. I give him it in the morning and at night, and I leave down a bowl of royal canine yorkie kibble to snack on at all times. He does snack on it, but his main meals are the refrigerated food. I also use treats that are really healthy for training (thank god he is food driven) and I use salmon treats that are high in omegas . |
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I agree - also try different ways to serve it - I had a cocker that couldn't eat due to an overbite - I fed her by hand and also boiled chicken at night - one day the dog food bowl was soaking in the sink - I put some food on a PAPER PLATE and my 8 year old hand fed doggie started crunching away! I think all those years she just didn't like the dog food bowl - but her vet had told me I would have to hand feed her when she was young - she just got spoiled lol I do offer chicken to my 4 at night but they have dog food down 24/7 maybe try different places to feed also? It is not good what he is eating now All the best ! |
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Thats a good suggestion. Ill check into that. it is getting quite expensive buying three kinds of food. well 4 including the canned that gets mixed with kibble. |
If it's the Gerber chicken sticks be really careful. I would never feed my adult yorkies these just because of the onion and garlic powder. Here's the ingredients INGREDIENTS: GROUND CHICKEN, WATER, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (FROM MILK), SALT, CANOLA OIL, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, ONION AND GARLIC POWDERS. |
Thank You ALL Thanks so much for your feedback. It is soooo helpful!!! I bought 24 jars of Gerber chicken sticks at the breeders advice. YIKES!!!:eek: I read the label and WOW-they are all going back to WINCO in the morning-and I also read the ingredients on Swansons chicken broth and yes there is onion in that too, so I'm only going to use that for me. Thank you all soo much for all your input-it was really great!!! Good NEWS!!! Milo ate his Halshans 3 meals in a row today PLUS some of his kibble tonight for supper!! YAY!!! He has one more meal to go so I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that he will eat it. What I did was I warmed the Halshans in another dish under the one the food was in with hot water, then I added a smidgeon of dried chicken liver sprinkled on the food and a smidgeon (few grains) of Parmesan cheese. Boy did he go at it. I was thrilled!!!:D:D:D Wish me luck. I think this one might stick (I hope!) Thanks again to all of you from the bottom of my heart. I so appreciate you and all your wise input! Namaste!!! Shellie:) |
Try Weruva wet food. We have a VERY picky dog (my dads dog)... she really likes it, and it's about the only thing she does. |
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