Do you feed Acana Pacifica ?

[yorkietalkjilly]

For my Jilly, I would put a bunch in a plastic food storage bag & use a rubber mallet to crack it into bits. Later I used a blender and food processor but you always had some that was just powder. I was always afraid she would aspirate that somehow so I just tossed it.

[tokipoki]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

For my Jilly, I would put a bunch in a plastic food storage bag & use a rubber mallet to crack it into bits. Later I used a blender and food processor but you always had some that was just powder. I was always afraid she would aspirate that somehow so I just tossed it.

That's not nearly as tedious as I was imagining haha...I was picturing cutting each individual kibble in half or whatever *sigh*. But I guess doggies don't care what it looks like as long as it tastes good!

[yorkietalkjilly]

No. Jilly didn't care what it looked like. She was just grateful to be able to have a size kibble she could get her tiny muzzle open around & tiny teeth to chew. She was 3 lbs. full grown & until she died an old lady & had to have tiny kibble. I would do several storage bagsful at once & store them so I only had to crush kibble about once a month as she ate so little each meal.
(spellcheck totally changed my last 2 line font size - can't get it back to normal!)

[MY OSCAR]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

I thought he was eating blue buffalo sensitive grain free.....?

yes i tried him on that cause it was bigger kibble and its the same food my airedale is on but it did not agree with oscar so for now we are back on the fromm till i can find something else....

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by tokipoki

I'm just curious, but how do ya'll cut up kibble? Do you just use a butter knife or something?

I tried putting them in a bag and smashing them with a meat tenderizer thingy but that smashrd them too good and made it into powder, so I took Dh's electrical wire cutter anf cut one by one.... pretty annoying!

[tokipoki]

Originally Posted by lovespandp

I tried putting them in a bag and smashing them with a meat tenderizer thingy but that smashrd them too good and made it into powder, so I took Dh's electrical wire cutter anf cut one by one.... pretty annoying!

Now that is love haha! I would do it too in a heartbeat but thankfully Toki likes big kibbles and loves to chomp!

[Perrella]

Ok, believe me after close to 3 years of cutting Zhoie's kibble before her surgery....I've got the perfect tool. DH got this a Walmart in the craft section..they are little spring like load wire snips about 4.5 inches long.
Just snip the kibble in the middle...it's perfect

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by MY OSCAR

yes i tried him on that cause it was bigger kibble and its the same food my airedale is on but it did not agree with oscar so for now we are back on the fromm till i can find something else....

Ohhh Gotcha!! I thought you were home cooking for your airedale....
I can't keep track!!

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by MY OSCAR

yes i tried him on that cause it was bigger kibble and its the same food my airedale is on but it did not agree with oscar so for now we are back on the fromm till i can find something else....

I would recommend Acana, but you know I Love It!!
I think it is a nice size kibble...

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by lovespandp

I tried putting them in a bag and smashing them with a meat tenderizer thingy but that smashrd them too good and made it into powder, so I took Dh's electrical wire cutter anf cut one by one.... pretty annoying!

Same here! Well, I used to sit and watch tv and cut each kibble with a pair of scissors.... Thankfully I don't have to do that, anymore.... but I would if I had to! LOL!!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Try smashing them in a bag with a rubber mallet. It mostly breaks them into pieces. There is some powdering but not that much if you don't keep banging.

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by Perrella

Ok, believe me after close to 3 years of cutting Zhoie's kibble before her surgery....I've got the perfect tool. DH got this a Walmart in the craft section..they are little spring like load wire snips about 4.5 inches long.
Just snip the kibble in the middle...it's perfect

omg that is funny, dh has some of those, but of course they are blue lol but I used them and didn't think they worked that good, the electrical wire cutter is way better for me!

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Try smashing them in a bag with a rubber mallet. It mostly breaks them into pieces. There is some powdering but not that much if you don't keep banging.

Lol maybe that was my problem, I kept banging it HAHAHA, I did it on the garage floor which is concrete- it didn't seem to work well for me, and I used a metal meat tenderizer!!

[lovespandp]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

I would recommend Acana, but you know I Love It!!
I think it is a nice size kibble...

[tokipoki]

Originally Posted by lovespandp

Lol maybe that was my problem, I kept banging it HAHAHA, I did it on the garage floor which is concrete- it didn't seem to work well for me, and I used a metal meat tenderizer!!

Lolol that explains how you were able to form a fine powder