Does your dog get fed up with the same food?

elfen

My parents' dogs have always been fed the same: dry food of some sort (gluten free for the latest one - fussy b1tch) and some dinner on a sunday - usually thw ings off a chicken or the fatty bits off meat and they adore it!

hethmar

Mine have a mix of about 2 or three foods - it suits them, they eat the lot - James Wellbeloved dry, Royal Canin skin support dry and a bit of James Wellbeloved wet food mixed in.

Im the same as you, I worry they are getting bored But then you can always add a few veggies or gravy from your own dinner aswell.

SillyStudent_3

My dog will eat anything, he's a little fatty.

renegade

I am still trying to find a complete dry food that my puppy will eat, it's been an expensive ordeal. At the moment he is on Cesar which he loves but that is working out too costly for me.
I have tried all the ones that peeps on here have suggested but to no avail, unused bags of food taken to the PDSA.
I cook him rice and mix it with whatever meat I have, he likes vegs and tuna as well so he is not a 'fussy' eater, just can't get on with dry foods, if I add gravy he just licks the gravy and leaves the rest!
He is 3 months old btw,a tiny x breed yorkie/papillon.

foreign_correspondent

No, my dog never gets bored with her food - it is not an option. Anyone can make their dog fussy, but the truth is a healthy dog will never starve itself - however it will soon learn that if it leaves the 'healthy but not that exciting stuff' that is offered first, it will learn to leave it and wait for something more interesting - and probably less healthy.

If you let kids leave their healthy dinner and greens every day, and go on and eat their pudding, you would end up with kids who lived on pudding... what they prefer is not always what is good for them, dogs are the same!

Put the same food down every day, remove it after 20 minutes, if the dog does not eat, do not worry, do not try and coax it, it will eat when it needs to... it will not starve! (it will just try and make you believe it will!)

Renegade, your dog may end up with health problems, the nutrients in rice and human food are not a balanced diet for a pup. Choose a good, healthy food, that has the right balance of nutrients and suits your pocket (make sure the pieces of kibble are small enough for a little dog) and stick to it. Introduce it gradually by mixing it in well with things that you know the dog likes. You may want to soak the food in hot water and leave it to cool, as this can make it easier to eat - it can also make it harder for the dog to pick out the bits of human food and leave the kibble, and it mixes the tasty flavour of the human food onto the kibble.

Tinned tuna is also far too salty for a pup and could cause kidney damage.

Soubrette

My dog eats so fast that I don't think he'd even notice if we changed his food.

He has a sensitive stomach and we've tried the organic food he came with, wainrights, james wellbeloved (never again), Burns, fish4dogs (the best but expensive) and now thanks to FC he is on Wagg.

Every single pet food and flavour has been woofed down (some might say inhaled) enthusiastically but with varying results re the other end.

Sou

foreign_correspondent

Hi Sou!

How is he getting on? Did you find that the Wagg suited him then? It suits my mum's loopy lurcher who has a bit of a sensitive tum (the vet is very happy with her condition on it too!) and my dog has just gone back onto it after trying CSJ... still deciding which one to stick with... (she has a cast iron constitution though and can eat anything!) - Wagg is a cheap and cheerful food, but if it suits your dog and your pocket then I think that is all that matters!

Soubrette

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

Hi Sou!

How is he getting on? Did you find that the Wagg suited him then? It suits my mum's loopy lurcher who has a bit of a sensitive tum (the vet is very happy with her condition on it too!) and my dog has just gone back onto it after trying CSJ... still deciding which one to stick with... (she has a cast iron constitution though and can eat anything!) - Wagg is a cheap and cheerful food, but if it suits your dog and your pocket then I think that is all that matters!

I would say it is 90% as good as fish4dogs but about 30% the price of fish4dogs.

It is as good for his tummy as the next best after F4D which was Burns but his coat is not quite as glossy (but he is 18 months older and just coming to spring, both of which might have a bearing).

We've had to go back to caging him at night though His toilet training just went totally by the way after the last nail he shed (a few months ago) and never recovered. We still get up at 4am to let him out too and since then he's been fine (I've bought some incontinence pads for the cage but he hasn't used them yet).

I would highly recommend Wagg, it's much higher quality than the price would indicate imo, I'm very grateful for the recommendation

Sou

PS - totally off topic but I haven't seen you in the gardening forum, you haven't given up since last years set backs have you?

foreign_correspondent

thats great Sou - maybe chuck him a fish oil capsule too for a glossier coat!? I am back on track with the gardening - just about to go and faff about a bit now, thanks though! May well see you over in the gardening forum soon :-)

renegade

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

No, my dog never gets bored with her food - it is not an option. Anyone can make their dog fussy, but the truth is a healthy dog will never starve itself - however it will soon learn that if it leaves the 'healthy but not that exciting stuff' that is offered first, it will learn to leave it and wait for something more interesting - and probably less healthy.

If you let kids leave their healthy dinner and greens every day, and go on and eat their pudding, you would end up with kids who lived on pudding... what they prefer is not always what is good for them, dogs are the same!

Put the same food down every day, remove it after 20 minutes, if the dog does not eat, do not worry, do not try and coax it, it will eat when it needs to... it will not starve! (it will just try and make you believe it will!)

Renegade, your dog may end up with health problems, the nutrients in rice and human food are not a balanced diet for a pup. Choose a good, healthy food, that has the right balance of nutrients and suits your pocket (make sure the pieces of kibble are small enough for a little dog) and stick to it. Introduce it gradually by mixing it in well with things that you know the dog likes. You may want to soak the food in hot water and leave it to cool, as this can make it easier to eat - it can also make it harder for the dog to pick out the bits of human food and leave the kibble, and it mixes the tasty flavour of the human food onto the kibble.

Tinned tuna is also far too salty for a pup and could cause kidney damage.

Thankx for that info-was not aware tuns is bad for dogs! As a last resort I bought some Bakers Puppy complete food-he likes that, now I am concerned as peeps on here say Bakers is a no no because of the colourants they use- what to do? I have tins of Cesar I can mix with it, would this be a good balanced diet?