Weetabix for breakfast

islanddaughter

I have a 1 year old Border Terrier who is currently on Wainwrights puppy kibble.

For breakfast he has the correct weight amount of kibble with few (around 10) speacial k cerals crushed in it and for evening has the kibble mix with a spoonfull of Wainwrights moist meat. Happy so far.

Around a week ago we started to introduce the adult kibble to both meals. Both meals still either had the ceral or moist meal and was eaten fine.

Now the breakfast meal is being totaly ignored and not touched. Not wanting him to go all the way until evening meal without eating I started to give him two Weetbix with a dash of warm milk, which he is lapping up and liking lips at.

Do you think this is just a fussy dog wanting human food or that he only needs one meal a day in the evening? Further more, is Weetabix ok for him.

Any replies gratefully received or more info can be supplied.

Thanks

Buttonmoons

My friends Grans dog wouldn't touch dog food, at all, unless another dog came to visit, then he would He used to get Frosties for breakfast :rotfl: liver for lunch and whatever was cooked for tea. One spoiled dog! Last I saw of him he was 15 and still running around like a puppy, probably all the sugar from the frosties :rotfl:

Fawny_2

My Springer used to love weeabix when she was alive, had two every morning with milk & never did her any harm. However some dogs do have a wheat & dairy intolerance like my current Springer.

islanddaughter

Fawny....what are the signs for intolerences? Sickness and pooing?

Fawny_2

Hi,

Yes she had very sloppy poo's & a lot more, she was also more crazy than Springer are normally:D

I'm hoping when she is a bit older she may be ok with them, as she loves them, they just don't like her. My OH has them with hot milk for breakfast everyday & Hollie is always after them she loves the smell.

PinkPeach

Hi, my springer is nearly 2 and he adores weetabix with warm milk, the crusts from my toast, or warm milk and porridge oats...basically any of my breakfast leftovers!

He's on one evening meal a day and we usually add something to his dry biscuits like some veg as he refuses to eat it otherwise. I'm happy to do this for him as personally I'd not want to eat the same thing day after day. Just keep an eye on whats coming out the other end as you'll soon realise if the weetabix isn't agreeing with him.

hayley11

My 8 month old cavalier is so fussy with dog food, he was on James Wellbeloved but we had to persuade him to eat it every day, he really didn't enjoy it. When we visited my mums, he tried my mums dogs food (bakers) and loved it so I started buying that for him but now he's almost gotten bored of that.

Give him cheese, hot dogs, sausages, chicken, crisps (I dropped the bag and he pinched some!) or any other human food and he will wolf them down!

Might try him with some weetabix tomorrow, he's had some teeth out today so it'll be nice and soft for him.

foreign_correspondent

I cant see any point in giving dogs weetabix - as a dog food it is junk - it has sugar in it, not much protein, and very little fat... and if you add milk to it, it can be another problem as so many dogs are lactose intolerant... I cannot see any good reason to feed dogs weetabix when they could be eating something which actually has some nutrition in it!

Most dogs need a food which is about 20% protein, and 10% fat... and have no need for sugar at all.

Hayley, if you give your poorly dog a new food, you may well end up with him suffering from an upset tum as well - he does not need dehydration to cope with as well.

Paradigm

As FC has said weetabix has little or no nutritional value for dogs, he'd be much better off with scrambled eggs.

hayley11

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

I cant see any point in giving dogs weetabix - as a dog food it is junk - it has sugar in it, not much protein, and very little fat... and if you add milk to it, it can be another problem as so many dogs are lactose intolerant... I cannot see any good reason to feed dogs weetabix when they could be eating something which actually has some nutrition in it!

Most dogs need a food which is about 20% protein, and 10% fat... and have no need for sugar at all.

Hayley, if you give your poorly dog a new food, you may well end up with him suffering from an upset tum as well - he does not need dehydration to cope with as well.

My dog isn't poorly, he's just had two teeth out.

I didn't realise weetabix was so bad for dogs, I won't give it him if that's the case. I'll just boil some chicken for him if his gums are still tender.

foreign_correspondent

hayley11 wrote: »

My dog isn't poorly, he's just had two teeth out.

Well, dogs recovering from a general anaesthetic and with a sore mouth are likely to feel pretty poorly - and may be very reluctant to eat or drink to start off with, so you don't want to add to their difficulties by giving them vomiting and diarrhea to contend with too...

As paradigm says, scrambled eggs (no milk, no salt) would be far better for a recovering pup!

Lots of dogs are very sensitive to milk - mine has a pretty cast iron consitution, but will vomit if given more than the tiniest splash of milk. Fermented milk (eg. cheese, yoghurt) tends not to be as problematic, and mine can eat both with no problems.