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bunny0458
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My husband & I recently got a 2 yr, old long-haired chihuahua and we were told that he needed to eat Purina One puppy chow so we bought a bag & he won’t touch it. They said that they also feed him table scrapes mostly. We finally bought some moist and meaty bag dog food and he ate it twice after a lot and I mean a lot of coaxing three days after the first time. We finally got him to eat a little bit of it a third time but then he throw it up a day later. He loves chicken so we bought him some chicken moist and meaty but he won’t eat it. We tried canned dog food once but it made his stool real soft. What can we do? I heard that those beneful meals don’t give them diarehha is that true? This is getting really expensive and we are ending up with a lot of unused dog food. If anyone can help us it would be really appreciated. |
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I would transition the dog from cooked to raw food. It sounds like he wont eat kibble so this makes it that much easier to switch over to the best food for him. He likes cooked food (table scraps) already, just improve the quality of his cooked food (mostly meat, little sat, etc). Feed him this for a week and then begin to cook the food less and less until raw. Please read up on raw, probably your dog’s best option. JMO. |
Swinkguy
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If you can’t get your dog to eat dry food try putting gravy one it. I feed my dog,Lady, the a brand called Merrick. |
Sadie
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I’d try calling my vet for suggestions first. I did find an interesting article regarding a raw food diet on this site. It’s on this page: http://dogtime.com/raw-food-diet-dangers-dogs-a… |
dublrgal
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You will find pros and cons to any diet. Your dog had already told you what he likes to eat…people food! There are some good recieps here to start. Then do a bit of online searching. You might look up “what’s wrong with dog food” and you will see why you should feed him home cooked or raw. |
samwhitaker1985
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Along this discussion where you are looking for the right dog food. Please be aware of the bad foods that can harm your pup. http://dogtime.com/bad-foods-for-dogs-list.html |
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Hello Bunny – Most of the off-the-shelf commercial dog foods are quite literally, garbage. They are based on the garbage that is left over from the human food coorporations. There is plenty of information on this on the internet, so I will not go into it in further detail here. We have been studying this topic for the past six years, as we have a company that balances the homemade dog diet. The best thing you can do for your new little family member is to just go ahead and feed raw or cooked meat. Of course over the long run, the diet MUST be balanced, for things such as a calcium source, but the thing to keep in mind is that you should stay ENTIRELY from commercial pet foods. If your dog is refusing to eat these foods, he must be a very smart little guy. Take a look at the info at Know Better Dog Food. |
Delta
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One of the great things about dogs is that they need the same nutrients we do, which means they can eat most of the same foods we do. |
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Read this http://www.nbc10.com/health/16301979/detail.html more people get sick from kibble. |
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Read this http://www.nbc10.com/health/16301979/detail.html more people get sick from kibble. |
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