My Dog is a Picky Eater

RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By sassy (Guest Post) (10/11/2008) My friend and his brother has a chihuahua/dachshund mix and her diet is strictly table scraps. they do give her a can of dog food daily, which she hardly touches but finally eats it by the end of the day after it's been sitting out all day. She is incredibly spoiled and therefore picky and will not eat "dog" food (she knows) with the exception of biscuits. i recently got her dog food in the form of 'meat' flavored pieces (not dry, but akin) and she'll eat it occasionally, usually only by someone's hand. I'm gradually teaching her to leave humans alone when they have food, instead of jumping all over them.. but i need to also teach her to eat her OWN dog food when it's put in front of her. I'm currently attempting the "starvation" method (zero other foods; dog food in front of her 20 min then removed). I have ordered the brothers to not feed her anything, not even biscuits unless she's eaten her dog food. But I need help because the brothers think its funny/fine she's so picky and it's easier to just give her the scraps. Any suggestions? Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By Valerie (Guest Post) (09/05/2008) my 3 yr old husky is also a pickey eater, we tried mixing his dry kibble with beneful and that worked for awhile, then we started putting fresh salmon, that worked for awhile, then i started making him a doggie tuna casserole i fould in a dog recipe book with milk tuna egg noddles and peas in it, he loved it so much he licked the bowl until i had to stop him! Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By (Guest Post) (08/27/2008) My dog is a picky eater too he won't eat anything! Even table food. Does someone have any advice because I love him and don't want him to die so please help! Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By stephanie (Guest Post) (11/18/2007) I have a 1 1/2 year Old Cockapoo, Lexii, who hates dry kibble. I started to mix her kibble with warm water and that worked for a short period of time. It is so time consuming just "watching" and making sure she eats her food when I have to be at work so early. I also have a 14 year old cocker spaniel, Princess, who LOVES to eat, so I have to make sure she doesn't eat Lexii's food. I did some research and I tried, Force by The Honest Kitchen! The best food out there for dogs and cats. It is a bit expensive, but as long as my dog likes it, it's all that matters! Go to the website and take a look. IF you're dog is a picky eater and you no longer know what to do, you can buy a sample of force for like a dollar. Worth a try! Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by dinkly (14) | (05/20/2007) Profile | Contact My scotty (born 12/25/06) developed allergies shortly after coming to live at our house. We have cats and an outside dog so we (vet and us) tried several times to figure out what the culprit was. After much trepidation, we did a course of prednisone and took him off all grain products. He doesn't itch any more but still has hairless patches. I've started feeding him ground turkey, green beans and carrots.. he had me trained to the point if I were eating potatos (which he dearly loves) he'd scratch till I felt sorry for him and give him one :-) Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By dogielovert (Guest Post) (05/19/2007) my dog is the same way but he got to spoiled and just ate people food like steak and ham ex.... than she got over weight and sick. we had to put her on a diet and now all she eats is lots of veggies because she still won't eat kibble. or sometimes take a little meat and mix it it with the dog kibble so she will smell it. trust me if she gets hungry she will eat! p.s my dog is a carin terrier Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by meoowmom (1418) | (05/03/2007) Profile | Contact ps your little one is ADORABLE do NOT let it be the boss of you or you have truly lost the battle. My 3 know who is boss! I love them, spoil them but they know when I am serious or else you have to cater to them and you do not want that. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by meoowmom (1418) | (05/03/2007) Profile | Contact My yorkie, and jack russell and newbie cockapoo LOVE when I boil canned carrots, greenbeans and ONE weenie cut up tiny pieces I pour this over dry doogie food and it is a hit. My vet says the greenbeans and carrots are GREAT for them. The vet told me she knows a lady who buys rolled turkey burger (on sale) bakes them with no added stuff and slices thin then freezes and uses those for 'treats' so doggie gets hi protien with less fat and better quality then treats loaded with junk. I try not to feed them the store snacks and they love the faux ear treats. good luck... Mine get Pedigree canned food and dry food too in moderation. Puppy gets Pedigree puppy. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By Min (Guest Post) (05/03/2007) I raw feed my dogs and they go wild for liver. You can saute it a litte first. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by azDana (127) | (05/03/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Some dogs that are picky eaters will starve themselves before giving up. You need to decide whether or not you want to put the two of you through that, or if you just want to feed him what he prefers. You may also want to try feeding him brown rice with a bit of garlic. My sister's dog ate that and lived over 20 years. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By Tracy (Guest Post) (05/02/2007) My picky Yorkie LOVES Roast and Potatoes cut or chopped up good. She loves to see the crock pot. In the morning after she does her business she goes in the kitchen and sits on the floor and waits for me. Castor and Pollux has a great Organic canned dog food. Organic Turkey brown Rice Chicken and veggies. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by hsorbits (75) | (05/02/2007) Profile | Contact When my Pomeranian got 'picky' I opened a can of green beans and added them to the kibble. She looked as if she would eat the bowl, too!! The vet told me about the canned green beans, so we knew it was a safe way to feed her. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by ThriftyFun (3731) | (05/02/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact I have to agree with Jantoo. We just found out that a case of dog food that we had bought at Costco was just added to the recall lists. Maggie kept turning her nose up at it as she did some of the other recalled food. I have most of the case left because she just would not eat it so i kept throwing away her food. With all of the pet food recalls, I don't trust any of them anymore until they stop coming out with new recalls every other day. We've been making food for Maggie and she's been eating fine so her pickiness may have been her knowing that the food was bad. Susan from ThriftyFun Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by sandy63 (459) | (05/02/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact amen. i was thinking you are right when you say the dog is trainging you. i would say he will eat when he is hungry. but make sure at the vet that everything really is ok. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By denise w (Guest Post) (05/02/2007) they get hungry enough theyll eat anything Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by Jantoo (751) | (05/02/2007) Contact Considering all the trouble we're having with the safety of commercial pet food and human food, I sure wouldn't try to persuade my dog to eat something he didn't want to eat. Now, we're all assuming your doggie is healthy and has no food allergies or digestive problems. Assuming that, I've always found that my healthy dogs eat when they're hungry and won't eat when they're not. I try to make sure they get enough exercise each day to work up a good appetite - several short walks or one longer walk, at the least. And I would say, because you're having this little problem, no treats until after he's eaten his food. I'm not a fan of spraying a pet with water, maybe because my terriers have had the strangest way of imitating my own behavior. One of them once taught me to sit on the floor by looking at me, circling and then sitting, again and again, until I finally got it. They're very smart. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By Beverly (Guest Post) (05/02/2007) I pour just a tiny bit of either chicken broth or beef broth over her dry food and she loves it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By Teresa (Guest Post) (05/02/2007) my daughter's dog started refusing his expensive dog food. THEN she found out his food was on the contaminated dog food list. So be careful about assuming he is just picky. He may sense something is wrong that you dont know about. Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by gator10tx (51) | (05/01/2007) Profile | Contact When your dog, or cat, refuses its 'usual' but clamors for more, i leave the room or discipline him; see below. If you are his sole food source, eventually he'll start eating what you put b4 him; might take a day or more, depending on how 'spoiled' your pet is but remember: you are the 'alpha' in the 'dog pack' which your dog considers itself in... the alpha sets the tone. If you abdicate, your dog becomes the leader in your household. That might be okay if it could work and bring home the bacon... you'd be willing to cook it in the pan, right? Should he ever forget, you could remind him he's a dog... If you are comfortable with your pet finding its own food sometimes, let it a time or two while you're training it to eat what he's given. One of my dogs finds things anyway no matter how full he was when he left his bowl. Disciplining your pet can be as easy as spraying him w/ water from a bottle that has an adjustable spray--from 'mist' to 'bird's-eye-target' -g- Which ever annoys your pet the most, use that one. Some pets are easier to train than others but if we humans relinquish our leadership, we'll turn ourselves into 'staff' -g- Keep us posted :o) Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post by ficklephonebug (17) | (05/01/2007) Contact you are right, you're dog is training you. If I could get someone to cook me a steak every time I was hungry, I'd refuse to eat anything else too. Your dog will not starve, table foods can be hard for a dogs stomache and intestines. He'll be fine, he won't starve...you'll be okay. lol ;-) Report Spam or Abuse RE: My Dog is a Picky Eater Post By melissa (Guest Post) (05/01/2007) Trust Me...he will eat! My boxer, Rascalbaby, tried that when I first brought him home. I give him Nutro Puppy. He eventually started to eat & found out he indeed like "mommy's food"! Good Luck! Melissa Report Spam or Abuse