Is your dog a picky eater? What dog food do you buy?

Well, I have cats... But they are picky eaters at times. I'd say find one that works and stick with it. I wouldn't worry too much about variety, since these foods are designed to be suitable as your animal's sole source of nutrition. Stick with a higher-quality one like Iams. The higher the quality, the more filling it will be and the less your dog will need to eat. We fed the cats Iams since we got them and never had problems. Lately, we've been trying other (cheaper) brands, and let me tell you, they are ravenous and absolutely unbearable to have around, especially one of them. Constantly begging, following me everywhere, grabbing my feet, etc., etc. He wasn't like that on Iams, so as soon as we run out, it's back to Iams for good. I want a normal cat again!!!

You can always keep around some cheap ground beef or whatever as a treat. Probably better than any food you can get in the store.

 

My dog literally eats plastic and has destroyed my hopes of growing tomatoes (he eats them all as they get ripe). He's not picky for the most part, but he won't eat some foods (he hates cauliflower and mushrooms). He also eats grapes (they should cause renal failure in dogs) and aluminium.

My other dog eats less interesting things, but she's not a picky eater either.

 

He climbs a few metres to eat the grapes on the vines, I don't think he'd be any less persistent with high tomatoes. :lol:

 

My dog's picky too. What we do is mix wet dog food (cesar) and dry dog food. Maybe your dog would like wet dog food? That stuff is kinda expensive though...

 

Have you thought of telling your dog about the starving dogs in other parts of the world? :lol:

I don't have relevant direct experience with dog food. However, one thing I will say for those who don't know this: a good diet is critical. I know someone who works for vet, and she's stated to me several times the following:

You either pay more for dog food now, or pay big vet bills later. You are what you eat applies to dogs as well as it does humans. One huge problem: a lot of the stuff available in grocery stores is junk. Another problem: some expensive stuff is better, but overrated. So lots of research is probably a good idea.
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My one experience with better pet food was with one of my mother's cats years back. She had some health issues (some urinary tract issue), and the only way to keep the problem cleared up without constant drugs appeared to be good cat food. The cat food: expensive compared to Friskies. Not having to jam an eye dropper down that little monster's throat every morning: priceless.

 

If you're switching foods for your dog, make sure you don't switch the food all at once. My vet recommends that when switching to a new type or brand, do it gradually. For the first two days, have a ratio of 25/75 of new to old food. For the next two days, do 50/50. For the last two days, do 75/25 new to old food. Then serve only the new food.

A fast transition can be harsh on a dog's stomach!

Anyway, I feed my dog Wellness brand food, in their weight management variety. I dd a lot of research on food when I first got my dog, and this seemed like the best brand for me. My vet recommended the weight management stuff, though, because my dog's breed is prone to weight gain which is really bad for his health!

 

Orajen is excellent. I have 2 cockapoos -- a 2 year old and a 4 month old. The older one was pretty picky when she was younger so we tried several kinds of food including Orajen. Fish for Dogs is another high quality dry food.

But these days both of them are on a raw diet, Natural Instincts. Not sure if it's available in the US but here in the UK you can order 1kg tubs on their website and they deliver it all the next day. You keep them in the freezer and just defrost as needed. 1 tub usually lasts a few days and they love it. I know feeding raw is a little controversial. Our vet rolls her eyes whenever we talk about it, but neither dog has ever had any stomach upset on it or runny poos or anything. They are both really healthy.

Also, as a treat and to give a little bit of texture we give the older one raw chicken wings occasionally. The raw bones don't splinter and it's good for their digestion.

 

My monsters eat Purina One Lamb and Rice. My German Shepherd is allergic to chicken, so they get lamb and rice dog food, as well as table scraps. That said, since I've come to college, I've never seen so much food go to waste. Where in college you throw it away, in my house, you just hand it under the table and it's taken care of.

 

My dogs are not picky. I buy 4Health Salmon and potato. Its better quality than like purina, Iams, etc and decently priced. When I make more money I'm switching to Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream. Theo will eat anything and I do mean anything whether its edible or not. Raw Tomatoes, pickles, Lysol (don't ask), etc.

If I could afford Orijen I would go with it.

 

hes not, he'll eat tissue and poo and .. everything if i wont stop him xD

 

Frozen Bil Jac.

 

When I had dogs they used to eat everything so there was never an issue, but I used to take care of my friend's dog when his family went out of town and she was very picky. Adding a tiny bit of water to the dry dog food seemed to do the trick. Much better than dealing with that canned Alpo stuff that always made me gag.

 

We'll from working with many different dogs as well as having tried feeding it to my own dogs I wouldn't try giving your dog blue buffalo. Most dogs who eat it have diarrhea or refuse to eat it at all. Not to mention when I worked at a vets office we were informed that it has really high potassium levels in the food so it can lead to health problems down the road.

I feed all my animals Pro plan dry food. They all seem to love it and it's what our vet recommends. I have one cat and two dogs that are really picky but the other two animals will pretty much eat anything. Since I take the dogs to daycare and they usually won't eat I add a small amount of parmasean cheese to their dry food and it seems to do the trick, it's better than wet food and not as fattening.

 

soft dog foods the smell is fowl but they love it also cut it up into chunks they like it that way.

 

I'm not sure what the brands are, my parents feed 'em. Our lovely dog gets a little bit of can food in the morning and evening. He's not picky, he is constantly begging for food and constantly licking the gross floors for any little speck. He's following what the vet said because he needed to lose weight, but it worries me because he doesn't get much at all and he always seems sad and hungry now. :/

Our cats on the other hand, SO PICKY. They eat dried cat food, well two of them eat wet when the dog does as their main food. One for health reasons, one because she wanted wet food too and they thought it might also help her health issues.
They will NOT eat human food. Anything, 99% of the time. Not one of the three.
It's soooo weird. All of our cats before them, and we've had alot, went wild for human food. These don't give one shit about it.

 

Yes one is but mainly when she's PMSing/coming into heat. Then she eats her butt off. I feed raw only now, saw a miraculous turn around in my older dog in terms of ease of movement/muscle tone.