Hi All

Happy New Year!

Ive recently been feeding my 18wk old lab Bakers Puppy food (I know not the best), shes not overly keen so Ive been putting a little (about a fork full) tuna mixed in.  She gobbles it!  Ive now stopped doing this and hey presto shes not that keen again:-(.  Ive decided to change her food, slowly over a week or so to JWB puppy food as I think this is much better for her.  But again she doesnt seem that interested.  I dont want to add the tuna again, but just to give it as a treat every now and again.  Also Ive been sent a sample of Royal Canin Labrador Retriever 30 food.  I havent given her any as I want her to be on the JWB.  Has anyone heard of the Royal Canin lab food?  Love to hear your thoughts.  Thanks

JWB will be fine and leave it down without anything in it and when she is hungry she will eat it ;)

It is better than Bakers :)

Just to add to that - she is teething, one of her teeth fell out yesterday.  Two minutes later she did eat the Bakers/JWB mix.  Just wondered whether that would make a difference.  The JWB  has quite a stong smell in comparision to the Bakers.  Shes not interested in food today, maybe if I fill her kong.........

Hi - I agree that JWB is far better for her than Bakers.  JWB is also a better food than Royal Canin, again in my opinion.

Yes, you are right that she might be off her food because she is teething - her teeth might be sore and if you are feeding dry kibble it could be painful for her to crunch it.  You could try soaking her kibble in warm water - just enough so it can absorb all the water and the kibble gets soft. 

It is usually more difficult to STOP labs eating rather than encourage them :D

Good decision to move away from Bakers, bad idea to start creating a fussy eater by adding extras, she will train you do this in a day or so.  Dogs learn by cause and effect ie they do not eat you add something scrummy therefore let's pretend we are not hungry cos then I get more choice.........  they are not daft you know! :D
I don't think French people need a special diet different from English people and so I do not expect a labrador to require a breed specialist diet rather than eating what say a Golden Retriever, Flat Coat or in fact any other dog ate myself........... 

However with 40,000 labs registered last year, the production of a lab specific food could not possibly be a marketing ploy of the manufacturers could it? ;)

*could not possibly be a marketing ploy of the manufacturers could it?*

Manu`s wouldn`t dream of doing that .............would they :D

mmmm..... i thought that too tohme.  Shes lost another tooth this afti - a big one!  Shes eaten her lunch after skipping her breaky.  I was hoping that it wasnt her not liking the JWB that was making her not want to eat and as you say, it doesnt take much encouragement to make them eat.  I added the tuna a fw weeks ago as I was A bit worried she wasnt eating.  Common sense tells you theyre not gonna starve themselves but like children, I suppose you worry when they are little:rolleyes:  Thanks for your replies......this site is great for advice x

However with 40,000 labs registered last year, the production of a lab specific food could not possibly be a marketing ploy of the manufacturers could it? ;-)

When RC first started this thing with breed specific diets (they did it first in cats) their very first one was a food for Persians, and one of their selling points was that Persians need specially shaped food to be able to eat it properly. I was deeply offended and told them so, and asked how they thought these cats had survived for all the years before their food if they can't eat the same food as other cats?!

Recently they brought out a kitten version of the same food, and I was given some for free. Again the shape was said to be perfect for the head shape of Persian kittens. Yeah right, the pieces were twice as thick as normal kitten biscuits and my kittens refused to touch them as they were too hard to chew. (That would have been the same for any breed too!).

All marketing ploys.

yeah, they said the shape of the kibble was designed for labradors - ie the dounut shape is meant to encourage chewing rather than just swallowing it.  I think i will stick to the JWB.

Hi. I feed my pup JWB - he's 19 weeks old and also teething. He's been a little bit fussy this week so I have been soaking the food with warm water to soften it and it's working, he's eating well again now

Hayley

hi luvhandles

ive just replied to the post you put on earlier, then went onto my post and you have posted on mine......

LOL! Harvey eating habits seem just like your labs at the moment.......He picked at breakie, ate all of his late lunch and then picked at dinner These pups certainly know how to keep us on our toes!!!