I have a 10 month old female rottweiler, she has always either had bakers puppy or adult bakers as her main food, but for the past 2 weeks she has really gone off it, she nibbles at the larger chunks of food but isnt really that interested in the rest, i've starting mixing our food in with hers to encourage her to eat her biscuits but all she does is eat our food and leaves the rest, when i mix her food with gravy she just licks that off the biscuits.

Has anyone got any ideas on how i can get her eating her biscuits again?

Steph.

Perhaps she is telling you something! :D  Why is it important that she eats this? Bakers is not a food that would be in my top 100 to feed any dog.  Have you thought of trying her with Burns (complete dry) or Naturediet (complete wet) Either of those foods do not contain the sugar, salt, yeast, colourings that Bakers do and are, IMHO vastly superior.

I think I would have gone off eating some foods if I had been eating it for 10 months :D

Sometimes dogs "go off" foods because it does not make them feel comfortable.

Just a thought

thanks for your advice, i dont thinks its important that she eats bakers, its just what shes always has from being a young pup, probably because i thought that changing a dogs diet causes stomach upsets (havent got a clue where i heard that from) do you think it better for her to be on Naturediet, with it being complete wet, seen as she is only 10 months, or should i put her on Burns?. when changing her to either one of these should i do it straight away or should i gradually introduce it to her?, why do you think it makes her feel uncomfortable eating bakers is it because of all the sugar etc in it?

thanks again

Steph :D

A sudden change of diet CAN upset the stomach, just like when you go abroad; because differing ingredients being included.  Most people recommend a slow change over although I personally have never found any difficulty.

You should feed your dog the best possible diet which minimises food intolerance, allergies and the ingestion of extraneous products such as sugar, salt, colourings etc and maximises health (just like us).  I think you will find that many members of this board use Naturediet and/or Burns to great effect; they are both reasonably available and free from unecessary fillers and "flavour enhancers".

Dogs, like us, can have food intolerances and your dog may be "intolerant" of certain ingredients.  Feeding a food that has as few ingredients as possible minimises this risk. 

HTH

thanks for your advice, i'll pop down the shops on saturday and try her on Burns, in your last post you said that the food i feed her at the moment may not agree with her, maybe a silly question but would the food not agreeing with her cause "wind" :D, she's a bu**er at the moment for it.

Steph.

Soya is notorious for causing wind and other cereals, especially in combination, do produce gases in the stomach and intestine.  Burns and Naturediet contain only meat, rice and vegetables which should improve the flatulence situation :D

thanks again, i'll definatly go onto burns :D
cant cope with hubby to be and dog doing it, at least i should be able to cure the dog :D :D :D