when i picke dup my pup at 7 weeks she had been weaned onto pedigree complete puppy. the breeder said the pups teeth were really strong and they loved the stuff.
however after feeding nature diet in the past with Barf , and finding that predigree chum was not very good and was if anythign a little rich for the pups i have had in the past. i decided i would gradually see off the pedigree complete and move on to naute diet and when she was a bit older introduce BARf.

however my pup dosnt seem to liek the nature diet. so far she has nto tasted anythign but whitemeat, as i knwo that red meats can be too rich, but also that once they get a taste for the red meats they can find white meats bland.

she is however still very much enjpyng her pedigree complete and she is eating the biscuits out of the nature diet and leaving the nature diet.

she is 9 weeks now and last night she had her first chkn leg which she loved.

still no joy with the nature diet though.

is it worth stickign it out with the nature diet or just feeding a good quality kibble.

If your going to be switching to barf eventually why not try it now, i believe others have fed it from a young age.

Have you tried putting just naturediet down with no kibble? maybe she just doesnt like it at all with it being soft and not crunchy.

Our pup was also weaned onto Pedigree dry, he ate it no problem at the breeders, but when we got him home, he managed to 'sample' a bit of the cats lovely meat and gravey, and never touched his kibble again! He is now on NatureDiet and is loving it, but if I try and put some kibble in it he won't eat it! He is just cutting down to three meals now, but he was on ND for breakfast, tea and supper and a frozen chicken piece for lunch, which he loves :D Maybe your pup is just so used to the kibble that she doesn't want wet food? I know a few people who have fed BARF to young puppies and they have had no problems.

Good luck getting it sorted, I know it can be worrying when they don't eat, no matter how many times someone says 'it's OK they won't starve themselves...'!!! :D

But the puppy is eating :) 
Wolfwoman, regardless of whether it suits other dogs, if the puppy is enjoying and thriving on Pedigree dry I can't understand why you want to change it especially as your breeder had reared her into a condition that made you want to buy her.

Isabel, I think it is up to the OP to feed what she want's to feed, even if the pup is doing well on Pedigree, the OP may feel that there are better quality foods out there, that would do even more for her pup. For instance with us, Jed was fantastic when we picked him, but since he has been on ND, we have found his coat is shinier and he isn't growing quite as quickly, also the ND seems to fill him up a bit more, but none of that is to say he was doing badly on Pedigree, in fact he looked very well - until he stopped eating it!

Of course it is up to Wolfwoman what she feeds but she has posted an information exchange for opinions I would like to give mine if it's all the same to you.

actually she was thriving on her mother milk which she was still drinking when i got her. the pedigree was just given as and when for the pups to start to eat . she has lost a bit of condition as she was doing well on her mums milk.

pedigree is not the best dog food. its full of sugers and i have not heard anythign good about it.

On the internet you hear a lot about a lot of different foods ;)
At 7 weeks she would not have been doing well on just her mothers milk it sounds as though the breeder was not giving enough solid diet.  You said in your first post that she was very much enjoying it so I really can't see why you don't continue with it and see how she gets on it has been only 2 weeks since you got her and it doesn't sound like she had the best of early starts (not sure why you bought a puppy from someone whose rearing practices you did not like)

she is not a pedigree, and to be honest i saw the ad in the adtrader. i enquired over the phone , and went to see the pup. the first time the pup was in the kitchen in a box with its sister. the second time when i went back and bought the pup thery were all in the garden , i then realised that the first time i had went they were palced in the box for show. however by that point i was attached to the pup, and as she was physically looking well i took her. thats that.

Wolfwoman, I think you're right to try to change her food.  I agree with you the Nature Diet is a much better food than Pedigree.

I'm assuming that you're feeding her Nature Diet Puppy, and not the adult Nature Diets?

One thing you can try is - instead of mashing the Nature Diet up, just dice it into cubes so it can still be chewed.  If she likes the texture of harder things like kibble, she might prefer the Nature Diet if it was in cubes and not mashed up.

If you think that she is one of those few dogs which prefer a crunchy kibble to wet food, well, there ARE good quality kibbles on the market.  By feeding one of these you would be feeding a good food and she would be getting her crunchy texture she likes.  I'd recommend Burns and James Wellbeloved:

www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk
www.wellbeloved.co.uk

If you'd rather feed wet, you could try some Natures Menu Junior food - this is the same high quality as Nature Diet and comes in pouches.  She might prefer the taste of that: www.naturesmenu.co.uk   Many pet shops stock it too.

Alternatively, I have just heard about a new food on the market called Almo Nature.  I wouldn't recommend their dry foods as they have corn and barley in, which dogs can find hard to digest, but their wet foods look excellent:  http://www.almonatureuk.com/

yes she is on nature diet puppy.

Another thing which you could try is to warm it up slightly - pop it in the microwave before you feed it. 

i have been cutting the nature diet in to cubes and keeping it seperate from the pedigree witch i have slowly weaned off and replaced with JWB puppy. and she is loving it and thriving. she still prefers the kibble so i will probably do out aith the nature diet eventually.

thankyou for your adive.

i now have another young pup as well and she loves the nature diet and hates the kibble so nothign is goign to waste. lol.

Hi, I have had my Giant Schnauzer since he was 8 weeks old, he was fed mainly on complete dry food mixed sometimes with AMP raw chicken mince, until my vet told me he was growing too fast.  So I read lots of things and listened to lots of advice, the vet recommended dry all the way... why?  Because that is what they sell!!!!  That is why.  I really think a dog deserves a variety of food...
He is now a lover of naturediet(puppy) mixed with a bit of AutarkySpring dry food.  He has the chicken mince sometimes and loves fresh steamed veggies - I give him that when I cook a dinner for us... just cook extra. 

I have a question... He is now 6 months old, weighs in at 32 kgs, not fat at all - nice and lean, how much volume should I be giving him now?  He has two meals a day, and I worry I may be giving him too much - as his growth rate is slowing down now.