We adopted a JRT a week ago from Blue Cross.  He is absolutely lovely but his is very very thin, (thinner than is good for him) and the Centre recommended feeding him on Hills.  We followed what they suggested, adding some Pedigree dog food as suggested too.  He absolutely will not eat the dried food.  We have tried adding something to moisten it, we have tried 3 different types and he is steadfastly refusing it.  We have even made him miss a meal in the hope that he would then be so hungry that he would eat it but nothing doing.

What else should/could we feed him?  My previous dog lived on dried dog food and was not in the slightest bit picky.  My main concern is to give Monty some extra meat on him as he is very very cold when he goes out side.  In every other respect he is healthy and happy.

Hills is not the most tasty and my JRT is not keen on it either.  I feed mine PAH and he loves it, you could try to start with adding a little gravy to it or chicken fat and then slowly reducing the amount till he eats it dry if he won't eat it dry at first.

Bev

Thanks Bev.  Sorry to sound stupid what is PAH.  I'm sure I'll find it.  I did add gravy to the Hills but still no hope.

sally, I strongly recommend Nature Diet.  It is a wet food which is highly palatable for almost all dogs:

www.naturediet.net

It's available from most pet shops.

Another one for me to look out for.  thanks

Pets At Home own food

Mean't to add you can get a small trial bag first rather than waste money on a bigger bag.

Bev

Thanks very much for the advice.  I will give it a go.

You could also try adding a few pilchards or sardines or a bit of raw tripe. I always make a gravy out of some sort of smelly meat or fish before I mix it with dry food. This normally does the trick, sometimes with little dogs they also prefer a smaller size kibble especaially made for smaller breeds? I had a minature dachshund who was very, very fussy when he was younger, I had to resort to pretending to feed his food to the cat, that usually did the trick! Good luck.

Raw tripe........lovely YUM. Stinkier the better!

IF You buy a complete food rather than a "dry food " there is no reason to add anything to it.By doing so you unbalance the nutritional value and your dog will come to expect
Something added to his food every time,Start as you mean to go on what ever food you buy put it down for 10-15 min if your dog does not eat it in that time remove and repeat this at each meal time, you will so find that the dog gets the message that its time to eat -Jo