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Topic Dog Boards / Feeding / What to feed my dogs
- By aesp1408 [in] Date 04.06.06 16:30 UTC
Hi my jack russels seem to be very fussy eaters,What would be a good dog food for them.
They seem to like anything left over from my tea,but put down dog meat they turn up their noses,and it is wasted.
- By Isabel Date 04.06.06 16:35 UTC
I doubt there will be anything they would find entirely satisfactory now they have discovered the delights of what you have to offer daily from your tea table :)  Personally I would nip this in the bud, give them a dog food that they have found acceptable to their sophisticated little palattes in the past and tell them that's all folks.  If they won't look at it, pick it up after 10 mins and give nothing untill next meal time and repeat, repeat, repeat.  Remember you are stronger than them in mind and body :)  They can hold out for a surprisingly long time but they never starve and as there is more than one you have competition on your side.
- By MariaC [gb] Date 04.06.06 17:58 UTC
why not try the BARF diet - I find my puppy loves it and the smell of our food is not the slightest bit tempting to him !! (What does this mean our food tastes like???
- By liberty Date 04.06.06 18:33 UTC
I agree with Isabel, people create fussy dogs, don't make a rod for your own back ;)
- By Ktee [us] Date 04.06.06 21:48 UTC
Royal canin  seems to be a winner for fussy dogs,particularly the "mini junior" http://www.royalcanin.co.uk/default.aspx?page=88

I feed Berrimans 'puppy' which has 40% chicken meal as it's first ingredient
http://www.berrimans.net

Another decent food is Arden grange.
http://www.ardengrange.com

Adding wet foods such as Naturediet or naturemenu,available from PAH are very tasty and healthy additions which will entice most hard nosed dogs to eat ;)

What foods have you tried in the past,and how long have you let your dogs hold out for? Try and stay away from supermarket type foods,as these are usually grain based,rather than meat based which is what these fussy pups,and in fact most dogs want and need. If i had a fussy dog the last thing i would try and get him to eat is a bowl full of cereal :rolleyes: I would look for a meat based food with a meaty smell,which is what the above food has.
Topic Dog Boards / Feeding / What to feed my dogs

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