My 4 month old Jack Russel is on Science Plan food (the expensive stuff lol) He doesn't really like it I don't know any other puppy foods thats good for a small young dog. I prefer complete food but I dont know if its safe to put him on adult food yet or keep hunting because he is loosing his appitite. Also I am not feeding him on left overs or too many treats so I'm not sure why he isn't eating!
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There's no need for him to be on Science Plan but don't let your puppy dictate to you what he eats - you'll make him into a fussy dog! Give him his food at set times, give him 10 minutes to eat it %26 then take it up until his next meal time. It may just be that you are giving him too much. I don't feed complete, but find a food that suits your dog %26 your pocket %26 stick to it. Don't buy the really cheap stuff which is just full of cereal fillers, but you don't necessarily need the really expensive stuff either. If you bought your pup from a breeder, find out what they fed their dog on.
God that stuff is expensive.. bet your vet recommended it.. money grabbing.people.
Our puppy eats the cheap complete dog food from asda, they also do a puppy one aswel! Its not really harmful for a puppy to be fed adult dog food, i think puppy good as alot more vitamins in, and helps them grow better, and provides more energy. But our dogs fine with the cheap stuff.
Because he is only small dog why not try Dog meat instead of dry food? We have a Rottie so we feed him dry food because it would be too expensive to feed him cans! Hed need a hell of a lot!
Also when my dog was little, he wouldnt eat hard dry food, as i think it was much too crunchy for his little teeth! the breeder said that we should mix the dry food with water (not sure what brand it is that you can do this with)
Id try meat!
look for the nutro brand dog food. if u do decide to try it make sure u slowly make the switch and dont just start feeding the new food. if changing food doesnt work, take ur dog to vet cause it might be something more serious.
If you want to switch his food, why not try one of the very best brands - Canidae All Life Stages (good for puppies, too), Solid Gold, Innova, Wellness, Timberwolf Organics. If you switch his food, you need to do it gradually or he'll get diarrhea. Start out with only about 10% of the new food, and increase it each day so you take about 10 -14 days to totally switch him to his new food. Once you find one, you need to stick with it - no healthy dog will starve himself.
We fed our dog Winalot puppy food when he was little. He was brought up on Bakers complete puppy food but as soon as we introduced canned meat he turned his nose up at dry food! These days (he's 7 now) he has Winalot or Pedigree chum cans.
Make him special homemade food, NOT TABLE SCRAPS!! Use lightly cooked beef or chicken, some vegetables(my dog loves carrot and peas)and a very very small amount of puppy milk to make it more moist.
Try Bakers complete - there is a puppy option. My dog liked his puppy food but went off the junior version (can't remember which one it was now). However, a colleague at work suggested Bakers and for the first time, he tucked straight in!. For an extra treat and to stimulate your pups appetite, try popping half of a pedigree puppy pouch in his food. My dog likes the Bakers chicken and vegetables favour - that's his favourite.
My puppy - chocolate lab has beta puppy as recommended by our vet. Its not the cheapest but alot cheaper than the one your using. And he loves it
I really like Wellness puppy. Don't put him on adult food yet. He needs the extra calories, protein, and calcium. Is he not eating or not eating very much? If his weight is being maintained and his vet thinks he is a good weight I wouldnt worry too much.
Give him some tripe, they love it
Makes me feel sick but the dogs cannot get enough
That food IS expensive but just because it is expensive it does not mean it is any good, someone on here actually done research on it or something but can not remeber who it was.
Do you just feed meal or do you mix anything in it? Dogs get bored of the taste just like we do.
I feed mine james well beloved you can get puppy/junior/adult I would not advise to feed adult food at the moment.
Get a bag of that it comes in 3 different sizes small bag about 拢6 always try the small bags 1st that way you dont waste your money if it doesn't like it.
Then I would mix in some scrambled egg with a little bit of cheese, or tuna in oil, drain the oil %26 give it little bit of the tuna or puppy meat, try to stay away from pedigree if you can help it. I also get bags of frozen chicken %26 boil it cut into small pieces do will get it appetite back no problem
My dog was incredibly underweight and hardly ate also when he was on that food. I switched him to Iams, (I know it's bad NOW) and he still didn't eat and stayed underweight. I switched him to Nutro Ultra (as someone suggested you try) and he loved it. He gained weight and then leveled off at his ideal weight. His coat was healthy and his teeth were clean. Also, there was less poop to clean out of my yard.
I switched to Canidae All Life Stages -in light of all the recalls- and my dog has improved more. He was wonderfully healthy and happy before, but now it is just ridiculous. He eats less with Canidae too. I would suggest you try Canidae. It is wonderful food. They don't sell it at chain pet stores, you have to get it at a feed store.
http://www.canidae.com/
You shouldn't feed him adult dog food until he is about a year, but Canidae has an All Life Stages formula that would be perfect for your puppy. Also, Wellness is good...
http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/wellness...
or you should try something from Natura.
http://www.naturapet.com/
Good Luck!
Why are you feeding a puppy on science plan food. Try pedigree chum puppy meat and a mixer with it. Dont put him on adult food as it will be too rich for him. also please dont give him anything else ie treats or left overs. you should feed him 4 times a day and try varing his diet. scrambled egg in the morning, complete biscuit at lunch and maybe rice pudding at tea time and then the complete buscuit at supper. If in doubt ask your vet
are you feeding him meat if so stop and give him drymix i have to puppes thay are on drymix and thay love it mack shore there is a lot of walter down he will not eat alot but he will eat when he whonts to eat
bakers complete puppy is good but if his not eating you should take him to the vets just to be on the safe side.
Try avoiding anything with corn or wheat listed in the top 2 ingredients..as it can be irritating to their skin...thus people believeing their pets have fleas when they really do not. Other then that, try to buy the cheapest stuff you can find...dogs can't read mind you.
Our little CKCS is fed on James Welbeloved, he loves it and I know it;s good for him. As a treat he'll have a little meat in with it.
DONT feed Bakers. It;s full of junk and crap it would be like giving your kids smarties for dinner.
Go here www.champdogsforum.co.uk this is a great dog owner forum.
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