Advice on which mix of dry food

Aysha · Post by **Aysha** » 29 Jun 2016, 15:23

Our mini has been on different dry foods but she goes off them after a few weeks. We have always bought good food with good ingredients. When we give her dry treats which are hard she can't get enough of them but put down a bowl of dry food and she turns her nose up. We are baffled. Don't know if we need to change her dry food yet again. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Post by **Dawnspell** » 30 Jun 2016, 06:54

Sounds like she needs food time to be more exciting. Why not try scattering her food in the garden so she has to find it, put it in empty plastic bottles so she has to knock it around to get the food out, empty eggs boxes or cardboard tube with ends bent in, can end up messy but I don't really bother about that. It's fun watching them. Those are cheap options. Or you can buy the Nina ottoson brain toys, trixie do a food dispensing ball (Barneys personal favorite).

Aysha · Post by **Aysha** » 30 Jun 2016, 10:27

No answer to my question. Just old posts.

KeithMoonQuinlan · Post by **KeithMoonQuinlan** » 30 Jun 2016, 10:35

Aysha wrote:No answer to my question. Just old posts.

Is there a reason you're wanting to keep her on dry food? Our Keith was on a mix of dry food with wet (Bob and Lush) with no problems for 2 years. Then one day he decided he didn't fancy it any more and wouldn't eat it. We moved him and Oliver (pup who was reared on raw) over to Pure pet food and he absolutely loves it - it comes in a variety of flavours which the kibble he was eating didn't.

My Mum's mini (5 months) is a very fussy eater, I think Mum's tried her on at least 5 brands of food now. The advice given previously has been to just leave it, they're not going to starve themselves and will eat eventually. Perhaps your pup has cottoned on to the fact that her food will change if she doesn't eat it? Could be a bit of a game that she's playing?

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Lou78 · Post by **Lou78** » 30 Jun 2016, 12:04

KeithMoonQuinlan wrote:The advice given previously has been to just leave it, they're not going to starve themselves and will eat eventually. Perhaps your pup has cottoned on to the fact that her food will change if she doesn't eat it? Could be a bit of a game that she's playing?

This is the route i have been taking with Olls as he eats a food for a few weeks then decides he doesn't want it. OH then caves and gives him bits of carrot, chicken etc. I am of the mind, that he would eat it if there was nothing else and we are spoiling him.

Where do you get Pure pet food from? If you don't mind me asking, how much it is? PM me if you don't want to announce it in the forum!
Thanks!

KeithMoonQuinlan · Post by **KeithMoonQuinlan** » 30 Jun 2016, 14:30

Hi @lou78 the pure pet food is from their site, purepetfood.co.uk. Mine love the Duck flavour but they also make a Turkey and Chicken variety.

I spend about £55ish per month on food; Oliver eats more than Keith at the moment as he's still a pup but according to the box, a 2kg box (rehydrates to 8Kg worth of food) will last an adult dog weighing 10kg with an average activity level about 20 days.

A 2kg box costs around £30 and the company do various coupons regularly. Pets at Home have also been doing a deal for 2 boxes for £50

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Lou78 · Post by **Lou78** » 30 Jun 2016, 16:35

Thanks Vikki.

That sounds like it might be worth investigating. Might go with a trial size just to see how he gets on! He is not faddy at all when it comes to eating horrible things off the street, beach etc but has avery discerning palette when it comes to his actual food!

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