Maya not eating

wilfred

Hi people, last month I change Maya's dry food to Buffalo for puppy and since that she is eating less every day, now she is loosing her baby teath to get thing worst, I start soaking her food to get it soft for her,my son buy a suplement to add some flavor and calories, he buy the GMC Super Food Complex, she is eating more or less half of what she was eating before, thanks in advance

BulliesofNC

Sometimes there are dogs that can get a little finicky about the foods they’re provided especially if they were used to eating a cheaper food that attracted their taste buds more than a food that’s better suited for their health. I guess you could say it’s a little like having a child eat a dinner that consisted of fish and salad vice McDonalds Cheeseburger and fries. I know a couple of my Bull Terriers won’t gulp down a bowl of Blue Buffalo if that’s all that’s in the bowl. I usually like to mix the dry food with some canned food which always gets them to want to eat all their food. I also put two squirts of Grizzly oil in their food as well which they really enjoy. So I guess what I’m saying is to try and provide a little more than just dry food. You may even want to try switching from Blue Buffalo to Taste of the Wild (Pacific/Salmon flavor) which the dogs have a tendency to like the taste of better than other foods. Additionally, if your puppy is losing her baby teeth she may be going through a time frame where eating is a little more difficult and uncomfortable. My recommendation would be to add some canned food, raw meat, or gravy to your puppy’s food so she’ll want to eat it all. If you find that her appetite does not increase than switch to Taste of the Wild.

wilfred

Here my only other optionIs wellness, they have one just for puppys, I will try it. I was reading about the raw recipe, what do you think? Is that an option in this case?

BulliesofNC

Yes, many are firm beleivers that raw meat diets are the best way to go. I think they're excellent. However, I still like to provide my dogs with a mixture of both. However, there are some people who feed their dogs nothing but raw meat diet and their dogs do good on it.

wilfred

Yersterday I start with one of the raw meat recipe that Steve send me, she lov it... What Im doing is that I give her one ration after her meal, let see how she go with it. I'll post all the progres. Thank U Steve!!!

BulliesofNC

Your welcome. Let me know how it goes with her new diet.

wilfred

Sure I will, I think the hard time with the dry food is over, today I mix about 2tbs of the raw ration in to the dry food and she eat the hole thing, after that she eat her ration of raw diet... Im serious when I tell you that she love it.

BulliesofNC

That's really great to hear! Give her about 30 days and you'll see a big difference in her weight, size, energy, and health. I put almost 10 pounds of muscle mass on Maximus when he was about 14 months old from those Raw Meat balls I gave him twice a day.

wilfred

I start with 1 per day to see if she like it, but now that I know that she like it Im going with 2 pe day.

BulliesofNC

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