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I have two female Dixie puppies. I can't get them to eat puppy food. The vet suggested science diet or soft food, but they still won't eat it! They do however eat my older dogs pedigree. They are about 4 months old now. Is there any kind of supplement I can get them since they will only eat the pedigree?
Well, Science Diet isn't exactly the most palatable puppy food in the world...why not try a different HIGH QUALITY puppy food...see if they don't like that better? All dogs seem to like Benefil...but that could be the fact that it's got sugar in it...it's not a high quality food. Here is a list of dog foods, already "graded" as to quaility...A = the best food...F = the worst food
Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+ Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F Blue Buffalo Chicken & Brown Rice/ Score 106 A+ Canidae / Score 112 A+ Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+ Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+ Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+ Eagle Pack Holistic / Score 119 A+ Eagle Pack Holistic Chicken / Score 114 A+ Eagle Pack Large and Giant Breed Puppy / Score 94 A Eagle Pack Natural / Score 94 A Eukanuba Large Breed Adult / Score 83 C Eukanuba Natural Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B Flint River Ranch / Score 92 B (non-specific fat source) Foundations / Score 106 A+ Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 A Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D Iams Large Breed / Score 83 C Innova Dog / Score 114 A+ Innova Evo / Score 114 A+ Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+ Kirkland Signature Puppy Chicken, Rice and Vegetable / Score 108 A+ Natural Balance Duck and Potato / Score 114 A+ Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B Nutro Chicken, Rice, & Oatmeal / Score 85 C (non-specific fat source) Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B Nutro Natural choice Lamb and Rice / Score 85 C Ol Roy / Score 9 F Pedigree Complete Nutrition / Score 42 F Pedigree Adult Complete / Score 14 F Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F Pro Plan All Breed / Score 68 F Pro Plan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+ Purina Benful / Score 17 F Purina Dog / Score 62 F Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+ Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+ Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F Science Diet chicken adult maintenance / Score 45 F Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F Solid Gold Bison / Score 123 A+ Timberwolf Organics Lamb and Venison / Score 136 A+ Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+ Wolfking Adult Dog (Bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A
Try nutrience. My dog loves it and it's good for them. Iams and beneful are not the greatest foods! Also, the puppy wants to eat the grown food because it sees the older dog doing it. Dogs like to eat in packs. Just be consistent, the puppy will NOT starve him or herself. Do NOT let it have the older food and praise when it eats it's food.
My dog sometimes doesnt eat food but its because he's sick, maybe your dog will get over it.
