Originally Posted by
stitch413
hey all,
Been at the vets so many times and he couldn't figure out why he wouldn't eat properly... The problem is solved now though.
We put him up at my sister's house with his Brother 'Buffalo King'. King is an absolute beast and will eat anything... and i mean anything! He would eat Darby's food if darby didn't eat it and soon enough he began to eat.
I have since switched vets (did this when darby came home limping from an overnight stay!) and our new vet has given us a bag of Royal canin giant breed junior (said if he wouldnt eat it to bring it back for a refund). Well he loves it, he will eat it all when its put down though he still doesn't overeat.
The vet also said our dog was weird as he would eat her dog 'treats' made for sick dogs which are completely bland but wouldn't eat any other food she had! until i got home with the new nuts.
I think the problem was the size of the nut, he still doesn't eat small kibble but loves the large crunchy ones like royal canin.
thanks for the help guys
Hi there
We also feed our Berner 'Royal Canin'. Although that's the food our breeder fed her dogs, we kept it up and absolutely love it!!! (it's local here in Guelph, ON)
...we actually have an issue of Heidi eating too quickly
has anyone else had this issue?
Every morning we do put a tablespoon of flaxseed-oil on her food which does wonders for her coat and then give her some stuff at night as 'toppers' (yogurt, cottage cheese, apple, carrot, stew, etc.)
I found a great grading system in another forum for many (but not all) foods. Although not perfect, I think the system is an excellent reference and makes good common sense when analyzing foods.
Wileys great list of grading foods
Just scroll down to see a list of foods and further down, the grading system