Hi all,
Just looking for advice from other owners of Dogues or other Giant breeds. We have fed our Rhiannon on Royal Canin since getting her at 8 weeks as it was the food the breeder used. We fed her Giant puppy then Giant Junior and have just attempted to change her to Giant Adult!
She has a habit of turning her nose up at food for no apparent reason, ever since we have had her. (Very different to Labradors we have had before !) The first meal of adult / junior mixed was eaten rapidly and I breathed a sigh of relief
But since then she keeps turning her nose up at it, she has managed to pick out all the junior at times and other times she completely leaves all of it. We have put cooked chicken and fish on it out of desperation but she just picks out the chicken and even when the fish totally smothered the kibble she just licked it all off.
We've tried ignoring it and not giving her anything else but she seems to be stubborn enough to starve herself! Her ribs and spine are showing now. I'm worried about returning to Junior which she is also leaving anyway and her not getting enough protein content as she seems to need building up.
Any advice on other dog foods/diets etc. would be great thanks for reading
Cara
Just looking for advice from other owners of Dogues or other Giant breeds. We have fed our Rhiannon on Royal Canin since getting her at 8 weeks as it was the food the breeder used. We fed her Giant puppy then Giant Junior and have just attempted to change her to Giant Adult!
She has a habit of turning her nose up at food for no apparent reason, ever since we have had her. (Very different to Labradors we have had before !) The first meal of adult / junior mixed was eaten rapidly and I breathed a sigh of relief
But since then she keeps turning her nose up at it, she has managed to pick out all the junior at times and other times she completely leaves all of it. We have put cooked chicken and fish on it out of desperation but she just picks out the chicken and even when the fish totally smothered the kibble she just licked it all off.
We've tried ignoring it and not giving her anything else but she seems to be stubborn enough to starve herself! Her ribs and spine are showing now. I'm worried about returning to Junior which she is also leaving anyway and her not getting enough protein content as she seems to need building up.
Any advice on other dog foods/diets etc. would be great thanks for reading
Cara