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How do I get my new dog to eat dog food?
I just got him about two weeks ago, and he refuses to eat dog food because of his previous owners. They always fed him people food. How can I get him to start eating dog food?
Our puppy actually is not much of an eater and is very easily distracted. A friend, who is a breeder, suggested crating him during meals. He gets 20 minutes to eat in the morning, then I put the food up/away if he hasn’t eaten. The same thing at night. Within a couple of days, he would eat the instant the food went in the crate, the entire contents of the bowl.
As for making the switch, I don’t think he’ll starve himself, so I’d just go cold turkey and go with whatever food you’re switching him to. Remember though, diet changes and the new home may cause some tummy troubles- he may get the runs for a few days!
People food isn’t necessarily a bad thing- it depends on the quality of the diet. Our food tends to be too seasoned and fatty for dogs, but some people do cook special meals for their dogs (in fact, it’s very common for ill dogs to be ordered to eat boiled chicken and rice). And many many people choose to feed RAW diets, because they believe it’s closer to the wild dog’s natural diet. So the “people food” thing may not have been the worst thing ever, if they fed him a dog appropriate diet. If they were tossing him cheetos and hot dogs, that’s a whole other story.
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