Change of Food
Friday, November 5, 2010 at 12:39PM 
We are changing our food to a grain free. We are feeding Beef Fritatta, a new Fromm's product. When you change food, you have to go in stages otherwise your dawg can get loose bowels. So you add oh about 10 kibbles the first day, 14, the next and so on and so forth till you are changed over completely.
The dogs love the change but with a grain free you have to feed less. Yes, it cost more but yes you are feeding LESS. Grain-free is easier on the digestion system and we are pleased thus far. We will update you in a couple of months when we see how it goes. We still add wild salmon oil and Missing Link to our adult dogs as we strive to give a balanced diet for our dogs and minimize any dry skin.
Talking about food, the only time I go a tad crazy about making sure they eat is when moms are feeding pups or are pregnant. Otherwise, if they skip a meal, they will eat the next. It's taken me a long time not to fret but I accept that you can have a picky eater and one that eats less than you think they should eat and some will eat anything and everything and then you are dealing with a diet. We add leftovers - chicken cut up, beef - and even sometimes bacon. But we only add enough to add some renewed interest. Remember, if you overdo with the additives, you may be feeding too much.
Today, just for the moms they got vanilla ice cream for a cool treat, some yogurt, bacon, chicken, an egg and veggies. Not good enough for Abigail? So I poured chicken soup broth over the non dairy portion and she went yum. You do whatever you can to make sure the moms are eating sufficiently. They eat oh about 5 or 6 times a day. Amazing, eh?
It's raining today. Everyone got brushed out and already looks like - well we won't go there but hey no knots and that's what is important.
Tomorrow we are going to a seminar that is breeding related. We strive to learn always. Our son will be watching the dogs and pups.
What are you doing this weekend?
Well back to playing with the dawgs till we take a nap...yeah right and when do I take a nap?
Reader Comments (2)
Breeze takes after her mother(s) being a picky eater! (Al says both her biological mother and her human mother hehe!)
Enjoy the seminar, but we would say you are tops in the breeding world, you could probably teach the seminar!
Shelley: We are always learning and continue to try to understand genetics but the more you delve, the more you realize as much as you havde a grasp, genetics can and do throw you curves. Just think of humans and genetics... But you still strive to improve.