Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:33 am Post subject: Need recommendation for dry food brands for Bichon
I have a 10 months old Bichon. I can't seem to really understand which dry food he likes. I have tried Eukanuba, Science Diet, and Natural Choice. He hates them all. The only way he has been surviving is by eating soft food at night (Which he seems to like). Can anyone please recommend some brand names, which he will like as well which are good for his health.
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:59 am Post subject: Re: Need recommendation for dry food brands for Bichon
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:33:29 -0500, "Ash" <someone@no-reply.com.NOSPLAM>, clicked their heels and said:
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The only way he has been surviving is by eating soft food at night (Which he seems to like).
as long as you keep offering that, he'll hold out. There's nothing wrong with feeding a "soft" food diet, if it's not junk food. OTOH, if you want him eating a dry food, pick a few and get samples, and then stick with it, not offering the soft food or treats until he's established a consistent routine of eating the food when it's presented (give him 15 minutes and remove the food and nothing until the next meal time). There was a recent thread on this, where Maui and Cali were turned into scheduled eaters. You might want to take a look and take it to heart. -- Janet B www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfriendsobedience/album
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Need recommendation for dry food brands for Bichon
there is absolutely no question that natural choice is the superior brand as it is made in canada and has strict sefty gudlines as to contaminate the dog food while it exposed to bacteria and such like things, i do recomend the vegetarin choice in natural choice or in fact any brand that makes vegetarian dog food is good due to the fact that dogs are happier on a vegetarian diet. now adding dulce or kelp and engavita yeast to the food is aalso good, along with enzimes fro sprouts or grated carrot for example also help, it does exend the life of the dog due to the lack of oxalic acid and other such like blood reactions that can happen on dog foods that have meat by product with addatives as it is after all a risk to give the dog meat and so it is prudent of the dog food companies to add the perservatives due to risk factor in leaving out the chmiclas and ending up with samonela or botchulisum, so the do add it and that is a good thing, i do also advocate the use of raw meat that is freshly cut for the dog, as comercial meat is not as good as fresh made food however even though my owner does give me the vegetarian dog food she does give me raw meat now and then due to the fact that i am a show dog and shoiw dogs must by law have raw meat or they are not able to show the dog as the blood is tested at every show like the steroid problem is rampant in dog shows and so my owner makes me raw meat so that i do not have some jealous breeder slip me some poison inti the comercial dog food as it is like girls and women who trust strangers and accept drinks from them and they get raped and forget what happened to them as they felt better from knowing the rape drug was used on them and until they found out what had happened they felt confused, and so even though the rape was dradfuel the women due know that it is one of the dangers of our modern day, and so they do find they never use rape drugs again and such like things as pertained to any form of viloence and the women never take a drink wiyhou it being in a bottle with a cap, so that they do not make themselves vulnerablke to starngers and it the same for dogs. that is why my owner makes me raw dog food for shoing only. i hope this helps .
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Need recommendation for dry food brands for Bichon
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:33:29 -0500, "Ash" <someone@no-reply.com.NOSPLAM> wrote:
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I have a 10 months old Bichon. I can't seem to really understand which dry food he likes. I have tried Eukanuba, Science Diet, and Natural Choice. He hates them all. The only way he has been surviving is by eating soft food at night (Which he seems to like). Can anyone please recommend some brand names, which he will like as well which are good for his health. I would greatly appreciate the comments. Ash
I'm convinced my Bichon will eat anything, including celery, that I will. We feed our dogs Purina Moist and Meaty. Ray Wesley Kinserlow Jr. Lubbock, Texas rkinserlow at cox dot net homepage: www.members.cox.net/rkinserlow
there is absolutely no question that natural choice is the superior brand as it is made in canada and has strict sefty gudlines as to contaminate the dog food while it exposed to bacteria and such like things,
False - Canada's pet food guidelines are no different that the US. As an example, remember that Pet Curean - the manufacturers of Go! Natural are also Canadian and that food caused the deaths of several dogs on the west coast earlier this year.
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i do recomend the vegetarin choice in natural choice or in fact any brand that makes vegetarian dog food is good due to the fact that dogs are happier on a vegetarian diet.
False - Dogs are not small humans and imposing a human personal choice of vegetarian is simply playing politics with your dog. It certainly is possible to feed a dog a vegetarian food, but there is no known advantage to doing so.
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now adding dulce or kelp and ----snipped--- >8
False - the vast majority of pet foods today are preserved with vitamin E, C, rosemary and other natural antioxidants.
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factor in leaving out the chmiclas and ending up with samonela or ----snipped--- >8
False - and utter nonsense - there is no "law" requiring meat be fed show dogs - that is utter nonsense The rest of this utter craziness is snipped
I agree, that previous post was nonsense. There are so many good premium foods out now. If you have a pet supplies plus store near you, they carry the better brands. Fromms, Merricks, nature's variety, eagle pack, all are very good. I make a nice mixture of rice, beef, chicken or both, carrots, yams, apples and cook it well, and mix with kibble at dinner. At breakfast I give plain kibble or premium biscuits, innova, canidae (also they make good food), and if they eat, great, if they don't, they always eat dinner.
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