There was a time when I was very picky about food. I didn't eat a mouthful of my dog food. Instead, I would beg for food pitifully beside me when I was eating. For its health, I had been holding back from feeding it the food I ate. Stubborn, it was hungry for a day, two days, and three days. It was not until it finally vomited yellow water (gastric juice) that it could not resist that it would eat dog food normally.
It is believed that many owners will also encounter the problem of dogs being picky about food. It is really a big head and two big heads. They are hungry and worried about the lack of nutrition in their bodies. They are afraid that feeding meat and snacks will affect their development. In response to this problem, Canned Mama will share how to solve the problem of picky eaters.
Why are dogs picky eaters?
I'm not feeling well
If the appetite has been bad, then it is necessary to take to the pet hospital to do the corresponding examination, to see if there is something wrong with the body, after excluding illness, we can find the real reason for picky eating.
I don't like dog food.
Find out the reason from the dog food, whether the palatability is not good, the quality of the dog food is not good, or the taste is not like. Every dog has a taste he likes and doesn't like. Canned likes chicken and beef, and almost never eats fish.
Too many snacks lead to picky eaters.
If the appetite is very good, see meat on the high interest, but do not eat dog food, it must be the stomach filled with "greedy insects", think about whether we usually feed more snacks, used to eating delicious snacks, will naturally feel that dog food is tasteless.
When the picky eater comes across his favorite food, his expression is usually like this..
Or is it like this..
Only when he only eats dog food.. his expression is like this..
This pitiful and aggrieved little eyes really made me angry, but the problem of picky eaters had to be solved, so I ruthlessly made a "stepmother" of canned food.
How to solve picky eaters
1. "Regular and quantitative"-feeding at the time and taking away at the time.
Feed a fixed amount of food at the same time every day. Let the dog know that there are only two or one time to eat every day. The same is true for puppies, and it's up to you to decide whether to eat or not. I only give the can ten minutes to finish eating the dog food, and if I don't eat it, I will take it away. If you are hungry, you have to wait for the next meal. If you don't eat the next meal, continue the cycle for ten minutes. After a few times, the dog will be able to "figure out" your routine. During the period of not eating dog food, remember not to feed any snacks.
2. "Don't spoil"-poor and ineffective
In the past, if I didn't eat dog food in a can, I would mix it with some snacks or wet food to let it eat. In this way, it would actually make it feel that as long as I didn't eat dog food, there would be other delicious food to eat, so why should I eat dog food. And when eating, dogs must not be fed human food, which will not only make dogs more greedy, but also be very harmful to their health. During the period of picky eating, snacks can not be fed more, can only be used as a reward, used to praise it, let it know that there are snacks to eat because I do well, the owner will be happy to feed me. Not something that can be eaten.
3. "Exercise more"-don't believe you are not hungry?
The more picky we are, the more we will take him for a walk. We usually walk for half an hour. If we are picky, we will walk for one and a half hours if we don't eat dog food. We will take him to a place with grass and friends to chase and play together. When you are tired of exercise, your appetite will become better. When you come back, your stomach will growl, so the dog food will be eaten normally.
What Canned Mama wants to say
Picky eaters should be corrected as early as possible, so that they can understand that they should cherish the time to eat and the food given by their owners, otherwise they will need to spend more time to help them correct the bad habit of picky eaters when they grow up, and both people and dogs will suffer. Moreover, we must insist, do not feed snacks halfway because of reluctance, that is not good for it, after all, the nutrition covered in dog food is the daily needs of dogs, more balanced and more conducive to health. Sometimes it's not necessarily a bad thing to be a little cruel.
