Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
I think my doggie is senile
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 184805" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>What kind of food are you feeding her? </p><p> </p><p>She's 9. She should be on a geriatric/older dog formula. </p><p> </p><p>Also a lot of foods that are out there are basically the equivallent of empty calories. You may think you are buying her a good brand dog food, but check the ingredients - if the first 2 of 3 are NOT some sort of meat (and not meat by-product) then it is basically garbage in garbage out and she has to eat MORE to compensate for her metabolism. </p><p> </p><p>I did a LOAD of research about better brands of dog food to feed when a local factory here (Diamond Pet Foods) did not check their product and killed a number of dogs nationwide. They are miles from our home. </p><p> </p><p>As far as barking at the dish -? I think she's hungry. Maybe you can try what we do - and none of our dogs have gotten overweight - NONE of them have EVER been food aggressive, and I dont' feed any more than I ever did - </p><p> </p><p>We just fill the bowls up and let them have food all day and night long. I figure some days I am just not hungry at 12,3,6,9 and I dont know why I would expect anyone to make me eat on a schedule so strict. </p><p> </p><p>Something to think about - </p><p> </p><p>If there IS food in her dish and she's leading you to it - check around the bowl and see if there are maybe spiders, bugs, flies......something is bothering her. Have you tried elevating her dog dishes so she doesn't have to gulp her food? A stand is very easy to build and really helps a dogs digestive system. Mine rarely get hiccups now. And the bigger dog doesn't have to stand like a bad ballerina in front of the dish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 184805, member: 4964"] What kind of food are you feeding her? She's 9. She should be on a geriatric/older dog formula. Also a lot of foods that are out there are basically the equivallent of empty calories. You may think you are buying her a good brand dog food, but check the ingredients - if the first 2 of 3 are NOT some sort of meat (and not meat by-product) then it is basically garbage in garbage out and she has to eat MORE to compensate for her metabolism. I did a LOAD of research about better brands of dog food to feed when a local factory here (Diamond Pet Foods) did not check their product and killed a number of dogs nationwide. They are miles from our home. As far as barking at the dish -? I think she's hungry. Maybe you can try what we do - and none of our dogs have gotten overweight - NONE of them have EVER been food aggressive, and I dont' feed any more than I ever did - We just fill the bowls up and let them have food all day and night long. I figure some days I am just not hungry at 12,3,6,9 and I dont know why I would expect anyone to make me eat on a schedule so strict. Something to think about - If there IS food in her dish and she's leading you to it - check around the bowl and see if there are maybe spiders, bugs, flies......something is bothering her. Have you tried elevating her dog dishes so she doesn't have to gulp her food? A stand is very easy to build and really helps a dogs digestive system. Mine rarely get hiccups now. And the bigger dog doesn't have to stand like a bad ballerina in front of the dish. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
I think my doggie is senile
Top