to think that my friend is being ridiculously PFP about insisting on this posh food for her little darling?

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Precious First Puppy, that is...

My friend and I are both getting puppies soon, which are currently only three weeks old. She is not local, and I am liaising with the breeder/owner on her behalf.

Today, I have been given instructions to ask the lady if she will wean my friend's puppy onto a brand of food that one can only buy in the doggy equivalent of Waitrose, which is organic, omega-3 filled gluten-effing-free cordon-bleu standard canine cuisine.

I will ask, of course, but given that it will be difficult to feed the puppies separately and that the other owners are unlikely to be quite so discriminating in their choice of nourishment for their pooches, and will then have to switch their ruined little princesses onto more easily-available cheaper fare, AIBU to tell my friend she is a nitwit?

Bearing in mind that no matter how lovely, we are talking about a bloody dog- an animal which might occasionally eat its own excrement and certainly routinely rims itself for its own amusement...

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Let the breeder rebuff her. Just pass on her request, wait, and be entertained...

does not matter what the dog is weaned on, she can always change its diet when she gets it.

But like most dogs it will start to turn up its nose and want what every other person is eating instead.

Yes, you are. As one who sees starved dogs, under-fed dogs and those which are fed the wrong and sometimes dangerous foods with pitiful regularity I'm delighted to hear of a dog which will get the best from the very start.

I have an epileptic dog amongst the three I own. Last month's food bill cost me £80 for him alone as he has to have a certain diet, the alternative being that he fits and could die. He's worth every penny, as are my other 2 large breed dogs.

Besides, in your case, this is your friend's dog, so I don't see that her feeding him a premium diet affects you. :)

Rims itself for its own amusement

Hahahahahahaahahahaha!!

At least she's not planning on feeding it Bakers

PMSL @ routinely rims itself for its own amusement...

your friend might change her mind when the cute little darling is shitting all over her pale cream axminster

whats wrong with chappie anyway?

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Why can't the one with the mad ideas talk to the breeder herself?

They will not be starved without this specialist food, nor will they be fed poison and are perfectly healthy.

I am not even convinced that a gluten-free diet from the outset might not create dietary intolerances later on, tbh. It is certainly, in my view, unnecessary.

My parents dogs always had special food from the pet shop, I do think one got mad cows from it though, and an expensive dried food. They were pugs, peaks and bulldogs.

Come on OP you're just jealous and obviously hate your own puppy....

Most pet foods are basically horsemeat - so anything other than that must be good.

is your friend a bit of a snob?

i can just picture the poor pooch, dressed in a diamond encrusted gucci dog collar, with a dior doggy overcoat, ibet she will carry the poor thing around in the lastest M&S holdall too. madness.

BOF, CalamityKate has a point amongst the giggles. Certain foods - and IME Bakers is the worst for this - are filled with additives and colourings which are widely given the dubious distinction of causing a great deal of undesirable, hyper behaviour in dogs and would almost certainly cause a fit in a dog which was disposed to canine epliepsy or similar conditions.

One of the problems of breeding not being properly governed in this country are the idiots in it for a fast buck who will feed and recommend crap like Bakers and its ilk. (Not saying you have selected such a breeder, just that backyard breeders like this exist in huge numbers). I'd rather be dealing with an informed owner like your pal for this reason too and can only advise anyone who is taking on a dog to carefully research and choose their dog's food.

My vet actually recommended Chappie.

Anyway, what make of puppy are you both buyinmg? :)

Your friend will be requesting they put lip gloss on the dog next...

I agree with Vinny on the "chappie"

Tis going to be one pampered pooch.

Dogs are carnivores by nature aren't they? So surely wheat isn't a sensible thing to feed them.

Chappie's not bad and can even be fed to my epi Shep. That and Butchers are the only supermarket-sold/widely available tinfoods I know of which don't have a whole heap of gluten, additives, colouring and crap in them.

I think there could be arguement in somecases for specific food, but recognise that feeding one puppy different food when you are handling a number of other puupies at feeding time can be difficult. Your friend otoh is within her right to feed her pup whatever she choses when she gets it.

routinely rims itself for its own amusement...
rofl. You do have a way with words Bof.

[pulls self together]

Honestly, if she puts as much thought into the rest of its welfare/upbringing as she has into its diet, that can only be a good thing.

The breeder might well tell her to jog on though. Or he/she might be thrilled that she's taking such an interest and do his/her best to accommodate her.

If not, it's not too much of a hassle to change the food when she gets it home as long as it's done gradually.

I met a little girl over the local park a while ago and she was telling me proudly that they'd got a litter of Lab puppies at home and her Mum was feeding them Weetabix, and that they were letting them go at 6 weeks because "Mum's fed up of the mess" :(

Sorry, wandering into Back Yard Breeder Rant mode there.

has she got a name for the shiney crazy diamond encrusted mutt yet?

Really, Valhalla? That's good to know.

We are getting Cavaliers. They are all health-checked etc, and I have seen both the mum and dad, and am visiting almost daily every week.

I may pick your brains soon if you don't mind for tips on how to get my (female) pup to integrate with Pepper( spayed 4 yr old Patterdale/Border scruff)?

Some dogs do really well on Chappie. I buy the odd bag when I've run out of their usual stuff and they LOVE it.