What do you feed your dog daily?

[kissmelittleass]

Rescue dog shih tzu cross Maltese weighs just over 9kg first time dog owner, have him three months now and I'd just like to get a idea of what you feed your dog.
We feed him dry food select gold brand that was recommended from rescue centre and what they had him on so he's fed this twice a day, most days I would add some cooked chopped carrots or peas and occasionally parsnips.
We've had problems at times with him not eating much so we've also the sometimes given him wet dog food which he loved and gobbled up!
Is it ok just to feed him his dry food every day with above veg added in some days?

@kissmelittleass

Rescue dog shih tzu cross Maltese weighs just over 9kg first time dog owner, have him three months now and I'd just like to get a idea of what you feed your dog. We feed him dry food select gold brand that was recommended from rescue centre and what they had him on so he's fed this twice a day, most days I would add some cooked chopped carrots or peas and occasionally parsnips. We've had problems at times with him not eating much so we've also the sometimes given him wet dog food which he loved and gobbled up! Is it ok just to feed him his dry food every day with above veg added in some days?

There is no right or wrong food for your dog.

I recommend you take a look here: www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/

There is no harm in adding some veggies to his food, it's not needed but if he enjoys it then why not.

Some dogs prefer wet food over dry food; you could always switch him to a wet food if you think he'd prefer it.

I feed my 10 cocker raw; I do however, also have wet food or kibble in the house too - just in case. He wouldn't entertain it for his food daily though. I've normally used kibble as a back-up (but found I never used the bag before it went out of date); I've recently just bought a few pouches of wet food instead as I can literally buy 2 or 3. I only really have them in as a spare anyway.

What works for one dog, doesn't work for another dog. You have to figure out your own dog and what works for you all.

Harringtons (dry) with a tablespoon of Lidl wet dog food to perk them up, a scoot of gravy with glucosamine etc in it then water to mix it up. Cold gruel in summer, hot gruel in winter 😁

I've got 2 spaniels, one of whom is very anxious and prone to stress colitis. They both have Forthglade cold pressed dry kibble, and then a shared sachet of Natures Menu country hunter wet food.

We often give them leftover roasted meat, and they often have veg... they both love carrots and broccoli.

I found that dog food comparison site so useful too . Our dog ate Butternut for Jed first year then went off it, and now enjoys Orijen or Eden kibble with fresh veg / turkey mince/ chicken liver/ eggs / sardines so she isn’t just on processed food. I also keep her kibble in the freezer as the fats can go rancid and our house is quite warm.

(I wanted to feed raw but she hated it and left it )

I used to feed mine Orijen after it got a good rating on the allaboutdogfood site, but she got runny poos and my vet said the high quality foods like that can have a lot of protein that the dogs find hard to digest.

So we've switched her to Purina HA kibble and after MONTHS of runny poos and tests to rule out other issues, she has nice normal firm poos. Such a treat!

We also give her leftover broccoli and carrots, and the odd sliver of roast beef or fish.

We feed Harringtons and he gets fed once a day.

He gets 1/3 of a 400g tub of wet food, plus a handful of biscuits mixed in with that. That's at around 2pm each day.

On top of that he'll have snacks at dinner time - normally bits of chicken of leftover veg from dinner, and he gets a natural chew once a day too - something like beef skin, a cows foot, pigs ears etc.

He was at the vet in August and the vet said he was in perfect health and that his weight was excellent for his breed. He's a 3yo beagle.

Guru Surf & Turf - he loves it www.gurupetfood.com/shop/ twice a day, moistened with a little warm water and am now starting to fill a Kong with the tasty slop food to give him to wind down with at bed time. He gets natural chews and a 'Sunday lunch' of veggies and lean meat on occasional weekends after we've eaten. Will use lean chicken, slivers of cheese or hotdogs for training treats and adjust his daily allowance. For a lab who loves food he's not a nag or a pest at the dinner table. Often take a handful of his kibble allowance to play 'find it' in the garden, he loves a good sniff.

We feed Orijen too. It actually sorted out our dog's sloppy bowel issues, though you do have to play around with the exact quantity needed as the feeding guide is pretty broad brush. The next bag I order I will move to the fish version, to see if that helps our dog's allergies as I've read that chicken is a common one!

Other than that, dog gets training treats, dental chews, natural chews and the odd gravy bone!

Have always fed orijen six fish which was fantastic for my old girl,but young dog fares better with Acana Pacifica (orijens less rich food).

@WowIlikereallyhateyou I didn't know that brand was also Orijen - when you say your younger dog fares better, it might sound silly, but how do you mean/how do you know? Our dog is still young and it's our first dog, so finding it all a steep learning curve.

@PugWhiskers Acana is the less rich and slightly cheaper brand of Orijen. Friends use it very successfully but when we switched to try it out our young dog lost weight, had less solid poop and his coat was duller. We switched back to Orijen and he's glossy and bouncing again.
I still think Acana is a good food, and Orijen doesn't suit all dogs as it's too rich for some but I think we will stick with Orijen as it suits our boy better.

Kibble twice daily with half a sachet of cheapo wet food to stimulate appetite. Better quality food results in upset tummy and runny poo.

A bit of everything really. He has a few different brands of kibble as well as fresh food from different dog and then leftovers.
Only has issues with his tummy with chicken so we avoid that.
Dogs are scavengers. I wouldn't want to stick to just one thing as I think that would be more likely to cause issues if we wanted to change it (just like humans I guess)
I do understand when some have proper gastro issues but also I think it's sad to only have one thing to eat every single day. I wouldn't want that either and I like pup to work for his food. He's not going to work for the same bland thing day in day out!

Mine has a mix of Millie’s wolf heart ranger kibble and Applaws chicken in broth or an Applaws pouch twice per day . He also finishes off everyone else’s dinner , has a couple of gravy bones and a salmon skin flattie or fish twist . He always has a selection of other bits of dead animal to choose from at anytime .

Mine’s on the Pets at Home Step up to Naturals which has a high score on the dog food website. Plus he gets raw and cooked veg as a when. He loves beetroot.

He has a bonio after his first morning wee.

He is a rescue and is food obsessed.

Well I have a Maltese and they just aren’t food driven. He’ll happily skip food quite often but will bark if he’s hungry. Usually we give wet food and dry food on separate plates at the same time. He likes to eat both and generally eats twice a day.

Millies wolfheart kibble, plus chopped raw carrots, broccoli, cooked chicken thighs for treats on walks/training - he does lots of tricks/agility out on walks to keep him entertained. It’s often a lot of treats, but if all my snacks were raw veg and cooked chicken I’d be a lot healthier than I am, and he looks great - correct weight for his height/breed, shiny coat, bright eyes.

@Cheesepuff1

Able raw packs or butternut box. wet foods, pre weighed and individual packets, freezable and the dogs LOVE it.

check out allaboutdogfood.com and check the dry food you are feeding has a good score. the vast majority aren't very good at all. you want a 95% plus rating

Many dogs get upset stomachs on such high protein foods. Mine is one of them.

He has Harringtons kibble (which isn't great) mixed with their wet (which is well rated) plus natural chews.

He has good solid poos and is a healthy weight with a good coat and good teeth. Dogs have survived healthily for years without having to eat food that's rated a certain way on a website

Wainwright’s dry food twice a day, if he doesn’t finish it in about 15 minutes I lift it up

It’s not the best food, but it’s fine, has ingredients I recognise as food, lol, isn’t stupid expensive and I can nip up to pets at home to buy it if I’m running out, I can’t do food you can only order online, I’m not organised enough.

He gets about a third of a tray of wet food, (he’s significantly bigger than yours) forthglade, naturo... something like that, anything grain free and again ingredients I recognise as food, lol, in a lickimat or kong.

I use mostly liver cake for training outside, occasionally hot dogs or chicken, his dry food for inside

And randomly, but not every day he gets the odd pigs ear or if I can get hold of them things like raw turkey necks or beef trachea, very occasionally a dentastick, cause they’re junk, but he likes them, so I figure every now and then doesn’t hurt.

@icedcoffees
humans can also exist on burger King and fish fingers but wouldn't promote it as the optimum way to live.

[quote Cheesepuff1]@icedcoffees
humans can also exist on burger King and fish fingers but wouldn't promote it as the optimum way to live.[/quote]
I really don't think it's fair to say that the less than ideal brands are like McDonalds when in fact, lots of dogs actually get sick on the "best rated" ones.

Mine can't eat the highest protein foods without getting an upset stomach no matter how slowly we switch over. It's like they're too rich for his digestion or something.

If a dog is coping well on a mid-range food that gives them firm poos and a shiny coat then there really isn't a problem.

Harrington's kibble down all the time, plus baker's meaty chunks at meal times am/pm. She does have human food if it's suitable (I have been known to rinse sauce/gravy off leftover meat), sometimes we treat her to a sausage from the chippy.

She doesn't beg as such, but she does watch every mouthful you take, but from a respectful distance.

We also give her carrots, Cucumber and apple on a regular basis. (I think she'd rather eat apple and cucumber than meat sometimes lol).

We never feed her anything fishy because it upsets her stomach.

They're all different, but have you smelt a roasting chicken? What torture if you weren't allowed any....maybe I'm too soft???

Breakfast Piccolo (small breed specific) kibble in the morning with goats milk to soften it.
4pm dried 10% chicken breast
Dinner- smaller portion of breakfast as he has training treats on his evening walk.

Accidental food- kids drop cheese, DH let's him lick meaty plates, cat sick...

We feed ours nutriment raw food, formulated to be a complete diet for dogs. Really easy to manage once you have a system in place with containers in the fridge. I wouldn't feed ours dry kibble, fresh meat & tripe w veges and vitamins etc costs the same - probably £8 a week or so to feed a 14kg dog.