Comments on: What to Feed a Dog to Keep Him Healthy and Happy http://shibashake.com/dog Dog Tips, Care & Training Mon, 20 May 2013 02:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: shibashakehttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-39049 shibashake Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-39049

Did Sephy start to get picky as he grew older?

Heh, Sephy has always been a very picky eater. He may get excited about a particular type of food for a while, then he loses interest.

As you say, Sephy also responds best to working for food right before dinner. :D That is when I do his teeth brushing. He doesn’t get dinner until after I brush him.

Recently, Sephy has gotten a bit squidgy around the edges, so I cut back some on his daily rations. I have noticed that he is a lot more motivated about food now, even his kibble. With Sephy, he will be picky if he can be picky. However, if he gets hungry, he will motivate himself and actually work for his supper. He always reminds me of Wimpy from the old Popeye cartoons. I can almost hear him saying ..

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”.

:D

]]> By: Franceshttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-38956 Frances Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:54:35 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-38956 Hello again from Sammi and I :)
My little man has decided to get picky about his food now. Before he used to literally spin and jump over breakfast and dinner but now he doesn’t seem to as motivated.
In the morning we give him kibble (http://www.eaglepack.com/product-orignal-dog.aspx?product=81) and then for dinner, Sammi gets kibble as well as some wet food.
We tried to get him to eat his kibble by adding some gravy to it for some more taste and initially he liked then but soon enough grew tired of it.
Did Sephy start to get picky as he grew older? Samurai turned 9 months yesterday and his tastes certainly are changing. Even when trying to teach him tricks, he’ll only do them for “good” treats or before he’s eaten because he tends to pay more attention if he’s “starved”. haha.
As always, your help is very much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Frances and Sammi

]]> By: shibashakehttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-38619 shibashake Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:52:09 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-38619 Hello Dwayne,

So glad to hear that Frodo-San is in such good health. Sounds like your 3 have a lot of fun together! :D

As for kibble, my Shiba, Sephy, is allergic to wheat and one of my Sibes is allergic to oats so they do best on grain-free kibble. I am currently giving them Innova EVO and they all seem happy with it.

The Halo brand kibble looks like it also has a good ingredient list. Hugs to your whole pack!

]]> By: Dwaynehttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-38510 Dwayne Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-38510 I switched to Halo Natural Holistic kibble (I alternate lamb/chicken/fish) a few years ago and have had great success with it. It seems to go along with everything I’ve studied and with your thoughts as well. It’s pricey, but I really don’t care about price when it comes to my “kids”…only quality and that I’m doing the best I can for them. The new doctor at my vet called me when my 11 1/2 year old Shiba Inu was getting his comprehensive exam because he thought he read the chart wrong…he said inside and out my Shiba looks like a 4-5 year old.

I would like to get your thoughts on this food if possible please:

http://shop.halopets.com/Adult-Dog-Dry-Lamb-28lb

Thank you ;-)

]]> By: shibashakehttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-36283 shibashake Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:05:08 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-36283 LOL! The things we do for our little foxes. ;)

Sephy’s new thing is biting at our carpet pads. He thinks he is very clever because he has to nudge up a bit of the carpet first, before he can get at the pads. And throughout it all, he has to use his ninja stealth skills so that he can tear off a chunk of pad, before he gets caught. He is very silly!

Big hugs to Sammi!

]]> By: Frances Antoniohttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-36222 Frances Antonio Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:57:07 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-36222 Update: you are going to laugh at this. Sammi won’t eat the kibble straight out of the ball but he’ll eat it out of a rollee ball… *rolls eyes
Variety is the spice of life it seems as we find that if we do one meal with gravy, the another one with meat or cheese, he seems to eat it all.
But now we give him breakfast in his rollee ball so not only does he exercise but he eats!!! Success haha
Oh Shiba indeed.
Hope all is well with you and Sephy :)

]]> By: shibashakehttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-35726 shibashake Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:53:24 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-35726 Always good to hear from you and Sammi!

Little Sammi has decided to be picky with his kibble.

Haha, yeah Sephy went through this phase as well. We also started adding wet food, and he liked that for a bit. Then, like Sammi, he would only eat the wet food. If we added cheese or anything else, he would only pick those out or just lick it off. So we ground up his kibble and mixed it into the wet food. He liked that for a bit, and then decided that was not good enough.

Oh Shiba! :D

Some things that helped with Sephy-
1. I switched to using a grain free kibble. Sephy liked that a lot better.
2. I switched to a fixed feeding routine. I would only give him his food at very fixed times. If he does not eat during that time, I would just take his food away.
3. I made him work for all of his food – through grooming sessions, obedience sessions, etc. Whatever is left over, he gets from interactive food toys.

Sephy skipped a few meals, but then he got hungry and started eating and even working for his kibble. He will still skip meals sometimes (e.g. when he does not want to have his teeth brushed), but very infrequently.

Hugs to Sammi! Let us know how it goes.

]]> By: Frances Antoniohttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-35709 Frances Antonio Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:23:43 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-35709 Hi again :)
Little Sammi has decided to be picky with his kibble. We’re currently feeding him EaglePack puppy as that is what the breeder has recommended. He used to love it, literally span in every direction when he saw his bowl being filled but now he pushes the kibble around.
With his dinner though we generally mix it in with some wet food but even now he just eats the wet food and eats the kibble later when he probably knows that he’s not going to get anything better.
So now we’re putting a bit of cheese and melted peanut butter in with his breakfast but keeping his dinner the same.
Is there anything you can recommend that would encourage him to continue eating his kibble? I’m apprehensive to move him over to wet food as he’s still a puppy and requires all the nutrients and protein from the kibble.
As always, your response is greatly appreciated.
Frances :)

]]> By: shibashakehttp://shibashake.com/dog/feeding-your-dog-a-healthy-diet/comment-page-1#comment-35411 shibashake Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:19:00 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/dog-feeding-what-to-feed-your-dog-to-keep-him-happy-and-healthy#comment-35411 It depends on how much flexibility and customization you want for your blog. Many people use Blogger which is easy to set up and has some nice options. However, the number of things that you can do is limited. The same goes for hosting blogs on wordpress.com. Blogger and WordPress.com offer free hosting. There are many other free hosting options but each has their own limitations.

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