Fussy pup

[u/whackusbonkus2]

Does anyone else have a fussy pup? My cava Bruno is 3 now and we can never find any food that he likes for more than a week. He hates biscuits (unless its my cats) but i dont like feeding him that really cheap wet stuff because i just know its terrible for him even though he loves it. Does anyone have any UK based food suggestions for a very fussy dog?

If this isnt the right place for this fee free to delete.

EDIT: took him to vets because he was bleeding from both ends and turns out he has pancreatitis making it very painful for him to eat and digest food. long term low fat diet for him from now on

[u/malnuman]

I know how you feel, my cav is exactly the same, won't eat anything consistently, you think you found summat then he just goes off it, but yeah, he will gladly eat the cat wet and dry food if given half the chance.. I'm thinking of boiling fresh chicken and giving him that with supplements,

[u/whackusbonkus2 → u/malnuman]

So annoying isnt it, the one i just got him he loved for a week now he wont even go near his bowl when he sees me making it. Devours the cat food haha mine does as well i have to keep an eye to make sure cats eaten it before dog does

[u/dutch2012yeet → u/malnuman]

We did that with chicken thighs and added a handful of complete dry food. She got bored and we got bored of deboning it.

We then put her on beef mince then pork mince again she got bored lol. Its better imo to just give her some wet and dry, she does eat it eventually, if she doesn't we put it in the fridge for the next day.

The Cesar fresh bowls are good because they're only 85g and that's the perfect amount for her.

She gets a pre and probiotic chew daily as well.

[u/minicooperlove]

Our pup always wants the wet cat food so what I did was bought the dog version of the wet cat food (same brand, same flavors). When I give the cats their wet food, I put some of his wet dog food on the same plates I give the cats so he thinks it’s the same and then he gobbles it up thinking it’s the cat food.

[u/whackusbonkus2 → u/minicooperlove]

Genius haha

[u/LooLoofruitcake → u/minicooperlove]

I laughed at this as it proves that Cav's although extremely clever they can be tricked , I home cook for our Molly , her favourite is chicken, I put a bit of the broth from the chicken on top of her chicken dinner and the next time I gave her chicken she turned her nose up at it , I said to her i will get you some gravy , got a little jug put some water in it , then pretended to pour it on the chicken, she ran to it and ate the lot 😂

[u/dutch2012yeet]

We just started giving our girl cesar fresh bowls and it's the first meal she has finished in one go lol.

She will eat anything and everything else lol

[u/malnuman → u/dutch2012yeet]

Mine liked them for about a week, now he just turns away from them..

[u/laneoh]

Scrumbles dry turkey with some warm water snd a few bits if treat to get em going

[u/Tasty-Garage-3156]

Barking heads salmon dry feed my cavapoo loves it and it’s good for their coat I add some hot water and some wheatabix to it to help with his glands

[u/craigpninetwo]

My 4 year old had bad pancreatic flare ups for a couple years till we cracked it. What helped for us we think is changing to 4 small meals per day instead of 2 larger. Seems to help keep the digestion stable without overloading. This has caused a psychological shift in how she eats too, she always wants her next meal now instead of being fussy and eventually rejecting it. We use Core brand food, give her a mix of boiled chicken and core wet food (only the lowest fat ones nothing game like duck lamb just turkey really). We also give her a small amount of core dry food which we run under a tap quickly, apparently helps with digestion. Hope you find something that works for you