Hello All! I’ve had my lil bubby for a couple of weeks now. He is a 1 yr old rescue. Mixed breed (unknown mix) but looks like a chihuahua pitbull dachshund mix. He was about to be given to a shelter as his “foster” mom could no longer take care of him so I adopted him.
He is the love of my life!
When I first got him, my sister fed him all wet food. I planned to give him a mix of wet and dry food but first I wanted to see if he would eat his kibble by itself. Of course he didn’t like the kibble bec he tried wonderful yummy wet food. So i trained him to eat the kibble (I put the bowl down, ignore him, if he doesnt eat in 30 mins i show him i “throw” the food away”) and he ended up eating the dry kibble after that. Then I mixed pedigree wet food (a tiny bit) just so there is a lik bit of “wet food” coating the dry kibble. He finishes the food sometimes but sometimes he also only eats the wet food.
I saw that Farmer’s Dog gave 60% off the first box so I decided to try it out. I’ve always wanted Farmer’s Dog but it was too expensive. I wanted to see if i could divide 1 bag of FD wet food into 4 or 5 portions and do the same thing (coating the dry kibble in wet food).
I’m just worried that I might be overfeeding (?) my dog if I do that. FD says their food has everything a dog could need so it may be redundant to mix in dry kibble? My goal is just to stretch that box of FD as much as I can w dry kibble and then lessen the frequency of my future FD orders and save a bit more money.
PS: I have been feeding him a combination of dry kibbles (Butcher’s Best & Purina Pro) bec he initially didn’t eat the first dog food so i thought he might like another brand and then i realized he just wanted wet food to go w his dry kibble.
PS, My dog is around 23 lbs. I searched on google and found that i should be feeding him 1 1/3 to 2 cups of kibble a day. I’ve been doing a mix of 3/4 kibble 1/4 wet food and i do 1 1/2 cups of this mix divided into breakfast and dinner. Most often my bubby just eats the one meal and ignores the other meal. He isn’t very food driven. I was able to train him (crate train, potty, sit, fetch, stay, come, off/out, inside) w words of praise and small pieces of cheese bec he responds really well to those
He is the love of my life!
When I first got him, my sister fed him all wet food. I planned to give him a mix of wet and dry food but first I wanted to see if he would eat his kibble by itself. Of course he didn’t like the kibble bec he tried wonderful yummy wet food. So i trained him to eat the kibble (I put the bowl down, ignore him, if he doesnt eat in 30 mins i show him i “throw” the food away”) and he ended up eating the dry kibble after that. Then I mixed pedigree wet food (a tiny bit) just so there is a lik bit of “wet food” coating the dry kibble. He finishes the food sometimes but sometimes he also only eats the wet food.
I saw that Farmer’s Dog gave 60% off the first box so I decided to try it out. I’ve always wanted Farmer’s Dog but it was too expensive. I wanted to see if i could divide 1 bag of FD wet food into 4 or 5 portions and do the same thing (coating the dry kibble in wet food).
I’m just worried that I might be overfeeding (?) my dog if I do that. FD says their food has everything a dog could need so it may be redundant to mix in dry kibble? My goal is just to stretch that box of FD as much as I can w dry kibble and then lessen the frequency of my future FD orders and save a bit more money.
PS: I have been feeding him a combination of dry kibbles (Butcher’s Best & Purina Pro) bec he initially didn’t eat the first dog food so i thought he might like another brand and then i realized he just wanted wet food to go w his dry kibble.
PS, My dog is around 23 lbs. I searched on google and found that i should be feeding him 1 1/3 to 2 cups of kibble a day. I’ve been doing a mix of 3/4 kibble 1/4 wet food and i do 1 1/2 cups of this mix divided into breakfast and dinner. Most often my bubby just eats the one meal and ignores the other meal. He isn’t very food driven. I was able to train him (crate train, potty, sit, fetch, stay, come, off/out, inside) w words of praise and small pieces of cheese bec he responds really well to those
is also really good 