Dog getting bored of her kibble?
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We have a 2 year old golden retriever with the typical insatiable appetite for food but every 6 months she seems to loose interest in having the same thing everyday and appears to get bored of whats put in front of her. This happened maybe 6 months or so ago, so we changed to Orijen 6 fish and she thought it was the best thing ever. Roll on 6 months and she can take it or leave it, even when she appears hungry and will quickly scoff ANYTHING else she is given. She generally goes back to it an hour later if its left out for her and finishes it in stages but it seems like she just eats it rather than enjoys it...
Is this kind of behaviour normal or does anyone have any suggestions what we should try? We are really impressed with Orijen (even though it has to come half way round the world) and are going to try her on the whole prey version to see if its just a taste issue. Im not overly keen on cans or raw food diet for different reasons but might have to try this route if the kibble isnt hitting the spot!
cheers,
Nick
Is this kind of behaviour normal or does anyone have any suggestions what we should try? We are really impressed with Orijen (even though it has to come half way round the world) and are going to try her on the whole prey version to see if its just a taste issue. Im not overly keen on cans or raw food diet for different reasons but might have to try this route if the kibble isnt hitting the spot!
cheers,
Nick
Well the new kibble arrived and it was scoffed very quickly so it seems like its more of boredom issue in the end.
We do put quite a bit of warm water in with it so its not given dry. At £70+ a bag, and given the list of ingedients on the back, i think she is doing quite well and probably eats better than i do!
Raw food brigade can go back to trying to justify their decision to someone else :-)
Thanks All
We do put quite a bit of warm water in with it so its not given dry. At £70+ a bag, and given the list of ingedients on the back, i think she is doing quite well and probably eats better than i do!
Raw food brigade can go back to trying to justify their decision to someone else :-)
Thanks All
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I'm guessing that by the time she has got through 4 x 13KGs of the whole food bags, she will have forgotten what 6 fish tastes like and will think its new and amazing all over again :-).
We moved Willow onto adult food after she was 14 months or so and her "bodily systems" seem to really agree with Orijen, regardless of taste interest.
There may be something in the treat mentality but she doesnt get them very often and it doesnt seem she is in that mindset at meal times.
Dont have any issues with her weight at present thankfully, around 32KGs at last vet visit.
Was previouslyon this : http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dry_dog_food/or...
I'm guessing that by the time she has got through 4 x 13KGs of the whole food bags, she will have forgotten what 6 fish tastes like and will think its new and amazing all over again :-).
We moved Willow onto adult food after she was 14 months or so and her "bodily systems" seem to really agree with Orijen, regardless of taste interest.
There may be something in the treat mentality but she doesnt get them very often and it doesnt seem she is in that mindset at meal times.
Dont have any issues with her weight at present thankfully, around 32KGs at last vet visit.
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