I am very pleased to say that Harley has been on Acana Heritage for large puppies for nearly a month now and it is going really well. For months we have struggled to get her to eat her meals, we have had to add tasty bits, but now she eats her ration with happiness (without extras). I am also pleased to say that she has lost a little bit of weight as she was getting a bit pudgy. According to her size and age she really doesn't get much kibble and she is starting to give us hungry labrador eyes (like a super power). What can I used to stuff her Kongs with and maybe give her something extra of that will not add to her kgs? At the moment I give her some mixed streamed veg in her kongs, with some kibble from her ration. Pumpkin, butternut and broccoli mostly. Does anyone have any further ideas? She LOVES pumpkin so is very keen to get some.
Molly is slowly losing weight and sometimes is desperate for food. I find whole raw carrots do the trick -she either gobbles them down, satisfying her appetite, or tosses them to one side in disgust, but then stops hitting the fridge! At our last month’s weigh-in the vet nurse suggested boiled cabbage as a low calorie filler, and to my surprise Molly likes this.
I do a little frozen fruit (blueberries is a favourite, she also loves raspberries and banana) - this is prob not as low cal as you would like; a little plain yogurt; sweet potato; cooked mashed carrots; kibble soaked in tuna water. If we have chicken or fish for dinner, I make some plain to keep for kongs to mix in small amount with veg as well. I usually use a little of all the above and make a mash of everything with a little bit of her kibble.
Our two love low fat cottage cheese added, natural bio yoghurt , lightly steamed carrots, broccoli and sweet potato , all nice healthy additives ! x
Yumm, I don' know if I can share my sweet potat I love that vegetable! I will keep on adding some of what we eat to her bowl, just really to ease my own guilt. Her coat looks great and she has lots of energy, so I am happy that she is finally enjoying a food. It is just awful when they look at you with that...look. On the plus side, however, because she is more food focussed I am finding it easier to get her wanting to train outdoors - where she would normally have been distracted by dogs and people.
I don't use toppers, however, I do feed my dogs a lot of random stuff because it's fun! They love raw broccoli and cucumbers. I just slice them up and throw into the bowl. Supposedly vegetables that aren't in "pre-digested" form, aka puréed, don't digest as well and end up in the stool. Getting more full without retaining the calories! I wish I could do that, lol. They also love cottage cheese. Zucchinis are hit or miss. Sometimes they'll eat a bunch and other times I'll find it lying on the floor around the house. The dogs go gaga for pretty much all fruit (no grapes of course). Watermelon is probably their fav. I actually have to be careful of where I store melons or they'll eat a hole through. I also like to give my dogs a couple of pieces of pineapple every couple of days. Again, supposedly eating pineapple decreases poo eating. My beagle has enjoyed frozen poo in the past so I'm more diligent about this in the winter.
