Hi. I hope you don't mind me just jumping in with a question.
I have an old dog that I inherited about a year ago. He's a husky/collie mix about 10 years old. He belonged to my neighbors until the lady passed away and the gentleman had to go to a nursing home.
They fed him a lot of rich table food and a little bit of cheap dog food. When I got him, I started feeding him the good stuff. My husband actually buys it because he's the one who goes to town every day - but I'm pretty sure it's the IAMS adult formula - or maybe it's Eukanuba. We just buy a huge bag and pore it into the big plastic bin and throw the bag away so I can't remember! Anyway - I remember originally researching it to see if it was good or not, and it was good . . .
So. He was really fat when we got him, and he started losing weight on the good food, which I thought was great. He doesn't really like it, so he just eats a little bit. But now it's been a year and he still hasn't learned to like it. He's becoming too thin. His hip bones are sticking out.
I thought he was just on a hunger strike and he'd realize it was 'eat the nutritious stuff or starve', and start eating it, but it seems he'd rather starve. We have tried a couple of different brands of the good stuff, but he turns his nose up at it.
He'll never turn his nose up at table food, but I haven't wanted to give it to him very often. Lately I've been caving in a little - in the interest of keeping him alive!
Is there anything healthy I can do to improve the flavor of his food without resorting to table scraps? I've heard old dogs can be stubborn but gee whiz.
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