What to do with them?

[Jadapit]

I think everyone "gets" it that your mom wont buy the quality kibble. What people have been trying to say is save YOUR money then YOU buy them the quality Kibble. I dont think it would take very long for you to save up for a bag of Nutro. My husband picked up a bag of the Nutro, Chicken and Rice he grabbed the small bites by mistake. My fur kids didnt care it was little bites, they ate it anyway. I bet Roxy wouldnt care if her bites were small either.

Nutro, is a lot better than the Kibble from the grocery store, a large bag of that will last both your dogs quite awhile.

In all honesty Bri, you might have to wait until you are a little older and have a job before you feed the raw all the time. From all the threads I have read on here people feed their dogs a lot more than chicken. As hard as it is sometimes we just have to wait to do things until we are older or have a job.

[Kfamr]

I'm doing my best to bite my tongue as we've all repeated ourselves over and over again. However, I do have one thing to add.

Lily & Roxy can easily eat the same adult dog food. Before I started buying my own dogs' food (and now I barely buy anything for myself -gasp-), we fed Nutro Natural Choice Lamb & Rice Small Bites. The small bites are actually better as they reduce the chances of bloat.

I am curious as to why you think they need to be fed different formulas and where you go this information from?

[Roxyluvsme13]

Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.

[Kfamr]

Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.

Then you need to train her not to - and YES it is possible. I also recall a thread about her not getting fed enough. When she gets used to getting the proper amount and being "full" she may not inhale it as much.

You could also invest in a food ball - it will disperse a small amount at a time so she can't inhale it and give her some entertainment. I had to feed Nala in a food ball for quite a while when we first got her and fed kibble. She finally realized she wasn't going to be starved like previously and eats just fine.

[Jadapit]

Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.

Bri, believe me when I say this, Jada is a PIG she also inhales her food but she did fine on the little kibble. I bet you Roxy would too.

[K9soul]

Because if I get the smaller bites, Roxy inhales it. She has a much easier time eating bigger bites.

Tommy inhales his food too, and the Innova EVO I get is very small kibble so I started putting just enough water in his bowl with the food to make it a bit soup-like and that seemed to solve that problem.

[animal_rescue]

Soak the food in water then, she can't inhale soaked food. Also it's easier to digest and prevents bloating.

[Jadapit]

One more thing, then I will shut up..... You could even put a raw egg in with Roxy's small kibble if you are afraid she will choke. Just a thought.

[BC_MoM]

Wait.. your Mom is going to be buying you a $500 camera (when she's unemployed and has no money to get the dogs heartworm preventative and other shots except for rabies) and you can't buy better food?

[animal_rescue]

Oh and another thing Maggie eats the same kind of kibble as the little ones and she does fine on small bites.

Also you might want to take a cookie sheet and put the kibble on there spread out so it takes longer to eat.

[BC_MoM]

Molly used to inhale too.

We either

1) Fed her meals to her kibble by kibble or
2) Every 3 seconds, we would cover her food with our hands and told her "sit", waited 3 seconds, and let her go back to her bowl, and then repeat.

Now she eats slower than Mickey, and I thought he was the slowest.

[CagneyDog]

I'm not sure how pointing out that I have not met your family matters? Do you even know why that matters?

So, what are you asking for? If you ask a question and snip back when we answer what did you post this thread for?

Anyways, best of luck Bri. This situation blows my mind.