Cooking for my baby - advice needed

[LuvMySissy]

Since Sissy was sick last week, she is refusing to eat her dry kibble, will only sometimes nibble at Natural Balance canned chicken & rice, and has started refusing her hard treats.

She will always eat people food, though. I have begun cooking for her out of frustration (I have tried 3 different dry foods in the past week to no avail).

My dilemma is how much is enough? For breakfast she is getting some scrambled eggs mixed with spinach (about 1/4 cup) and some fruit (apple, mango, banana or papaya). For dinner, I am doing boiled chicken with rice, spinach and carrots. She eats all the chicken, but will leave some of the rice and veggies behind (bout 1/2 cup total).

What else should I be giving her and is this enough?

[megan_kat22]

Sounds like Sissy has you wrapped around her finger, I mean a personal chef!!! lol, I'm just playing. But that sounds like you are giving her all she needs, maybe check some home made dog diets on google!

[LuvMySissy]

Originally Posted by megan_kat22

Sounds like Sissy has you wrapped around her finger, I mean a personal chef!!! lol, I'm just playing. But that sounds like you are giving her all she needs, maybe check some home made dog diets on google!

Yeah, I kind-of feel that way too. But she has to eat!! None of this began till she got sick. I think she may be associating her food with sickness?!

[Lexi Rae]

lexi eat human food too,,, everyday..
either,,, chicken, ham, steak,with alittle of her wet food, maybe some
veggies in it too.... everyday.. i have to find a dry food that she likes..

[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by LuvMySissy

Since Sissy was sick last week, she is refusing to eat her dry kibble, will only sometimes nibble at Natural Balance canned chicken & rice, and has started refusing her hard treats.

She will always eat people food, though. I have begun cooking for her out of frustration (I have tried 3 different dry foods in the past week to no avail).

My dilemma is how much is enough? For breakfast she is getting some scrambled eggs mixed with spinach (about 1/4 cup) and some fruit (apple, mango, banana or papaya). For dinner, I am doing boiled chicken with rice, spinach and carrots. She eats all the chicken, but will leave some of the rice and veggies behind (bout 1/2 cup total).

What else should I be giving her and is this enough?

Way to go Jodie . . . maybe you can be a Personal chef to my furbabies too Give her yogurt or cottage cheese and even those cheese strings . . . .they are all good for her (in moderation of course!)

[LuvMySissy]

Originally Posted by Lexi Rae

lexi eat human food too,,, everyday..
either,,, chicken, ham, steak,with alittle of her wet food, maybe some
veggies in it too.... everyday.. i have to find a dry food that she likes..

Glad to know I'm not the only one!! My vet gave me another resource as well. Check out Raw4dogs.com. They sell frozen meet mixed with veggies in different combinations. The idea is to serve raw, but it can be cooked. Might be a good alternative. I found a local supplier in Michigan and will be trying some out.

[JCarlson2004]

Originally Posted by Lexi Rae

lexi eat human food too,,, everyday..
either,,, chicken, ham, steak,with alittle of her wet food, maybe some
veggies in it too.... everyday.. i have to find a dry food that she likes..

Try Blue Buffalo chicken or lamb or try Merrical Tur-Ducken. Both excellent quality and my dogs love it.

[Patti]

I also cook everyday for Cali. Chicken and ground beef. I have her on Missing Link supplement. She too stopped eating her dog food when she was sick back in Feb. My goal is to get her switched over to Merricks wet by the end of summer.

[Sugar's Mom]

Originally Posted by Patti

I also cook everyday for Cali. Chicken and ground beef. I have her on Missing Link supplement. She too stopped eating her dog food when she was sick back in Feb. My goal is to get her switched over to Merricks wet by the end of summer.

How much chicken or beef at a time to you give her? i cook chicken for my three soetimes and am always afraid I am starving them. I don't want to overfeed them. They are all ages and all sizes from 2lbs up to nearly 5 lbs and i give them all the same amount of chicken. About a fourth cup each. Is this too much? too little? They have one little square of Cesers mixed with half a boiled egg in the morning and the dry food is out all day and they hardly touch it. I am afraid I am starving them. They seem to always be hungry.

[Patti]

Cali gets about 1 1/2 tablespoons in Morning of chicken with a dab of Cesars and same at 3 and at 10pm. I use a very low fat and low protein chicken. She seems hungry even after I feed her but her weight is perfect now I don't want her to get overweight. My 13 lb Pom eats 3/4 a can a day of Cesar's and she's overweight! Cali's 4 1/2 lbs. just watch her weight and if she starts gaining I will cut her food back a little

[myriamha]

Royce eats homemade diets only his main meal consists of chicken or beef mixed with vegtables and fuits ( a puree of at leat 3 cooked fruits and 3 cooked vegetables) i add to that brown rice, a bit of canola oil and a bit of cottage cheese, for snacks I give him vegetables ( baby carrotts, brocoli, peeled apple, cottage cheese, plain yogurt hard boiled egg once a week .)

For his main meal ( twice a day ) I mix 2 full tbl spoons of chichen with one full tblspoon of vegetables and fruits puree, 1 less full spoon of rice 1 tea spoon or less of oil and a bit of cottage cheese . The vet advised me that small dogs need more protein in their diets