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can i feed my dog baby food?

my maltese is a very picky eater. i had bought home so many kinds of foods and yet she will not eat anything. some of the foods i bought recently are, canin royal, eukanuba, blue, and a diamond brand. though she is very playful she is very frill and skinny. My yorkie though, eats everything. today i mixed her food (eukanuba) with some organic banana baby food and she ate it all. I know i should call my vet first but i jsut want to know if its okay?

No, you cannot feed your dog babyfood. It does not have the nutrition dogs need.

First, don’t give in and give a lot of treats and snacks to your dog when it refuses to eat it’s food.

Second, a dog won’t let itself starve, it will eat it when it gets hungry enough. Give it several chances throughout the day to eat it’s food. If it doesn’t eat it within 10 minutes, take it away.

Third, go with a high-quality dog food. Those foods you mentioned are not very nutritious and contain fillers, fats, etc..
Here are reviews of those foods:
* canin royal – http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=280&cat=all
* eukanuba – http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=107&cat=all
* diamond – http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=88&cat=all

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On choosing a good dog food:
Read the ingredients on the food you buy. Go with a high quality dog food. A grain should not be in the first couple ingredients ingredient (corn and such are mainly fillers, dogs don’t digest it well). Avoid foods that have a lot of “by products” listed.

Here is an article about byproducts:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=ingrd

And an article on what ingredients to avoid:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients

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Some GOOD foods are :
* Merrick – http://www.merrickpetcare.com/
* Solid Gold – http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/
* Canidae – http://www.canidae.com/
* Timberwolf – http://timberwolforganics.com/
* Orijen – http://www.championpetfoods.com/orijen/orijen/
* Wellness – http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/
* Chicken Soup brand – http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/
* Innova – http://www.naturapet.com/brands/innova.asp
* Innova EVO – http://www.naturapet.com/brands/evo.asp

Or check this website for good foods: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
(I recommend only feeding foods rated 4, 5, or 6 stars. Anything 3 stars or less, I would stay away from.)

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Stay away from grocery stores brands. They are low-quality foods chalk full of fillers, preservatives, dyes, etc.. (Grocery store foods are those like Beneful, Old Roy, Alpo, etc.)

Beware “premium” foods. “Premium” does not mean good nutritionally, and is not a nutritionally high quality food. It has the same types of ingredients as grocery store foods, just a bit better quality of those not-so-good ingredients. (Premium foods are those like Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc..)

Another thing to be wary of: A lot of vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They get profit from the brands they keep on their shelves, that’s why they push it. Truth is, vet schools don’t focus a lot on nutrition. It’s not saying that a vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, a lot of vets just are told “this is good food”, so they pass the message along without proper nutrition knowledge. Also, some dog food brands (like Hills) support vet schools, so vets have heard of it from the time they start college, which makes them think it’s good as well.

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When switching foods, do it gradually. I do this over about a two week timespan:
25% food A, 75% food B
50% food A, 50% food B
75% food A, 25% food B
100% food A

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