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Originally Posted by shakran
....... Bones are universally a bad idea. Your dog doesn't need that much variety. Dogs are not people. They do better on a steady consistant diet, both from a gastrointestinal standpoint and from a consistancy standpoint - Dogs like routines. They tend to get nervous if routines get broken, even if it involves food.
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We keep our dogs on a steady diet of good dog food and they aren't fed table scraps of any kind. However, while they may not need it the occasional ham bone sure makes for a couple happy dogs and it keeps them busy for hours. Also they will do anything you ask them for a saltine cracker, potato chip [of any kind] or just plain ole ice outa the ice machine. If they hear a bag krinkle or the ice machine dumping ice into a cup they are all over themselves.
When they are puppies we give them the large rawhides to give them something to chew on. As they get bigger they seem to lose their zest for rawhides but they sure save the furniture, shoes etc.
We are having a real problem finding something they will eat other than Puppy Chow, in fact we are still in the experimental stages of finding a good quality food to replace the Puppy Chow. So far we have tried Iams and Science diet and a few others on the shelf at the local pet stores with no real luck. We try to mix it in but our older dog will eat the puppy chow and leave the rest or just not touch his bowl and eat all the puppy's food out of her bowl
I think Purrina puts something in their food to get the dogs hooked on it
I guess it won't hurt him to eat the Puppy Chow for another 8 months or so then wean them both at the same time....