Come Have A Little WHINE With Me! Our Dogs' Crazy Eating Habits

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Who could be mad at this face? ME! I am trying to do this obstinate bratty doodle a favor by spending a fortune to upgrade his food, and he is throwing a little fit and having a hunger strike. He wants his crappy chemically enhanced food back! Since he is at least 5# overweight (this can be verified by the husband of the administrator of DK, who felt the excess avoirdupois with his own hands), I am not too terribly worried about it. But Jackdoodle's picky ways are just driving me crazy! He has many times abruptly stopped eating some treat he had previously loved, running the other way when I take the bag
out of the pantry as if I were trying to poison him. He has marrow bones lying all over the house that he chewed for 15 minutes and then abandoned. He will sit in the doorway to the pantry and stare at me, past the full bowl of ultra-premium kibble and the scattered bones...what is it he wants? If it is to move to New Jersey, he is out of luck at the present time. He will not eat a carrot, a piece of banana, even a piece of cheese...but I have to hide in the bathroom to eat a tuna sandwich, and the sound of an egg cracking would summon him from another planet. He is the craziest dog I have ever had.
Boy, do I feel better getting that off my chest! C'mon, join me...no advice, no solutions, just a place to vent about your dog's crazy eating habits. (Things like socks and kids' toys count, too!) You know there's something your doodle does with food that drives you up a wall! How about that thing where they take the food out of their bowl piece by piece and carry it over to the rug to eat? Let's have a good whine fest, and maybe a few laughs while we're at it!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

See? Even the World's Pickiest Eater, human division, likes Goldfish!!!

[Mommy2Max]

This sounds all too familiar!

Max has decided he will eat nothing except Royal Canin for his meals and Chicken Jerky or dehydrated sweet potato for a treat. I can't even begin to count how much I have spent on 6 star no grain dog food. The variety is endless but, NOOOOO he will only eat the RC!

He used to eat no grain so, I'm starting to think it's his teething. Then again, he chews on Bully Sticks and toys. He doesn't have to chew the Royal Canin so is he being lazy?

GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Here is a link to a discussion in the Commercial Foods section that I started because of this same issue, the doodle loving "junk" food and turning his nose up at the good stuff. The info that lynne provides in response to my question is really eye-opening, and will explain a lot. Click on the link, start with my post, and read through to Lynne's answer:
http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/thefoodgroup/forum/topics/commerc...

[Amanda and Wheatley]

Ugh I know what you mean! I have the pickiest eater ever! I refuse to feed my dog low quality food, but surprise surprise, thats all she wants! Corn, wheat, biproducts, you name it. Heaven forbid my 6 month old eats a tasty puppy food like orijen, or TOTW, no shed rather eat adult Purina Pro Plan kibble. She is driving me crazy!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

The same way the tobacco companies try to make the cigarettes even more addicting, the junk dog food companies do sneaky things to make the junky food more appealing. Spraying it with rancid fat, etc.! I'm sure that now that so many dog owners have educating themselves and looking for better alternatives, these companies are all going crazy trying to figure out how to keep their customers. Gee, maybe they should think about spending some money to make a healthier product. Guess the rancid fat is cheaper.