My puppy won't eat her food without meat or bone, what can I do?

Puppies need higher amount of calcium than adult dogs, and feeding them all meat diets will result in not giving them the required calcium/phosphorus balance for appropriate bone development. This will have adverse effects on your puppy's growth in the long run, which is why you should not feed your puppy an all meat diet. In addition to these minerals, all meat diets are often imbalanced with respect to protein, fats, phosphorus, vitamin D, vitamin A, copper, zinc, manganese, DHA (an omega 3 fatty acid), and certain essential amino acids. The best way to make sure puppies (and adult dogs) are getting all the necessary nutrients in the right amounts is to feed them high quality puppy formulated foods, such as Hill's Science Diet.

Puppies do tend to have large appetites because they are growing so quickly. I'd first make sure you are feeding her a puppy formulated food. Puppies need higher amounts of calories, protein, and calcium than adult dogs, and a puppy formulated food would provide that for Bonnie. I would recommend feeding her a high quality puppy formulated food, such as Royal Canin or Hills Science diet. Finally, I recommend feeding according to the package instructions on the food to make sure she is getting the correct amount, and avoid giving her human food, as there are many that are poisonous to a dog.

This is a common problem. Sometimes once dogs get the taste of specific food like liver or meat they will become really stubborn and not eat until the food is supplemented. I recommend trying tough love and offering food for the day. Now Sweety is young so depending on her weight she might have to eat a few times a day so her blood sugar does not stop. You can try a different brand of food or even mixing in can food to help stimulate her to eat. Hope that helps

You could add some meat or chicken to your puppies dog food but your puppy needs to have some dog food because it is nutritionally balanced for a puppy. Feeding just meat/ chicken and rice is not recommended because your puppy would not be getting the proper nutrition. If you want to use a home made recipe than you should use the website called balance it to make the diet nutritionally balanced for a growing puppy. https://secure.balanceit.com/

Hi. It appears Bonea is a young large breed dog. I think Royal Canin foods may be available for you. If so I highly recommend thier large breed puppy/growth formulas. Feed only that diet. You can even use pieces of kibble as treats when training. Most healthy puppies will eat when hungry so getting him to eat shouldn't be a problem. No table food or scraps what so ever. If he is very picky or not eating well or growing well then a veterinary visit may be needed. Hope this helps.

A small amount of chicken meat is ok to mix with her food as long as it is not fried chicken. Make sure she is eating all her puppy food as human food is not a nutritionally complete diet for a dog.

Yes, you can give your pup cooked chicken or meat as an occasional treat. I would boil the chicken or meat as that's the healthiest way to give it to your pup. Too much fat can lead to pancreatitis, so never give your pup pork and only lean cuts of meat :-)