[Angela B]

She doesn’t appear to have any pain or discomfort associated with her dry food. It is more of an observation that if given a hard treat (milk bones) etc, I have to break hers up into really small pieces. If I get the wrong bag of dog food (small bites vs small breed) the food is slightly bigger and she seems to have trouble eating it. I don’t really know if it has anything to do with the teeth or if maybe it’s just the size of her mouth. Again she is very petite. I do appreciate your feedback. If I were to switch her to a wet food she would likely become obese quickly simply because she would view it as a treat. I have thought of blending wet into her food but again the little heifer will eat the wet and leave the dry. She is such a ham. Lol

[Angela B]

Dogs are like children, they can become spoiled. Mine are absolutely rotten but I have tried desperately to feed them right. My husband feeds my furbabies treats for any reason. I like to treat them about once a day or if they have done something really good. My point is, once a dog has become spoiled it is really hard to break some of the habits. We too adopted an Australian Cattle Dog. She is 5 years old. When she got here the only thing we could get her to eat was treats. Hers was not a matter of being spoiled. She was a breeder dog her whole life. She is now part of a family but it took about a week for her to start eating her food. We do free feed in our house. We have never had any problem with it. All of our dogs will come in and get a couple of bites and move on. None of our dogs are pigs. I put down 4cups of food a day. There are generally left overs to start the next day. If your dog never does eat straight dog food don’t despair, it won’t hurt her.

[Angela B]

Every dog I have ever fed wet food to has loose stool and awful gas. Plus the food itself smells rancid. I feed my dogs the better quality dog foods because they have less fillers and numerous other benefits. It’s just a preference. I do know, my husband likes to give them gainsburgers occasionally. My female will eat until every bit of it is gone even going so far as to pick it out of her dog food. She maintains a healthy weight on dry food, but if allowed what I consider junk food, she pigs out. She would become obese in no time.

[Angela B]

Her teeth are perfect as far as all of her baby teeth have been replaced by Adult teeth and they are in proper location. They also have no tartar build up that I can see, pretty white teeth. She does have foul breath and has since she lost the puppy breath.she is happy and healthy. The only complaint I have is she seems to have trouble chewing hard food and treats. I have to buy small bites food and with treats we have to break them up really small or she will just leave it. She is a true mini at 7 lbs. My male is a tweenie at 12 lbs. He has no trouble eating anything.

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