If the dog does not eat the new dog food, you can first consider feeding the new dog food with the old dog food, and then slowly reduce the amount of new dog food until all is replaced with new dog food. Can. Secondly, you can consider adding some foods that dogs usually like to eat, such as canned food, goat milk powder, etc., into the new dog food to increase the dog’s appetite. Finally, you can consider starving the dog for two meals. When it is extremely hungry, it will naturally have no choice but to eat new dog food.
1. Feed new and old dog food together
Dogs that don’t eat the new dog food may be because they are not used to the new food yet. Therefore, when the owner changes the dog’s food, he can mix the old and new dog food together. Feed them in combination and use the 7-day food exchange method. On the first day, you can feed 80% old food and 20% new food. On the second and third days, you can feed 50% old food and 50% new food. On the fourth, fifth and sixth days, you can feed 20% old food. Grain and 80% new grain are fed, and new grain can be fed directly on the seventh day.
2. Add foods that dogs like to the new dog food
Canned food, goat milk powder and other foods that dogs like to eat very much, so owners can also add them to the new dog food. Add some canned or goat milk powder into it, which can greatly improve the dog's appetite, and then gradually increase the amount of dog food.
3. Hungry the dog for two appropriate meals
If the dog does not eat the new dog food, the owner can also starve the dog for two appropriate meals until it is extremely hungry. Naturally, they will eat dog food. Generally, it’s okay for dogs to go without food for three to two meals, as long as they have enough clean drinking water.
Note: If the dog still doesn’t eat the dog food, the owner should check whether the dog food has expired or has quality problems, or take the dog to see it. Doctor, check whether the inability to eat is caused by some disease. If it is really due to a disease that you are not eating, then you need timely treatment.