We just got a 3 1/2 year old black lab and the family we got her from fed her table scraps every night along with her beneful dry food. So we have been just giving her the beneful but she won't eat it unless we put soem people food in it. I want to get out of that habit. I was thinking of getting the beneful wet dog food that looks like people food. DO you think I should try this?
Experienced Advisor Deepa Gopinath says:
March 19th, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Hi, I think it's a good idea to stop the table scraps as labradors have the tendency to be overweight and combined with being predisposed to hip dysplasia, weight control is very important. Also there are other risks of obesity such as diabetes, etc. How long are you leaving the dry food before you give in and add scraps? This may sound a little cruel but you may need to feed her dry food only for 2 days and ignore her pleas for her to get used to the fact that that's all she's getting! You can certainly mix in some wet food but please remove some dry food in exchange rather than just adding more calories. Hope this works!
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