my Llasa Apso and eating

Question
Ihave an 8 yr old Llasa Apso named Jack.  We adopted him from a city pound back in October.  We are having trouble getting him to eat his food, loves his treats but becomes quite adimant when it comes to eating his real food.  

I tried a can of wet in the morning with dry at night, and he would not eat the dry.  I then tried mixing for a while which seemed to work then he refused.  

While I was away for a week my Dad fed him stricktly wet and he seemed to do well, but my concern was when I got back he had very loose bowl, not solid.  I am now trying to get him back to eating some dry as I thouht this may be the reason and now he is refusing to eat?

Any thoughts or suggestions with Jack and his behavor on eating would be appreciated

Answer
Hi Joanne:  Jack is 8 yrs old..... he can eat the wet food it he likes...  I understand your concern on the wet vs dry foods.
How about a good quality wet food such as:
Innova evo ( canned)  ( This food has no fillers in it - 99 % meat)
Also, with Innova you feed less than the other brands with " fillers".

To get his poops more condensed you can also offer some metamucil wafers ( 1/2 a cookie per day).  I bet he will eat the apple flavored wafer.  This will make the poops much more solid.  I know it sounds strange, but it works!

There are other good canned foods on the market, too.
Wellness Formula
Solid Gold
Canadide
Natural Balance

I hope this has helped!
Also, consider NuVET Plus - A great vitamin/ supplement for all ages and stages of life.  Treat wafers are chicken flavored....
here is the link to NuVET Plus -
http://www.nuvet.com/81098
***give them code 81098 and ask about the 15 % off Auto Ship discount...


Thanks for your question:
Marie of The Doggie Chalet Hotel
http://www.apluspetcare.com