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FEEDING MY POMERIANIN

19 11:07:46

Question
I FEED MY POM  PEDIGREE SMALL BITES, I GIRND THEM UP AND MIX WITH BROILED CHICKEN AND BROILED HAMBURGER, AND ALTERNATE WITH PORK AND HAMBURGER

SHOULD I MIX IN SOMETHING ELSE TO GIVE MORE VITIMINS,  SHE WEIGHS ABOUT TWELVE POUNDS NOW  SHE DID WEIGH 14 AND A HALF SHE IS A LARGER POM NOT THE TINY POM
I FEED HER SNACKS WHEN I CALL HER IN FROM OUT OF DOORS  

AM I DOING RIGHT

ROGER

Answer
Why are you adding the other stuff?  The Pedigree should provide her with exactly the complete and balanced diet dogs need.  It has all the protein, vitamins, and minerals she needs.  You start mixing in this and that, it becomes difficult to tell exactly what the dog is getting and what else you need to add.  

It is very rare for a healthy dog not to eat all it needs of a dry chow.  it may be less than the owner thinks it should eat.  At 12 pounds are her ribs prominent?  Rate her using http://www.longliveyourdog.com/twoplus/RateYourDog.aspx  

Unless she is too thin try this:

The worst thing you can do is to bribe a dog with rich foods into eating more than it needs. Instead, Put down the dish with what the dog should eat, and give it 15 minutes to eat. Then take it up. Do not give it anything to eat until its next scheduled meal. In a few days, it should be eating what it needs. Continue to check its ribs and adjust the food as needed. This is not easy. I had a Shepherd go 3 days on a few nibbles. I was a wreck, but she was fine. It is almost unknown for a healthy dog not to eat what it needs. Unfortunately, in too many cases, it is less than the package says, and less than the owner thinks the dog should have. Many dogs are quite good at holding out for tastier chow. Like kids, sometimes it calls for tough love.