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  • Food questions

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    Agree with all above - you also might like to try mixing a teaspoon of sardine/tuna with a little water and spreading it over the food. Good luck!
  • Is Gradually Switching Food Necessary??

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    Not quite on topic, but if you ever experience problems with your dog's digestion just after opening a new bag of dry food, be suspicious. It is definitely possible to get a "bad" bag of food. If you have multiple dogs, this problem is easier to be aware of. A friend got blindsided when a new shipment of feed for her goats pretty much wiped out the whole herd because of a mistake in formulation. This can happen with dog food too!! It is one of the first questions an astute vet will ask with an unexplained digestive upset.
  • Food stashes

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    @Kipawa: A pet who has passed on never leaves our hearts and minds. As a friend said to me once… we carry their soul in our hearts
  • "Catching" food.

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    Neither of mine will catch food, it hits them in the face and falls to the floor too. They're both pretty good at catching toys when I tell them to but do get bored with that game rather qiuckly.
  • Poisonous Foods

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    A very good friend of mine have a bitch with pancreatitis from over eating an entire cake (not chocolate, but I don't remember what, Lisa might remember), she is now on meds for the rest of her life…. and again I think it was a cake, Lisa.... do you remember what Matuko ate?
  • Dog Food To Go

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    My Hollie girl eats from the bowl sometimes and sometimes she takes a few minutes to another room. She constantly "hides" her dogfood, in corners, under a doormat, under my bed pillows, etc. I don't know if this is something that all basenjis do, or if it is because she had been a stray when I adopted her. Either way, she is certainly entertaining.