Changin Food

[Roxy's Family]

Hi I need some input from you guys Say if I was going to switch Roxy's food from brand A to brand B... (left out name brands so I won't start the great food debate) Whats the best way to do it and if I start mixing the two at first how long until I go cold turkey and make the switch final? And at what age can I mix some other stuff in - carrots?- pnut butter-? fish-? etc... etc... I know we want to introduce just one thing at a time so we can see how she reacts to it. And im thinking she should be completely switched on her brand first and see how she's doing with that?

[Barb]

We always started by mixing about 3/4 of the old food and 1/4 of the new for about 3 days, then make it 1/2 - 1/2 for three days, then 3/4 new and 1/4 old for three days and then switch to the new completely. You can give a dog some carrots at any age. I used to give Daisy 4 or 5 baby carrots a day, but have cut that down because they're pretty high in sugar and she needed to lose some weight. She now just gets one as a treat every other day or so. Peanut butter is also high in calories, so if your dog has a weight problem, avoid it -- we only give it as a treat about once a week. Fish is fine -- good for the coat. Along with an egg -- some people give those daily, but we only do once in a while.