I have a new dog and her breed was pomshitz which is a mixture of pomeranian and shitzu. She's still 2months old and she doesn't eat dog food and she also doesn't drink water that much but we forced her to drink milk since we were worried that she wont eat anything. I just wanna know if.. is it right to feed our dog with milk? or.. is there anything that we could do to let her eat dog food?
Congrats on your new puppy, Honey is very cute! No, it is not right to feed her milk, especially cow's milk. Dairy productions should never be fed to dogs due to GI upset, and milk alone is not a balanced diet for a puppy. It will not be providing her with the nutrients she needs to grow properly. Puppies need higher amounts of protein, calories, and calcium than adult dogs, and a puppy formulated food will give that to her. It may be that she isn't used to puppy food yet, and I can give you a method to try to get her used to puppy food. To help her get used to puppy food, I would soak a high quality puppy formulated dry food in warm water until soft. Then mix that with puppy formula such as KMR to make a mush the consistency of oatmeal. Over the next two weeks, gradually increase the amount of dry puppy food and decrease the amount of water and KMR you use until she is eating the dry puppy food only.
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