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We kept Jodie on the same food as she'd been having at the rescue place, because we didn't want to change too much and we figured that they'd make a bit of money if we bought it from them.
Berners are supposed to be quite food-focused, so we were slightly surprised that, although she loves her training treats and her in-the-crate-only Bonios, it would take her several hours to get through her actual food. Bizarrely, she seemed to be keener on the dry part of it than on the wet.
We were nearly out of the canned food that came with her, and (whilst Approved By Vets) mostly cereal with some fish thrown in didn't sound terribly interesting (plus, ew, fish breath). So the other day Mike bought a couple of different cans from the supermarket to see what she might like better.
You can see where this is going, right?
This evening, she had food from a tin labelled "Big Dog! Big Meat!" with an actual picture of a Berner on the label. The bowl was clean in about five minutes. She keeps going back to check if it's magically refilled. I think that the remaining can of Chappie is going to go to the back of the shelf and be labelled 'for emergencies only'.
Two more days and she can come off the lead! We're terribly excited, and are planning a badger- and rabbit-free route home to try her out on on the last part of her walk.
Berners are supposed to be quite food-focused, so we were slightly surprised that, although she loves her training treats and her in-the-crate-only Bonios, it would take her several hours to get through her actual food. Bizarrely, she seemed to be keener on the dry part of it than on the wet.
We were nearly out of the canned food that came with her, and (whilst Approved By Vets) mostly cereal with some fish thrown in didn't sound terribly interesting (plus, ew, fish breath). So the other day Mike bought a couple of different cans from the supermarket to see what she might like better.
You can see where this is going, right?
This evening, she had food from a tin labelled "Big Dog! Big Meat!" with an actual picture of a Berner on the label. The bowl was clean in about five minutes. She keeps going back to check if it's magically refilled. I think that the remaining can of Chappie is going to go to the back of the shelf and be labelled 'for emergencies only'.
Two more days and she can come off the lead! We're terribly excited, and are planning a badger- and rabbit-free route home to try her out on on the last part of her walk.
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However, given a choice I feed a good quality dry food like Burns or James Wellbeloved.
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