How can I find a dog food that my dog will eat?

-My dog is a Westie and is 4 years old and she won't eat her food unless I put honey on it. My family gives her Science Diet Adult for Small and Toy Breeds. How can I find her dog food that she likes?I wouldn't eat Science diet either. That junk is full of corn and by products. Why feed a carnivore a diet like that? Dogs should eat a meat based diet. Usually dogs prefer the dog foods that have a lot of real meat in them. I know my dogs and my cat do. I feed them all Orijen flavors and Acana Grasslands and my picky dog LOVES them. My cat is also extremely picky but she loves Wellness CORE. All are meat based foods. You can buy cheap sample bags of Orijen and Acana and Wellness will send samples for free. Pretty much all foods make sample/trial sizes so you can get a few good meat based healthy brands and see what she likes best. I don't see the point in making your dog eat the same food that it can't stand day in and day out....



Sorry labman, coming at me is completely pointless and so is your copy and paste answer that also gives no facts. And you are contradicting yourself saying "feed a meat based chow" when Science Diet is far from meat based. Don't attack someone else's post when your own post proves nothing :) According to my vet and biology, my dogs are carnivores so I'm going to feed them like one. I have a right to believe what i want. Dogs have no need for grains so why give it to them? If you want to be cheap and feed your dog corn based crap good for you but don't attack me and other posters (like you do in every dog food question you answer) who believe in feeding a meat based diet. That is quite pathedic and proves you have WAY too much time on your hands.Honey probably isn't too good for her. This may sound cruel, but our vet is the one who told us to do this, so....

Give them their food. If they won't eat, take it away and try again a few hours later. If they still won't eat, take it away again. Eventually their hunger will get the better of them.

Believe me, she'll eat her food before she begins to suffer from any sort of malnutrition. It only took my dog about half a day.
YOU decide what the dog eats -- with or without honey. Put the dish down. If she won't eat it, pick it up and offer in in two hours. Repeat as necessary. When your dog is hungry, she'll eat. Easy. No problem. Best answer.
Many dogs will wolf down more than is good for them and look for more. Others refuse to eat more than than they need. Evaluate the dog as illustrated in this link, http://www.longliveyourdog.com/twoplus/R鈥?/a> You may want the vet to confirm your judgment. Adjust the dogs food and exercise as needed to reach its ideal body condition. Some German Shepherds and other breeds may refuse to eat enough to completely hid their ribs. As long as you are feeding a concentrated, meat based chow, the best thing is to accept it.



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.



Note, @Onyx has no evidence to back bashing Science Diet.
I like bobs answer, and agree that honey wouldnt be the best for any dog. their are sampler bags out there and have you thought of wetting it. if you do throw it out each time you have to remove it.
i am the spokesman for gravy train. get it. she will eat it. its nutricious and delicious