My cav will be coming home at the end of may and in the mean time we are trying to get our other baby ready for the new addition. We have an 8 year old Shih tzu named Dusty. Dusty is my mom's dog and definitely shows it. My mom feeds Dusty a dry kibble that she just leaves out all day and then puts down some meat or an egg at dinner time.
I'm wanting to have specific times to feed my puppy. I'm afraid that if I leave the kibble out all the time my puppy wont be interested in treats used for training (thats what happened with Dusty and she's proven difficult to train) I'm afraid that I wont be able to do this with my puppy since Dusty's food is always down, so my puppy will just go eat Dusty's food.
My mom has agreed to try to alter Dusty's eating so that she eats at specific times as well and doesn't have kibble down all the time. So I have a few questions...
Is it ok to change Dusty's feeding at her age?
How should we go about this? we want to change it gradually before the puppy arrives so Dusty doesn't associate the change with the puppy.
Should we add some other type of wet food to her kibble or just continue with meat and eggs like we have been?
Any other tips or things I've overlooked?
Thanks for the help guys!
I'm wanting to have specific times to feed my puppy. I'm afraid that if I leave the kibble out all the time my puppy wont be interested in treats used for training (thats what happened with Dusty and she's proven difficult to train) I'm afraid that I wont be able to do this with my puppy since Dusty's food is always down, so my puppy will just go eat Dusty's food.
My mom has agreed to try to alter Dusty's eating so that she eats at specific times as well and doesn't have kibble down all the time. So I have a few questions...
Is it ok to change Dusty's feeding at her age?
How should we go about this? we want to change it gradually before the puppy arrives so Dusty doesn't associate the change with the puppy.
Should we add some other type of wet food to her kibble or just continue with meat and eggs like we have been?
Any other tips or things I've overlooked?
Thanks for the help guys!