Cheapest Places To Buy Eukanuba (syd)

[NewPup]

Hi all,

I am over the moon, just saw my am staff Diesel scoff down his food, he is a really fussy eater (I know, I know, I've spoiled him and created this). I was having a look in the pet shop and started talking to the lady there about food, and she said to try the Eukanuba biscuits for small dogs, as he is always trying to eat the cat biscuits, so I thought he must like little biscuits.

I have never seen him eat his meal like that, ate every single one and licked the bowl! I am going to just give him those biscuits (as well as bones and treats) as his meals, everything else he picks at and I end up throwing out. I guess I never tried pet shop biscuits, as I have to throw away his supermarket brand biscuits before he's finished them, and I thought it would just be a waste of money.

They are quite expensive though, I thought there must be somewhere that sells them cheaper in the really big bags (were around $100 I think). Can anyone point me in the right direction? Anywhere on the Northern Beaches/North Shore of Sydney would be especially great.

Thanks

[Pulilover]

Hi all,

;) I am over the moon, just saw my am staff Diesel scoff down his food, he is a really fussy eater (I know, I know, I've spoiled him and created this). I was having a look in the pet shop and started talking to the lady there about food, and she said to try the Eukanuba biscuits for small dogs, as he is always trying to eat the cat biscuits, so I thought he must like little biscuits.

I have never seen him eat his meal like that, ate every single one and licked the bowl! I am going to just give him those biscuits (as well as bones and treats) as his meals, everything else he picks at and I end up throwing out. I guess I never tried pet shop biscuits, as I have to throw away his supermarket brand biscuits before he's finished them, and I thought it would just be a waste of money.

They are quite expensive though, I thought there must be somewhere that sells them cheaper in the really big bags (were around $100 I think). Can anyone point me in the right direction? Anywhere on the Northern Beaches/North Shore of Sydney would be especially great.

Thanks ;)

Hi,

A 15kg bag of Eukanuba usually retails for around $100. That's why your dog likes it, it's better quality and you have to pay more for that! Petbarn at Chatswood stock the big bags.

[NewPup]

I spoke too soon, he's back to not eating it. Both the breeder and the lady in the pet store (who is a vet nurse) said I need to leave it out for him 20 minutes max and if he doesn't eat it take it away. They said stick it out for 3 or 4 days as he'll give in and eat it, I feel cruel!

also, it's not a problem with his appetite, it's just I've been feeding him too many nice things, and I've made him fussy (before someone starts down that path)

Glad I didn't go and buy a 15kg bag ... damn, thought I had it sorted out!

[RuralPug]

I spoke too soon, he's back to not eating it. Both the breeder and the lady in the pet store (who is a vet nurse) said I need to leave it out for him 20 minutes max and if he doesn't eat it take it away. They said stick it out for 3 or 4 days as he'll give in and eat it, I feel cruel!

Well both the breeder and the lady in the pet store were right! He will eat when he is hungry enough. That might quite a few days if he is stubborn. It is not cruel to offer him a proper meal and to take it away and NOT offer alternatives if he chooses not to eat it. Offer again at his next feed time but NOT BEFORE.

It is your responsibility to make sure that he has a good diet and not just "yummy" things, that might even make him sick in the long run. Would you feed your kids on nothing but take-away food? Not feeding him properly is cruel. Letting him dictate to you what he wants is cruel.

Don't feel cruel doing the right thing by him!

[NewPup]

Thanks for the encouragement, with feeding he has me roped around his little finger (err.. i mean paw?)

I have been giving him loaf and he gets lamb off cuts and chicken necks as the treats in with the loaf, and now he won't eat the loaf, or pet mince, or any of the other packaged meats, beacuse he holds out till the next meal time when he gets bones or something nice. (you don't need to tell me off, I know I caused this way of thinking, I really wantto fix things)

So the last time he ate a proper meal was Friday night, and he may of picked at a few last night as my boyfriend fed him when I wasn't there, bowl still had biscuits in it when I came home, so can't be sure. Just keep on at it? Even if it gets to a few more days?

[Gomez the Norfolk]

Have you tried any of the super premium foods like Eagle Pack Holistic, Nutro or Natural Balance? Since your dog is not liking the Eukanuba anyway, you might as well upgrade the quality of his food and try something really good that is not so full of fillers and cereals and uses better quality ingredients...

The Eagle Pack, for example has a fish formula, a duck formula, a chicken formula... they sell it at places like Moggy and Mutt in Northbridge Plaza or you can order it and have it delivered...

[NewPup]

Hi Gomez - haven't tried that, but the name rings a bell from looking at online stores the other day for the big packs of eukanuba. I don't mind spending the money, if he'd eat it! Guess it's worth a try. Is Eukanuba not good for them? I just don't want to chop and change, as that's part of the reason he's become fussy

Tonight he wouldn't eat them again, my cat ate his biscuits instead, our tiny little fluffy cat ate them, and he didn't! I was just about to take them away and he's given up and he's eating them now, well ate half of them... that's a start!