sandra_slayton
Posted : 7/27/2006 12:25:10 AM
I have had English Setter, irish Setter and Golden retriever puppies and none were ever picky eaters as puppies and for the most part not even as grown dogs. My son has had two lab mixes and neither were picky eaters. But i do know some dogs are and for some reason, and this is probably just conincidence, all that I have know (friends dogs) were smaller dogs. I don't know if it is true or not, but I have read and heard many times that by chaning their food often, you make them into a picky eater.
This is a little different, but my boys ate what was put on the table or went hungry and there is very little they won't eat. The older one does not like Brussel Sprouts, the younger does not like beets. The older son has made his kids eat what was put on the table or go hungry, and they eat like he does. The youngest, however, has catered to his little girl and if she didn't like what they fixed for her, she would fix something else...or they would run up and get her chicken nuggets at McDonalds. At 3 it is a nightmare to feed her because of them getting her what she wants (and I fear she is not heating healthy at all)
I am not saying this applies to dogs, but I think it could in some cases, not all, but some. Dogs are pretty snart and they will figure, as a child will, that if they don't eat what is given to them, they will get something else.
On the other hand, I would NEVER make my boys eat something that didn't agree with them or that they truly did not like. I always did sprouts and Harvard beets at about every other night (I liked them both) along with a "everyone likes" corn, green beans, peas, etc.