Is Baby Food Okay?

The ones you posted are just fine, and actually very healthy. [] The only thing you have to watch out for is onion flavoring. I've been mixing meat babyfood in with Gingerbread's kibble since right after the recall started. I've just felt so nervous about feeding ANY canned food, but I think I'm going to take the plunge and feed some byNature canned because it's more cost effective and I think I'm being an overly worrying wart. []

I agree with the onion flavoring being the only real problem.  I never USED baby food for my babies....it was quicker, easier and CHEAPER to make my own...but, that's just me, kind of the Earth Mother thing surfacing.

I used to use baby food to flavor Emma's bland, liver diet. After a little bit of that, I realized that it'd be a lot cheaper in the long run if I bought a little grinder, and ground up my own fruits and veggies (she needed super low protein). I paid about $10 for my grinder, at Walmart, and it holds 3 cups. I've been using it for 2 1/2 years, with no decline in it's efficiency. It's perfect for making little toppers.

Crock potting is another great idea. My mom has been crockpotting various cuts of meat for her old man, since the recall. Toby is 14, and has never eaten dry food. She used canned on the days she didn't have enough scraps. Now, he's eating balanced (by me[], I throw in the supplements), crock potted food. Left overnight, boneless meat gets very soft. Add in some veggies and maybe a bit of rice or oatmeal, and let it sit til dinnertime. It's mushy, like canned food, and they LOOOOOVE it!

For all new dogs that came into the shelter, we used all-meat baby food to mix the Panacur powder into it.  I'd say 80% of the dogs would lap it up (and therefore the Panacur) so it was a good choice to ensure the dogs got their de-wormer.  I'm not sure of overall long-term use, but it shouldn't be bad.  Watch for sodium contents on some that are "w/broth", maybe.

I sometimes  use one of the small jars of baby food (usually sweet potatoes or squash) divided between my 3 goldens on their 1 cupfof breakfast kibble.  I use yogurt most of the time, tho.
 
I do have one question.  Two here mentioned onion flavoring.  Does it say flavoring or real onions?  I don't have any here to look at and I can't iamage onion flavoring in sweet potates, possiblily in squash.  But my question is, is it REAL onion or just imitation onion flavoring, like imitation vanilla flavoring.
 
Glenda, I started making the food for my youngest at 5 1/2 months.  The very first meal i blended for him was at my parents when i was home for a visit, and it was fried quail (just the meat, none of the breading), mashed potatoes and peas.  After that what ever we had if it wasn't spicy, I blended for him.

Okay I thought it would be okay I just wanted to make sure.
 
 

I do have one question.  Two here mentioned onion flavoring.  Does it say flavoring or real onions?  I don't have any here to look at and I can't iamage onion flavoring in sweet potates, possiblily in squash.  But my question is, is it REAL onion or just imitation onion flavoring, like imitation vanilla flavoring.

 
I was going to post this in my original question. Some of the Gerber ones had "onion power" in them, none of them said"real onions" or "onions" just the onion powder.
 
Also a few of the Gerber ones had some other things I didn't like as much added in them, which is why I went with Beech Nut, the ingredients seemed more simple, and the sodium was low on all of them. She really likes it and I got them at Winco and they were really cheap, like 40 cents a jar.

I would not feed onion powder in any form to a dog, especially a compromised one.  Try feeding a little finely chopped roast beef with some sweet potato mashed in, or some green tripe.    If your dog is still not eating, my guess is that she is trying to tell you something.  What has your vet said about it?  

ORIGINAL: Raja19

Since Raja had been not eating so good, I tried to buy her baby food, to mix in with her food. She usually gets fresh veggies or chicken mixed with her dry CS too. But this was just more convenient.
And she loved it. I bought the one that doesn't have any preservetives or added sugars.  

Is it okay to mix in with her food sometimes, instead of soft food?
I attached the brand and one of the exact ones I bought for her. I give her about half the jar or less.

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Oh and this one I bought too
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 Well I don't feed baby food to my dogs, I feed a canned umpkin and cottage cheese. You can use them to mix with veggies and meat. 

My vet highly recommends baby food meat for dogs that are returning to solid foods after being fasted for various reasons. USually mixed with white rice. I had babies with allergies so I had to watch labels very carefully and I don't remember ever seeing a basic "first" meat formula with anything but meat and meat broth. Even a whole jar would be so miniscule an amount that the small amount of salt in the broth would not be harmful (would actually be helpful to a recovering dog - electrolytes).

ORIGINAL: spiritdogs

I would not feed onion powder in any form to a dog, especially a compromised one.  Try feeding a little finely chopped roast beef with some sweet potato mashed in, or some green tripe.    If your dog is still not eating, my guess is that she is trying to tell you something.  What has your vet said about it?  

 
Ya none fo the ones I bought had onion powder in them, they just had veggies and meat, and some rice.
 
And I was just giving it to her because she can be picky and I usually add things in to her dry food anyways, this just seemed like a more convenient way.

I feed baby food veggies to Bubblegum all the time. I cook her meat and add a jar of baby food veggies that I mix in and I add some on top of her kibble at supper time ( I giver her raw egg at breakfast )  There is no onion or onion powder in the veggies I buy. 

I used to work at a boarding kennel and we always used meat baby food on kibble when dogs didn't eat (unless they had a listed allergy). It worked really well!