Dog food! I'm not eating that! Help?

To make you jealous, for medical reasons my cat has been on the same prescription dry food for 11 years, loves it and wolfs down each portion given to her. She hates the wet version of the same food which I bought when she had problems with her teeth.

we had a collie that would eat very little, after trying loads of foods for her she decided she would eat mince morsels, only ever ate 1/2 a small pack . and not every day ,(did enjoy a cup of tea when she could steal it tho). Our vet said that most dog were over fed in his opinion and not to worry

What a sweet dog Bluebell
My little Westie would not eat dog food from day one, and I don't blame her either, even the best dog food stinks!
I give her chicken breast, potato & veg with natural gravy, she eats better than me, she really does That's her evening meal & then for breakfast/lunch/supper [one small bowl put down and she eats it if & when] is 'Vets kitchen' chicken & veg and this has no colouring or additives, but has live probiotics, glucosamine & chondroitin.

Sorry that's Vets Kitchen 'chicken & rice' not veg, so I think she does have a balanced diet.

When we got our border terrier some years ago I started giving her rice and chicken and I mentioned this to our vet on a visit. He hit the roof and said this was very unbalanced and she would be better with a proprietary dog food. Vets are often sponsored by dog food manufacturers of course but they have studied nutrition in some depth.

Vet's Kitchen is made by Vet.

Sometime dog gets boring on the same food given everyday, for changing flavor of www.naturaldogthefood.com (Natural dog food), you may try providing human food especially fried foods, liquid victuals like rice gravy to change his eating mood.

Our DDs rescue pup loves ‘human’ food, they are trying to get her to eat proper dog food, but she gets a mouthful, digs a hole in the garden and buries it! Which of course they have to go and find because of rats.
Bluebell, she is sooo cute.

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Sorry, but what is wrong with feeding her meat and vegetables? I make my own dog food, so at least I know what’s in it and what died in the process. If we have leftovers then I include those.

We have been brainwashed into thinking these dog foods are ‘balanced nutrition’.

PS chicken and rice is not balanced.

Our border collie was a fussy eater, but like your terrier was brought up on raw chicken wings.
I have noticed though that most dogs can't resist fish. Especially plain tinned sardines - no sauce.
And the bone from a shoulder of lamb

Dog's shouldn't eat cooked bones as they splinter and can caused internal injuries, give them a raw bone please.
My dogs eat raw but I don't give chicken wings as the Pugs would take all day to eat one and the Staffie would feel the need to help them with it, and the Pugs wouldn't be best pleased.
My lot are fed raw minces, chicken with bone, rabbit, venison, tripe, heart etc all just meat with no additives and they scoff it. They won't touch dog food and some dog foods are complete crap. If you want to cook your own diet then why not at long as it's varied. Feeding out of a tin or bag is convenient for us but dogs ain't fond of it. Who wants to eat the same food every day no matter how good it is, like us they like variety and why not.

FF as I understand it vegetables and even fruit ought to be included in the raw food diet.

Mine share my apples and oranges etc but no they are not essential on a daily basis and tbh that's based on the prey model where the dog would eat the contents of the preys stomach. UGH! Mine do get whatever veg is going spare on an as and when basis.

I think it depends what the dog is used to. I once read that dogs have various acids in their stomachs which can break down most of the stuff they ingest. Including static water.
But domesticated dogs probably lose that ability.
When we lived in rural France our dogs were always finding smelly bones from dead deer and wild boars, covered in muck. They would proudly bring them home and spend ages devouring them.
Any old cochonnerie .

On the same line - one of ours once fell into small pond which was covered with thick green slime. He must have swallowed a gallon before I managed to pull him out.
The next day he had a bit of diarrhoeia , then back to normal.

Do you have room in your freezer for dog food that you cook yourself, using things you know she will eat and are good for her?

I have done this for both cats and dogs with good results.

I bought a chest freezer and put it in the garage just for the dogs and nick a small amount of room in it for my Turkey etc.