My mom, being the best mom ever, immediately went to the grocery store the next day and bought us about 4lbs of fresh chicken liver.
Thing is, I don't think our girl ever ate raw meat before. Though she drools over freeze dried liver treats, she cautiously sniffed the fresh liver piece I so lovingly presented to her and snubbed it.
(Just a note, anyone who knows me, knows I can barely touch any raw meat even to cook it! Hence why my hubs is the one always cooking....and I know he's reading this... lav youuuu! lol)
So here I was...me...on the ground, massaging a piece of chicken liver and Madame wouldn't have any of it.
Houston we have a problem.
Then I had an "aha!" moment: She loves peanut butter!
Out came the ninja food processor and in went the chicken liver and a heaping tablespoon of natural peanut butter and Voilà! An absolutely unappetizing pink purée special of the day! But our Pitty princess gobbled it up in a flash! Tail wagging and all.
I guess it was the texture of it that threw her off at first... Now we know what to do for next time until she gets used to the raw foods :)
What ingenious ways did you guys come up with to introduce new foods to your dog and how did that go? Any tips you would like to share, would love to hear back.
Out came the ninja food processor and in went the chicken liver and a heaping tablespoon of natural peanut butter and Voilà! An absolutely unappetizing pink purée special of the day! But our Pitty princess gobbled it up in a flash! Tail wagging and all.
I guess it was the texture of it that threw her off at first... Now we know what to do for next time until she gets used to the raw foods :)
What ingenious ways did you guys come up with to introduce new foods to your dog and how did that go? Any tips you would like to share, would love to hear back.
Cute !! Missy is a little precious one who needs her food well prepared ! She is one delicate princess ! Smart thinking with the peanut butter though ;)
ReplyDeleteShe definitely has her mama pitbull making lotsa sactifices for her!
DeleteFor some reason i have bad luck with liver with my dogs. I gave my dog liver one time and he got sick as a "dog" lol no but really. I would normally give him chicken backs. I just figured that the liver naturally has alot of toxins in it so maybe thats why he got sick. I never gave it to my dogs ever since then.
ReplyDeleteAww poor thing. I read that too much liver can cause the runs (definitely don't want to deal with that) so I only gave her one small chicken liver and she handled it great. Don't plan on feeding liver more than twice a week and only in small amounts.
DeleteI personally thought that toxins are stored in fat (that's what I have learned through bodybuilding anyhow) and have read that the liver filters toxins but does not store toxins. Maybe it was too much too soon, but it's good to hear you feed him other fresh meat, that's great!
And thanks for shear the love with the pitbulls the best dog in the world.
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