My dog (a cocker spaniel) is not really food-driven unlike our previous dog (also a cocker spaniel but basically a four-legged eating machine). She has an easily upset stomach and my wife was trying all kinds of dog foods to get her to eat without throwing up. My sister, a vet assistant, told us to stop trying all kinds of dog good and just find a brand where the main ingredient was venison. Her thinking is that dogs came from wolves that eat deer. Whether her thinking is right or not, our dog hardly ever vomits any more.
She does get tired of the dry dog food we get (I forget the brand) but I won't feed her anything else. My wife tries to reward her with treats but those few times that the dog pukes, it's nearly always after having gotten a couple of treats. Now the treat is a small amount of canned dog food that is also based on venison. It ain't cheap, but neither are vet bills.
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