Trying to transition Lacey to Nature’s Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb

It’s been roughly a month since she started Acana Grasslands so now we’re transitioning her to Nature’s Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb.I offered it to her with 1/8c dry +1/8 cup can.At first she took to it somewhat then went back a few times so I made her the Acana Grasslands with can food(1/4c dry + 1/4 c can)..she ate some but ate the Nature’s Variety more which is good because we are trying to rotate between the two formulas on a month to month basis.When she ate 1/8 cup of Nature’s Variety by itself(dry) her bowels were decent so with 1/8 cup dry + 1/8 cup can we’re not sure how it will turn out..If it’s soft we will pick up some pumpkin to add to it over a few days and see if we can up it to 1/4 cup dry + 1/4 cup can eventually.Otherwise we’ll try the transition slowly by trying to mix the two formulas with can food(not to equal more than 1/2 cup) & possibly add pumpkin to it..Think she’ll take it eventually but we’ll try it and see..Hopefully this one(Nature’s Variety)doesn’t need to go to Brownie…
Check back for an update:Lacey does good on it by itself on an 1/8cup but together with can food we need to add pumpkin & add twice the people food topper than usual..We’ll probably end up using Nature’s Variety every now and then but not on a regular basis.

Lacey starts new protein til November 2011

Recently Lacey has refused her chicken/turkey based dog food for a few days telling me that she is sick of chicken/turkey dog foods.She’s been on chicken/turkey for the most /salmon/bison/vension as secondary proteins for a while.She was on chicken/turkey dry foods for at least 18 months to date.Salmon for 5-7 months.Bison/Vension for about 8 months.
She is now going to be placed her Acana Grasslands(Lamb based with minimal(3 ingredients of fish)fish),then in a week or two introduce her to the Nature’s Variety Instinct Beef & Lamb Meal.It does have apple cider vinegar one ingredient she refused earlier this year when trying her on the Primal but has accepted treats with ACV so hopefully she’ll eat because those are the only 2 kibbles she will have for at least a year or til it runs out then she will be back on chicken/turkey more than likely.She will also have canned food too of course.Maybe eventually we can get her to try the raw diets but not just yet…