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My dog won't eat dog food. Can I feed her rice and milk daily?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | spayed | 1 year and 3 months old

Hi my Lab is 14 months old is it OK to feed her rice with milk on daily basis as she wont eat pedigree

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Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

Veterinarian

Published on May 13th, 2017

Rice and milk is not nutritionally balanced for a dog, they require a varied meat based diet. I would recommend trying alternative commercial food which have been fully balanced and slowly mix this with the food she currently likes at about 10% extra per week until at least 80-90% of her diet is dog food

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