My dog refuses dry kibble for raw chicken. How can I fix this?

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We feed our dogs half raw chicken and half dry food. We want half dry food to make sure they get enough nutrition. Delilah refuses to eat dry food. She will starve herself all day until I cave and feed her raw chicken. What can I do about this? Pet's info: Dog | Collie | Female | unspayed | 1 year old

Jessica Keay, DVM · Accepted Answer

You may need to be a tough owner and not cave in to her desires. I would not recommend feeding any raw meat, particularly raw chicken, as the risk to her (and to you living in the house/preparing her food) for salmonella and e.coli infection is too great. You could try soaking her dry food in water or low sodium chicken broth to make it more appealing, or getting a canned food and mixing it with the dry dog kibble to make it more appetizing, or initially putting chunks of cooked chicken in with the canned food. Info from the Centers for Disease Control on raw pet food can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/features/raw-pet-food/

My dog refuses dry kibble for raw chicken. How can I fix this?

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