My pregnant dog refuses dog food. Can I feed her chicken and steak?

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Can I feed my dog chicken and steak for the remander of her pregnancy she’s 7 weeks and 4 days she won’t eat anything else other than cat food obviously I can’t feed her cat food but she likes chicken and steak today I fed her raw 8oz ribeye steak and she loved it she use to eat her dog food but she became fussy at around week 5 then at week 6 she completely refused to eat dog food I’ve been getting her meats from the butchers is this ok only till she has her puppies then I’ll set things straigh

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

This is not a good idea. Chicken and steak will not be a balanced diet for your dog and the puppies may not develop properly. Try feeding her some good quality puppy food, warm it up in the microwave, canned puppy food may be even better. If she does not eat it, do NOT feed her the chicken and steak as she will then wait always until you feed her that kind of food. It is not a problem if she does not eat for a day, but the next day she will likely be hungry enough to eat the puppy food. Now is the time when the puppies grow exponentially and therefore it is very important to feed her proper dog, best, puppy food.

My pregnant dog refuses dog food. Can I feed her chicken and steak?

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