My pregnant dog refuses dog food. Can I feed her chicken and steak?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
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
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Published on August 21st, 2018
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.
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Published on February 8th, 2020
It is not recommended to feed her anything raw because she could get a severe bacterial infection from the raw food that could make her lose her pregnancy or harm the puppies (like E coli or salmonella). She should be eating puppy foof during pregnancy as it is higher in calories. So maybe try some canned puppy food or if you want to cook the chicken necks, etc you can do that. NO BONES! In the future, it is not recommended to breed dogs until they are at least 18 months of age. She isn't even full grown herself yet.
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