Hi Suzanne, if it’s a chicken allergy then that makes life really difficult with dry foods as most contain chicken (even if it’s not the main meat ingredient). If he’s picky with any fish/roo/lamb formulas then have you tried enticing him by adding something – broth, eggs, mince, some kind of stock?

Do you know what he was weened on by the breeder? I think in terms of dry foods Great Danes are usually restricted on protein intake, but I have to say I’m not too clued up on Great Danes.

There’s a few large breed puppy formulas. This may help – http://sniffout.com.au/Search?q=large+breed+puppy

I’m not too sure about this one but Ivory Coat has a large breed formula, pretty sure Holistic Select does also and apparently so does Wellness.

I thought that there was more companies who listed large breed puppy but there doesn’t seem to be that many from the good brands, I guess the rest that I’ve seen are from the cheap trash brands. Well I mean the raw or freee dried brands are all life stages as well, so I was probably remembering them also.

Follow Rodney Habib on Facebook, some interesting stuff is usually mentioned there, he talks about adding fresh food to kibble to reduce cancer rates as were in quiet an epidemic with cancer, diabetes and obesity.
A dog was completely cured of cancer following a ketogenic diet, so diet works but that’s kinda a common sense that’s been lost over the years.

Dr Robb is also good to follow based on vaccines, he talks about how overdoing it is leading to a lot of pet deaths or unnecessary diseases.

I feed a lot of different things and I feel my dogs are better for it, then they would ever be on just kibble.

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond! She is 7 months old. I think you’re right about the treats – I do tend to feed her while I’m having dinner some of mine. So now when she is hungry she will go to the dining table and just cry. I’ve started to ignore that and she eventually eats her dry food thank God. Could i ask your advice on kibble? Is it okay if I only feed her kibble? Or should I be adding different things to her diet? I read on a Facebook page that kibble should just be a treat and raw food should be given most of the time? I fed her a raw diet for about a month, and she really didn’t do well on it – she seemed unwell and down, little energy etc so I started feeding her kibble again. Just need some reassuement! Thanks again!

Hi Marina, how old is she? Appetite can vary a great deal in the puppy phase due to growth spurts, teething, familiarity with a food and so forth. In early stages you can add a liquid such as chicken stock or broth to a food to entice them. If you feed other foodstuffs like meat or treats she may just be ignoring the dry food because she believes she can wait for something tastier instead.

Go on Dogs on line Forum and ask for help lots of people over there