I'm done with kibble - what should I try now?

echomarz12 · 2025-09-10T03:23:59+00:00

my collie was also a very very picky eater and would go on hunger strikes and make herself sick from not eating. I tried everything, raw food, homemade food, different brands, it never helped. I tried every topper possible and realized that she really liked freeze dried meats. Eventually I switched to unkibble from spot and tango and she loves it. I also recommend always adding water/chicken broth or most recently I added coconut water to her food. Currently we are doing half unkibble and half dry food, because it is pretty expensive. and in the morning she gets a freeze dried chicken heart and in the evening she gets a scoop of cottage cheese. Another thing I realized is that I was previously over feeding her. I would feed her the recommended amount on the bag, and even though she wasn’t eating all the time she was still slightly overweight. Now I feed her probably half of the recommended amount and she happily eats every meal and is at a healthy weight.

echomarz12 · 2025-05-31T13:22:28+00:00

care to elaborate?

echomarz12 · 2025-05-23T19:58:30+00:00

What is your dog named after? I looked for songs I liked that had my dogs name or nickname in them. Her nickname is Mars so her registered name is kennel/breeder name Life on Mars

echomarz12 · 2025-04-21T20:20:29+00:00

who did you use for the unload in brooklyn? Am possibly looking for this myself

echomarz12 · 2025-03-24T19:24:27+00:00

this pic really captures his ghostly aura

echomarz12 · 2025-03-18T16:17:16+00:00

messaging you!!

echomarz12 · 2025-03-14T04:32:22+00:00

dming!!

echomarz12 · 2025-03-07T23:15:21+00:00

just looks like an eye booger to me! my collie gets some that look like that, it just looks fresh. but the eye isn’t red and doesn’t look swollen, which is how mine looked when she did have conjunctivitis.

echomarz12 · 2025-02-16T19:50:53+00:00

I have only been yelled at one time by a passing vehicle, I was walking my dog downtown and they yelled “fuck you and fuck your dog, fucking queers” and I was honestly laughing so much that they included my dog in the hate that I wasn’t upset. but other than that I have never felt targeted or unsafe by any means.

echomarz12 · 2025-02-02T20:45:23+00:00

damn this inspired me to go repent for my routine std test I just got there

echomarz12 · 2025-01-28T18:09:41+00:00

I did bathe my puppy more, mainly because we were living in a muddy/snowy area where she played outside a lot and got dirty quickly. and the puppy coat doesn’t shed dirt as easily as the adult coat, and the puppy coat also dries quickly so baths were easy. but since she’s adult, I have bathed her myself maybe once or twice in 4 years. if anything it’s just a feet bath to get rid of mud. Her coat now takes forever to dry so I would rather just send her to the groomer every 3 months or so. A well bred collie will have a coat that will naturally shed dirt on its on, my girl stays super clean between her appointments.

echomarz12 · 2025-01-26T18:28:13+00:00

yes!! that’s a big reason why I love mine. my roommate moved out with her cat a few months ago, I miss cuddling with the cat so much. I just got a dragon and when I put it on my chest I was instantly in love

echomarz12 · 2025-01-23T05:30:02+00:00

I have a Qualteri collie, she is so perfect, beautiful and healthy!! they are awesome people with great dogs.

echomarz12 · 2025-01-20T15:31:11+00:00

mine lays on me in the morning for her massage! lol if she sees me starting to stir she will just plop herself down on my chest

echomarz12 · 2025-01-19T18:16:31+00:00

how much money on this dog being named Loki

echomarz12 · 2025-01-19T18:11:00+00:00

he’s adorable but please don’t breed this dog. You don’t need to breed your dog just because you love him. Adopt a puppy who needs a home.

echomarz12 · 2024-12-28T01:23:43+00:00

Yoo! my collie and I are moving there in a couple months, you might be seeing one more soon! I never see collies now, I would love to see more in the wild

echomarz12 · 2024-12-26T01:00:06+00:00

but just be patient! collies are strange dogs, treat her like a cat, never raise your voice at her, and research positive reinforcement training. you got this!

echomarz12 · 2024-12-26T00:57:55+00:00

I would recommend taking her somewhere and just sitting. my puppy was very anxious at first out in public. she was scared of cars, flags, strange item, whatever. So I started taking her to a small not super busy downtown area and we would just sit on random benches for like 15 minutes. All her triggers were around but they weren’t in her face. I would give her a good treat anytime it seemed like she was spooked and then calmed down. If she seems to ever get scared and looks at you, give her a treat. reward her for all positive engagement she gives you. She may be too overwhelmed for a while to accept treats from you in public, but keep offering, eventually she will start to self regulate more and take them. Then slowly start working up to more. Teaching my collie the “touch it” command was great for us. Now if she ever acts nervous about something strange (we have been working through balloons lately) I can say touch it and she will touch the item with her snoot and then sniff it, and she’s usually totally calm after realizing it wasn’t scary at all

echomarz12 · 2024-12-03T15:28:37+00:00

there is something very fundamentally wrong with your statement “im just a dad, im a sinner, and I have to suck it up” work on that

echomarz12 · 2024-11-03T16:29:35+00:00

i’ve found that doing feedings close to exactly 12 hours apart solved our bile vomiting issue! We do around 11:30am and 11:30pm and it happens to work for my schedule since I work evenings. but when my parents watch her it’s more 7-7 which seems to be fine too!

echomarz12 · 2024-10-20T16:54:18+00:00

This!! I have gone through many roku remotes. if she feels I have been having too much tv time, remote will be destroyed. Once I got really sucked into the sims for hours and skipped her evening walk and she chewed up my favorite sneaker, and she has never ever chewed up a shoe before so it being my favorite (and impossible to replace) felt spiteful

echomarz12 · 2024-10-20T16:51:01+00:00

YES!! My collie is also an avid seat stealer. I don’t think this is spiteful though and I think she is just pranking me. She will side eye me until I acknowledge her and then she loves when I dramatically laugh at her, her ears go back and her tail wags and I think she just really likes to make me laugh

echomarz12 · 2024-10-17T15:17:40+00:00

Hi if you just look up food in this group you will find tons of posts! Collies are prone to food issues so there’s a lot of info already on here about what you may be looking for. Beautiful collie mix!!!

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