A Picky Poodle Discovers His Love of Food

Zeke, my now 3 year old Miniature Poodle, has been a picky eater since the day I brought him home at 6 months old. A food was considered a “success” if I could entice him to eat enough to make it through a 5 lb. bag before it’s expiration date.

Since I joined the Katzenbarkers family, Zeke has had the ability to try, and be picky about, a lot more foods. I was sure that at least one of the wonderful foods we offer would get Zeke excited about food. What I didn’t expect was to get a dog so excited about his meals that my “velcro dog” would completely ignore me in favor of staring at the bowl, with its contents soaking, on the counter! For that, I have Sojos and Honest Kitchen to thank.

After trying out several kibbles that Zeke quickly lost interest in, I decided to give the new dehydrated foods a try. These foods, made by Sojos and Honest Kitchen, use dehydrated meat, fruit and vegetables to create a healthy balanced meal for your dog. Many of these ingredients are human grade and can be visibly identified in the dog bowl. To prepare a meal you simply add water and let the contents re-hydrate. Sojos calls for their food to re-hydrate for at least one hour, but preferably overnight in the fridge, while Honest Kitchen requests warm water and only needs 5 to 10 minutes to soak.

The varieties I first tried out with Zeke were Honest Kitchen’s Keen and Sojos Complete Turkey formula. I took photos of each of these foods dry and after soaking the recommended amount of time to show the consistency of each food. While the Sojos looked much more like food you and I would eat, Zeke seemed a bit more enthusiastic about the Honest Kitchen despite it’s oatmeal-like texture. Even with that difference my little picky eater wolfed down each bowl within 5 minutes of receiving them!

My picky poodle is picky no more! After Zeke’s zealous consumption of both foods, we started trying different flavors of Honest Kitchen and I am happy to report Zeke has yet to find one he doesn’t love.