The Blonde Leading the Blind

Halas is what you call a power-eater.

Well, until we recently transitioned the Disaster Twins completely over to adult dog food.  After 18 months of dining on the finest Nutro Lamb and Rice Large Breed Puppy Formula dog food, Halas has taken to reluctantly lapping up her food while intermittently gagging herself and spitting it back out in protest.  L

You can live the dream yourself with this picture – note Lombardi on the left delightfully woofing down her dinner and Halas on the right hacking it back up:

At first we thought she might be sick until one of the trainers at PetSmart told us that adult dog food is void of the extra fat and protein that makes the food taste yummy and that it wasn’t uncommon for dogs to have this reaction when the puppy food is replaced.  We further tested this theory by buying a different flavor for the beasts – Nutro Chicken Meal, Rice & Oatmeal – which was promptly scarfed down when mixed with the Lamb & Rice formula at home.

The enthusiasm lasted for about two meals.

Little brat.

We thought we might be able to woo Halas with a cool new paw-shaped food scoop that is the exact size of her breakfast and dinner portions.  And, it’s even pink!

Apparently, it’s delicious.

If all else fails, at least we know she’ll eat plastic.