a new puppy and the breeder suggested giving sardines occasionally. I went an bought a couple of kgs frozen whole sardines for $11 a kg. Probably can get them cheaper at a different seafood wholesaler.

usual over did it the first feeding. instead of slowly slowly catchee monkey ....

Blitzen the 13 year old doddery fellow sniffed his bowl and indicated I could eat that crap myself.

Donder the 13 week old (now) sniffed it, took out a sardine piece, tried to eat it, spat it out, threw it in the air. Picked it up again and repeat. Like a cat playing with mouse.

Hardly touched his bowl. When I through it all and removed all the sardines, he ate the rest of bowl.

Attempt 2. COOOKED the sardines by frying in olive. Took ONE sardine cut up, and mashed it up as much as possible. Mixed it up in each bowl.

Donder certainly ate his.

Blitzen may have or not? Some days he hardly eats and is very fussy.

^^^

I did all the above with chicken livers.

Same mistake. Too much.

Funny watching Donder again play with his food like a cat.

Didn't separate his livers. Over two meals, he ended up eating everything but left all the livers.

The did eat the chicken hearts OK however.

So tried cooking the livers. They eat the livers fine when cooked/fried.

I think they will eventually eat them OK uncooked.

^^^

I do hope the sardines help Blitzen. Sometimes now when he falls over I need to lift him back up onto his feet. He can't get up himself.

The puppy is a nuisance and sometimes knocks the big kind fellow over as well.