What to put on Dog Food to make it more appitizing?

Our dog is getting old and might have some dementia.

Usually she gobbles her food down without any problems though lately she leaves most of it.  I put her vitamins in with the food so sometimes she leaves the vitamins, too.  It doesn't matter if it is dog food or vegetables, she still leaves it unfinished.

Any suggestions on making the food more appetizing.

We used to use brewers yeast.  Not sure what it is, but sometimes we put it on popcorn to make it taste better.  It was yummy for both humans and dogs and cats.  The vet recommended it for added b vitamins.

It was cheap in the bulk section of he human grocery shop in the early 1990s.  Not sure what it's called today.

Anne Miller wrote: Usually she gobbles her food down without any problems though lately she leaves most of it.

Are you feeding her just once a day? Maybe she's not as active and smaller, nutritionally denser servings would help?

There are specific ratios of protein etc which changes for geriatric dogs. (according to my friend who's been dealing with trying to feed different things to her 2 different aged dogs)

After I pressure chicken bones for broth, I pull out bits of meat/gristle/collagen and take it to my friend's dogs and it makes them very happy to get a bit on their food over a couple of days.

When my dogs get picky, I make white rice or sweet potatoes.  I will put 3 to 5 pounds of potatoes in the instapot for 25 minutes.  Makes them nice and soft.  I leave them in the fridge and mass one up at dinner time.  Always gets well received; and not expensive.  

We add eggs to the the dry food. 4 total per day. 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening.

About a 3/4 of the time, the eggs are raw. Never had any issues and they eat all of the food right away.

I'm not sure what you're feeding, but my girls get a raw egg & about 1 tablespoon of coconut oil for breakfast, every day, with their supplements. If I forget (or am out of) the coconut oil, they won't eat. So, if she's not eating the rest, you could try a chunk of just coconut oil with the supplements, too. Between the eggs, the oil & the supplements, she will get all the nutrition she needs, if she won't eat the regular food at all, anymore. Adjust the number of eggs, for her size. My little dogs are 11.6 & 18.4lbs, and they each get only 1. But, I know of an old, very sick (BIG - it was a Newfie) dog who's owner was told by the vet to give him a dozen eggs per day. The dog fully healed, gained back his weight, to a normal, healthy weight, and lived couple more years in good health, on just eggs.

I feed three times a day:  1/3 cup dog food, a spoonful of either green beans, carrot of pumpkin.

I also make rice cooked in bone broth.

I am fairly certain that brewer yeast is still called that I just doubt it is anywhere near.  They have it at the big city grocerty though we will not be there until sometime in December.

And by the time I order online I might not need it.

I try the rice.

r ranson wrote:We used to use brewers yeast.  Not sure what it is, but sometimes we put it on popcorn to make it taste better.  It was yummy for both humans and dogs and cats.  The vet recommended it for added b vitamins.

It was cheap in the bulk section of he human grocery shop in the early 1990s.  Not sure what it's called today.

I've used this as well. Mine is called nutritional yeast.

I've also used this product and it worked. It's yeast with liver flavor.

https://www.purina.com/dogs/shop/pro-plan-veterinary-supplements-fortiflora#feeding-and-nutrition