Supplementing a cooked food diet

[dexteroni]

Dexter has decided that he no longer wants to eat kibble, or wet food, or even a raw diet. We've tried multiple varieties, all good quality (Merrick, Wellness regular and Core, Evo, Innova, Fromm), and he either will eat them for two days and then stop, or he won't even try them. The only food we can get him to eat is cooked "people food" - ground beef or chicken, select vegetables (green beans, broccoli, carrots), sweet potato, regular potato, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and small amounts of rice. He's been to both of his vets (regular and holistic) and he checks out fine. Both are chalking this up to old age finickiness. I know we should probably just wait him out but he's 12 and has already lost weight and muscle mass over the past year or so, and we hate to do that to him. So, unless he changes his mind, he's on a cooked diet for the indefinite future. I know that's not enough nutrition, so we've been supplementing it with this multivitamin. I haven't been able to find a calcium supplement locally, so I plan to order one online, but in the meantime we've been giving him one Tums per day and a little bit of powdered eggshell.

Is there anything else we should be adding? Is there a better multi we could be using? We first tried one in tablet form but he wouldn't take it. Any recommendations for a calcium supplement? Is bone meal the best, or should we get something like this from Wholistic Pet? Or both? Has anyone been in this situation? Did your dog ever go back to eating dog food? I really don't mind cooking for him but I'm worried about him getting proper nutrition, especially the calcium to phosphorus ratio because I know that's crucial.

[nital]

Have you looked at Dr Pitcairns book on home cooked? I haven't read it, but I know it's a highly regarded homecooked resource.

Lewis Olsen from Bertes Naturals is also a good person to talk to. b-naturals.com/bertes-products-c-26.html

[dexteroni]

I haven't. I have happened upon the name Pitcairn before, so I'll look into it further. Thanks for the recommendations!