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Originally Posted by omega  My Dane boy that I adopted at 2-1/2 was raised on awful food.  I started him on raw the day I brought him home. He didn't want to eat so I just kept giving the food to him but he really didn't know what to do with it.
After time passed, I finally gave him some ground meat (raw). He snarfed it down. He ate that for a couple of days and then I put some meat bones in with it. He had no problem eating it then.  I think he just had to get the "taste" of raw in his mouth to realize how good it was. He also had to learn how to chew the bones and meat. He seriously did not know how to chew something that wasn't a little, crunchy thing. 
I know some people are more of the hard knock view and say to keep giving the same piece of meat over and over. Well, I think all dogs are not the very same and have different needs at different times. I think whatever it takes to get them eating raw is great - just so they do eventually move to the prey diet. |
thank you for responding. I was really discouraged! BUT I had decided I would come home today and pretty much force feed him. (Bad Mama) Well, lo and behold it worked! This time anyway! After I pretty much made he swallow a small piece, that was it. He kept coming back for more. He ended up eating a whole thigh (in little pieces had fed) but he ate and wanted more. I did not want to over do it and quit after the thigh was gone. He took the bone outside, I just found it! I thought I had thrown away the bone, b/c he would not take it by hand. I was glad to see he had the bone. For now he is just trying to hide it outside. I hope this is an improvement and just the first step. I will chop up the meat in bite size pieces until I see he will try to eat on his own. I hope this continues. I will let everyone know tomorrow. Thanks for the support!!!
