[kalina82]

Originally Posted by mblab

Good to know! As far as I know she was weaned from milk and ever since then she's eaten this brand of dry food. She's eaten it as is, nothing added, nothing altered to it. So this mini food adventures, trying to get her to eat, should have been the first times she's had any people food.

I'm not trying to homecook her, I'm just trying to get her to eat! If I can entice her to eat her kibble with dog friendly human food than that's what I'll do. Unfortunately, nothing seems to be a magical cure. I tried some milk, in some ground up kibble of hers. That didn't go over amazingly, but she did eat a little bit. I also got some food/treat at the store that's been nicknamed "puppy crack" well she certainly liked it, for a little, but even that she snubbed after a while. So she ate between 1/4-1/2 of one meal's worth of a serving tonight. This is what's scaring me, because she wouldn't really eat breakfast and wouldn't eat lunch. So this is the most she's eaten ALL day and it's almost nothing!

I'd love to get her on "good" dog food but I can't imagine being able to transition her to any other food! If she isn't really eating her own "old" food how can I transition her to new food!?

I'm getting a bit desperate here, I don't want my dog to starve! I don't want her to be malnourished. I don't want her to get hypoglycemic! And I certainly don't want my dog to struggle anymore or get sick!

just went back to your original thread and see she is 12 weeks and 2.5 lbs. that's a good weight for a 12 week old. Has she ever had a hypoglycemic episode before with you or the breeder? if no then i wouldn't be overly concerned with hypoglycemia. If i were in this situation with a puppy who wouldn't eat the food that was given then i would just flat out switch her to a new food. she needs to eat something. I would go to a smaller pet store(not petco or petsmart) and ask if they have any samples of the foods mentioned above. Then i would just see which one she liked best. When she gets a few weeks older and shes still a picky eater i would then give her the food on hand and just leave it down. she'll eat when she's hungry enough. don't give in and give her a bunch of things to get her to eat because that's just encouraging the pickiness.