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jim n · 02-26-2009, 03:43 PM

This is crazy. Your dogs are working you all. Add this, boil this, try this, try that, and the dogs still won't eat. She'll only eat if I'm standing next to her. No wonder you're frustrated!! Come on, give me a break. Find a food that you're confortable with. Put it down for 15 minutes. If it's not eaten by then take it away until the next meal. Just walk over and pick it up, don't make a big fuss about it. Don't let her feel your frustration with the situation. It may take a couple of days of missed meals but she'll come to realize that you're through jumping through hoops just to find a food that she won't eat anyway. She won't die missing a couple of meals. Put it down, take it away in 15 minutes, that's all there is to it. period!
Have you had her teeth checked lately? If she's having pain in the mouth she won't want to eat.

02-26-2009, 03:43 PM	#73
jim n Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 202	This is crazy. Your dogs are working you all. Add this, boil this, try this, try that, and the dogs still won't eat. She'll only eat if I'm standing next to her. No wonder you're frustrated!! Come on, give me a break. Find a food that you're confortable with. Put it down for 15 minutes. If it's not eaten by then take it away until the next meal. Just walk over and pick it up, don't make a big fuss about it. Don't let her feel your frustration with the situation. It may take a couple of days of missed meals but she'll come to realize that you're through jumping through hoops just to find a food that she won't eat anyway. She won't die missing a couple of meals. Put it down, take it away in 15 minutes, that's all there is to it. period! Have you had her teeth checked lately? If she's having pain in the mouth she won't want to eat. Last edited by jim n; 02-26-2009 at 03:47 PM.