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Originally Posted by veggienut  I don't know if a dog can tire of the brand of food or type he's on. Nor do I know if I should (non-allowed word) food again. What do ya'll think. This has been going on all week, maybe longer. He won't eat but once a day, and at night. At night is when I play ball with him and give him vitamins cut up as treats. He then goes for a bit of food between his tiny bites of his soft chew vitamins. If I don't give him any, he may eat a nibble of his food, and then again he may only smell and walk away. I gave him a bit in his tiny scooper and he ate only when I added some of his vitamins in there. Anytime I add stuff in his dry food he will eat, but after a while, he will pick only the wet and leave the dry. This has gotten to the point like whenever I have switched food on him. What brands do ya'll use~? Have any of ya'll had these issues~? I only gave him one treat this am after I groomed him and nothing more. I have cut treats out in the past and did pick the bowl up after so many minutes if he didn't eat, but nothing like that works for him. He holds out. Is this a terrier issue. I just don't know of anything else to do except to (non-allowed word) and I have no idea to what brand. |
Why does your post have the (non-allowed word) entries? I have never seen this before. Are you typing it or are there really non-allowed words on YT? Just curious.
I have never worried about how much my dogs are eating (after they pass the 12 week mark anyway). I look at results. Are they gaining weight as puppies and continuing to look healthy as adult dogs. Just like human babies, they go through spurts when they just do not eat as much. They also may have foods that they don't like as well. But I have never seen a dog starve himself when any food is available. They can be stubborn, but as long as they are not going hypoglycemic on you, I would not worry so much. You say he is eating in the morning and again at night? That is fine. Mine eat a tiny nibble here and there throughout the day. It never seems to amount to anything, but they are all healthy weights. So, I don't worry. I do think we should offer a little variety at times. I have read that dogs are different and don't mind eating the same thing every day. I thought -- "How do they know that?" So, I occasionally give mine a different food. Sometimes they will pick out all of their old. Sometimes they only want to eat the new. If so, then I will change to the new. That is how I fed Ryal Canin (I know -- not everyone's favorite food -- but it is my dog's favorite). They will pick it out no matter what else is mixed with it. They also prefer any type of canned over dry. So, I limit the amount of canned. I don't think it is as good for them, but again, it offers variety. So, I give it occasionally as a treat.
I am not as food-snobbish as I should be probably. But I figure a lot of science and research has gone into most of these foods and as long as they don't have by-products or full of fillers, I don't have a problem with most of them.