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Originally Posted by Rocky-Baby  Star is uber picky with food. We've tried everything on the market from dry kibble to wet food to the 'raw diet' to actual food-food - but he hardly eats! I know these dogs are prone to hypoglycemia so I add natural 100% honey to whatever he eats but he's the most mellow, lap-dog-type PUPPY I've ever seen...so I figured he needed more food (we leave a bowl of eukaneuba kibble out at all times for him to snack on and we feed him 1/2 can of wet caesar puppy mashed and mixed with the honey 3x daily but he never eats his whole meal - some days he barely eats breakfast and the dry food bowl is emptied once a week (he eats it one kibble at a time - so if we were to count I'd say he MAYBE eats a total of 10 kibble total on a 'good' day?) - so we got nutrical - which other dogs i've owned lapped up like candy but Star HATES it!!! We put it on his nose like it says afer first placing it on my finger, thinking he'd lap it up like every other dog in the world does (lol) but one lick and he shook his head like I'd just fed him a 3 year old GYM SOCK and then BOLTED into my room and under my bed he went.  What the hell?
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OK so i went back and read some of your older posts to get an idea about this pup. He's about 3.3lbs and almost 7 months old now. I took a guess at which eukanuba and cesar you are feeding him.
Eukanuba small breed puppy
3lb dog at 5-7 months old should be getting 5/8 of a cup a day. so that's a little more then half a cup a day.
Cesar puppy (in white tray) -
1/2-2 trays per 5lbs twice a day (assuming 1/2 is for small breeds and 2 is for larger breed puppies)
You are giving him 1/2 try of cesar 3x a day plus whatever dry kibble he eats during the day, plus the honey (more sugar). That is too much food for a puppy his size, so of course he isn't going to eat it all. Also at 7 months old he may not want to eat 3 times a day anymore. Mine stopped eating lunch around 5 months old and less then 3lbs. Never had to give her nutracal.
I think you are driving yourself crazy here. Take a step back and look at what you are feeding him. It is not good food by any means. Both foods are full of by-products and other questionable ingredients. they could also be the source of his itchiness. If i were you I'd just stop what you were doing and start from scratch. First find a quality dog food for your puppy. Some of the quality foods are for "all life stages" and some have staged food. Wellness has a puppy food, and a small breed food, and can be purchased at petco. Natural Balance, also at petco, has limited ingredient foods for allergies which also might be a good option. Other foods such as taste of the wild, Orijen, Nature's Variety are "ALS" and are usually found in smaller specialty pet shops.
Pick a food and stick with it for a while. If he's itching because of a food allergy you may not see results for over a month. It can take up to 3 months for all the crap from the old food to leave his system. Most of the mentioned foods also have a wet food so if you want to feed both wet and dry make sure you are portioning them correctly. You can usually go by the feeding guidelines on the bag, but sometimes you have to feed less or more depending on your particular dog.
Also if you really think he needs the nutrical just put it in his mouth. put some on your finger, then open his mouth with your other hand and run your finger along the roof of his mouth to get the nutrical in there.
Another note about nutrical (or honey) - too much of this can make them not want to eat because of all the sugar in it. these supplements are only to be given as needed. If your puppy hasn't shown any signs of hypoglycemia then i wouldn't bother giving it to him. it can also cause diarrhea.