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Originally Posted by Maximo  Do scheduled mealtimes and put the bowls down for 20 minutes and then pick them up. It is very rare that a dog will purposely starve themselves. You can also try training during mealtimes and take kibble from the bowl to present as rewards. With my oldest boy, I think I hand fed the majority of his kibble this way the first year.  Now he eats on his own. |
I have them on a 4x a day feeding schedule, because Noah was having problems with his blood sugar and I wanted to insure he was eating enough throughout the day. He's been home a month now, and had no problems, so I was thinking about cutting back to 3x a day anyway. They will not eat the kibble by hand-only Noah will if it's in the spoon of baby food. Do I need to just try some other kibble to see which one they will take and then transition over to that? I have some samples I was sent from some companies that I can try. One or two pieces shouldn't affect their bowels, right?
I am getting a new pup in about 4-5 weeks, and his breeder has asked me to continue to feed him life's abundance. I tried to get Noah and Allie to eat it and they won't touch it-I want all 3 pups eating the same thing, so I'm really struggling to find a solution before Westley comes to join us.