I used to feed my puppy Mocha 3x a day based on the suggested size of her food bag. I would feed her in the AM, Noon, and then Dinner time. When I put her food in her bowl she would eat it at the exact moment. I started noticing a few months ago that she doesn't like to eat when I put her food in the bowl. So I cut back on the noon schedule and fed her the same but divided the food up 2x a day, AM and PM. She still didn't seem to want to eat at that exact moment. Now a few months later she just had her first heat, and still eats pretty funny. I recently switched her food because I thought maybe she was bored or eating the same, but no still very strange when I feed her. For example, I gave her AM food at 10 AM today, and now at 2:40PM she still hasn't touched it. She probably won't eat it until about 4PM. I will then feel bad that she hasn't ate enough, and will feed her the PM food before I go to bed. She probably won't touch that food until tomorrow afternoon.
My fiance says that she isn't hungry, and when she is thats when she eats. Maybe I should cut back on how much food I am giving her? At her weight the bag recommends 3/4 to 1 cup of food, and I give her the 1 cup because that was how much she used to eat of the dog food before she became "picky". Any ideas? It makes me sad to think I could be starving her and she won't be able to tell me.
Any tips, ideas, suggestions?
