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Originally Posted by dottiesyrky  Hi.
Glad to know it is not P and that you have figured out the secret of how to make him eat! You could write a thesis on how to cure picky dogs with all the research you have put into it. These dogs sure have weird eating requirements.
Perhaps giving him a little something to eat before bed might keep his tummy full all night so he is ok in the mornings.
I think there could be something in the fact that your mom may have different ways of feeding the dogs, knowing how sensitive they are to the details! Sorry your mom is not too open to following exact directions. I am amazed that dogs are so sensitive to our feelings, moods, and body language.
I am very happy to respond as I know how stressful a picky dog can be.
This morning my dog would not eat early in the morning. I just went to the fridge and took out the salmon oil and pretended to add some oil, and then he ate!!! All the details have to be right for them to eat, especially in the mornings!
The rest of the day, he chows down eagerly with or without the oil procedure!
So hoping the new feeding regimen continues to work and that your mom tows the line. |
So far keeping the meat and veggies separate seems to be working.
However we appear to be running into a new issue with Pax, something that has actually been ongoing previously.
Pax has been getting blander food in the mornings and I've been trying to transition to his old "normal" food in the evenings. Pilot will no longer eat this normal food and only eats the blander food for his all his meals.
Yesterday about 4-5 hours after Pax ate his normal food, he spit up some up food after laying down for a while, almost like acid reflux. It wasn't a large amount. I fed him his normal food again last night, and I found a little more spit up this morning on his bed.
This morning Pax ate his bland food like usual, and it appears he did not spit up or at least I could not find any.
Pax also seemed to be doing good for several weeks while eating the blander food before.
I'm wondering if his normal diet is too rich compared to the blander food?
The normal food has chicken, salmon, veggies(kale, peas, carrots, lima beans, zucchini) and rice all mixed together.
The blander food is just chicken, some mashed potatoes, and veggies (peas, carrots, zucchini).
I have asked our vet about this in the past and she thought perhaps he needed Reglan trial for a motility issue. This was when Pax was going through his diarrhea and vomiting issues. Pax stopped doing it after a while so I thought it may have been related to that, perhaps because he was eating a bland diet.
I fed him only the blander food today, so we'll see how he does. It has me on edge right now though.