Congrats on your new pup!! Vet check is good!!! I still hand feed mine at 5 1/2 mos. when I think she's not eating enough. I provide plenty of food but she doesn't like eating out of a bowl. You may have a shy puppy and it may take some time for him to get used to his new home. Adding a little warm water to dry food may help.

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That's what I do for my girls. Free feed dry food and home made food for dinner :)

Grats on your little one and best decision was to come here for guidance :)

So I took him to the vet and everything is good he has been having diarhea so she prescribed me some medicine to give him for the next 5 days. He was scaring me because he wouldn't eat anything at all today maybe like 5 pieces of kibble but the vet gave me something called a/d and I mixed it with his kibble and he chowed it down.

How do i know if he's eating enough though? When he stops eating?

Most vets I have been to suggested it for puppies especially small breed pups. We have always free feed the dogs we had when I was growing up and never had problems with them losing interest in food. I would never keep a dog or puppy from food simply because it might make it harder for the human to potty train it seems kinda wrong. We as humans have a voice to say I am hungry and dogs don't. I could not imagine only getting food at certain times and possibly being hungry at other times.

12 weeks if not free feed should still be on a least 4 meals a day.

Hi guys. Unfortunately Joey threw up three times this morning so I took him to the vet ASAP. He hasn't been eating no matter what I do so I didn't even know what he was throwing up. I tried dry food, dry food mixed with wet food, just wet, I hand fed him and nothing. I gave him this stuff called a/d that the vet gave him and in one day he only ate a tablespoon of that. When I took him to the vet they told me he had very low blood sugar. She put him on an IV, will give him glucose and something to help stop the nausea. I feel so terrible that I started to cry. I've had him 3 days and I already love him so much. I feel like no matter what I do I can't get him to eat. The vet told me that he will be okay but I'm just emotional thinking about it. The vet told me to leave him at the vets office for a few hours so she can monitor him and then he can most likely come back home today.

If you guys could keep him in your prayers it would mean so much to me. She said he will be fine and I am ready to bust open a cookbook to make him eat anything he wants. I'm going to give him rice and chicken when he comes home to help with the loose stools and nausea. He's so little and has such a bad combination of symptoms. I'll keep you guys updated.

Praying your little one feels better soon :hands:

From what you are writing it seems the vet has it under control.

Just remember, he is pretty tiny and is very young for the most part they do have sugar issues which you need to monitor by keeping him fed -even if it means opening their tiny mouth and putting something on their tongue.

I think a lot of members can have excellent input on this subject, I have even read some giving the little ones baby food.

Hopefully others will respond soon.

Keep the faith, everything will turn out well.

Bless :hands:

Thank you. I actually got to the point today that I opened his mouth and put a bit of nutrical on the roof of his mouth (because he wouldn't open his mouth at all) to open up his appetite and he immediately threw up. Luckily my vet is great and I can tell she truly cares for the well being of my puppy. If anybody has any recommendations of what to feed picky eaters that wont upset their stomach my ears are open. The breeder said he ate dry food just fine but when I brought him home he wouldn't touch it at all. The vet and I both think something is off with what the breeder is saying because of the way he treats food. I also came to find out that she fed him some questionable unhealthy junk.

When we first brought Zoey home, she adjusted pretty well. But then she started showing similar signs you're describing. It got really bad since she started vomiting blood and having bloody diarrhea... Took her to a bigger facility at the suggestion of her regular vet. The vet there did all the tests but everything came out negative. She suggested ultrasound so I made the appt right away which I ended up cancelling.

After thousands of dollars in vet bills, her illness just... went away. The day before her ultrasound, she was back to normal. Like nothing ever happened. Vets had no idea what it was... "One of those unexplainable bumps on the road..." was her excact words.

It was a terrifying experience and I'm sorry you have to go through it... Whatever it is your boy is going through, I hope it's nothing serious. Please keep us updated.

Hope to hear good news soon.

Did the vet check a stool sample? There is a certain parasite that can cause a puppy to lose all appetite. It is really important that your baby be checked for it.Sometimes the first symptoms of this can be appetite loss. I hope your vet did the proper tests because if he does have giardia it is imperative that he be treated for it or he will not start to eat for you.

I hope your little guy feels better soon

Ask the vet for a syringe. I used those to hand feed/ force feed mine when she skipped meals to keep her fed so she didn't get low blood sugar. It was easier than putting the food on the roof of her mouth with your finger. I had to do this off and on for 3 months. PM me if you need some suggestions. :)

The vet checked his stool samples both yesterday and today and they were good. No parasites or anything. Apparently he's just very stubborn and he won't eat. The vet got his blood glucose level back up and were going to force feed him for at least a week and see where he goes from there (she said they brought out all tyeps of food and he wouldnt eat anything even though he had not eaten all day). I'm basically going to use a syringe and use wet food mixed with a little water and feed him a little bit at a time. She said the vomiting could have been from the low glucose level but they gave him nausea medication so he shouldn't throw up again.

As for his soft stools he got medicine for that and should be normal in a day or two. Basically she said he's a really stubborn little guy so he should be fed a tiny bit every few hours to get the calories and energy that he needs.

I'm just going to keep a close eye in him but he should be okay.

Thank you for everyone's advice you guys have kept me calm through all this. I honestly cried when I had to leave him at the vet I was so scared for him but he's going to be okay.

Aww :( praying for your little guy. I hope he gets through this soon.