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Originally Posted by jathompson
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You have a small one as well! How's her health if you don't mind me asking? Do you know how big her mom and dad were each? Do you remember what brand of food you were giving her at that age (3months)? What was her behavior like? Sorry so many questions.
Thank you soo much for that info on the dog food companies!!! I will be sending them an email!!!
I feel the same way as you once did about changing her food at 3 months!! I know he's probably hungry and just won't eat because he doesn't like the food..knowing that and seeing that he won't touch his food, I feel like I have to try other things even though there's a risk of his stomach getting upset. My thing is that he just needs to eat.
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LOL! Tons of questions!
At 3 months I was still trying to find food she liked. The vet put her on Prescription Diet A/D. We hand fed that if she skipped a meal ( with a drop of karo syrup mixed in. I add a little clear karo syrup to her water every day, just incase. 1 teaspoon to a full bowl of water. We also used Nutra drops to help her with her appetite. Yorkiemom1 suggested them to me, she helped me A LOT when mine wasn't eating well. Try what others suggest too. All puppies are different. You never know what will work for yours. :thumbup:
We ended up with Holistic Tiny Bites and Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul for dry kibble (ground in a coffee grinder when she was small), with Merricks wet food on top- currently, she likes the chicken and turkey flavors. Merrick Puppy Plate was a fav of hers, I still let her have it. :)
We went through so many samples. Any sample sized bag or can that I saw at the local pet shop, and was mentioned on YT, I'd try. And I tried the samples from the list here on YT. The neighbors dog got a lot of the food that mine didn't like. She also likes boiled chicken, string cheese, bacon, peanut butter, cauliflower-lol- apples, nectarines, vanilla ice cream, and watermelon. She doesn't get a lot of the people treats, just a few bites here and there.
Her health is good. She likes to run a lot, climb rocks around my trees, chase moths, bugs, and birds, go for walks, and beat up her squeaky mice. She hides the mice from me now and tries to help me find them! LOL! She was spayed this summer and did very well with it. Her parents were 5 lbs- mom and 4 lbs dad. The breeder said by her weight at 9 weeks she would be smaller- 3.5 to 4 lbs. She was the runt of her litter, and sort of stopped growing when she hit 10 months.
She had regular puppy behavior, lots of biting at me instead of her toys. When she did that, I froze so I was less interesting than her toy. She still does this, but it's when she wants to eat. Lots of energy! She loves to play fetch, wrestle her barking bag, and beat up her mice. She loves to be outside! She loves people- big and small, old and young. She likes the neighbors dog, but hates the cat. She does tricks, only when she wants to. Very suborn! We had to use toys and lots of praise since she didn't care about food.
Being small, we've had problems with low blood sugar. I've learned not to let her go long without food. A neighbor came to feed her when I worked, until she was 2 lbs. After that, she could eat 3 times a day instead of 4. She won't eat still unless I'm with her. She waits till I'm home to eat, but her dry food is out all day for her to eat if she decides she's hungry.
If you have other questions, you can PM me. :)
