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My brand new 4 month old puppy that won't eat :-( I just days ago adopted a beautiful Yorkie puppy named Louie! He is amaizing, I am just so thrilled to have him in our lives. He is doing great! He follows me all around the house, plays with the kids and Is just the most active little guy. Only problem is he is not eating barely anything :-( I have had a bowl of food that he is used to eating out for him for 2 days and he has barely touched it, but REALLY wants to eat the cat food?! Does anyone have any ideas for me, I'm desperate and worried he will become Hypoglycemic.... |
Boiled chicken has aways worked for me. Congrats on your boy:D |
Aww.. Thank You!! So do you just mix the chicken with your dogs food? |
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If you just mix the chicken with the usual food, I'm thinking your pup would just pick out the chicken and not eat the kibbles anyway. Or at least that's what Zoey does. She's a bit of a picky eater. I usually add a bit of canned food with her usual kibbles. That way, she'd eat everything. LOL |
Keep him away from the cat food. It can make him sick. Are you using the same food as the breeder used? You might also try hand feeding him a piece at a time to get him started. |
Yea, I am using the same food as the breeder did.. I will try the chicken broth idea and the mixed canned food, they sound easy enough! Thank you.. |
Congrats on your boy. You can use the chicken as Morgan has said. You can shred some chicken and add it to his kibble, also adding a little water and mixing it all in together. Peanut was sick not too long ago and he wasn't eating or drinking, I did this for him and it worked really well- he was able to get hydrated and take some food in. |
My new puppy Lola isn't a big eater either. I usually mix a teeny bit of cottage cheese or yo baby vanilla yogurt in with her food and she devours it! I too have to keep her away from Teddy ( my older dogs ) food. |
Thanks, Ladies! I have many new ideas now. I will let you know what works �� |
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Don't worry too much... He or she is very young and losing its teeth. Dry food is the best option, but at this stage it hurts a bit because of the losing teeth, so wet it a bit even if it is with water and it will help. Don't let him eat the cat food, as someone else mentioned, it may get your puppy sick. If wetting the kibbles does not work, take him to the vet for a check up as it may be something else and you don't want to wait until the last minute to figure that out. Lastly, be aware of him eating other stuff around the house!!! Good luck! |
One other teensy idea.....:) Just in case all the other brilliant suggestions don't work.... Harry HATED eating out of a bowl, still does :confused: So I put his food on a plate for him instead - problem solved!! He's just got to learn to use the knife and fork now....:D Good luck! Sally + Harry :aimeeyork x |
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It's so funny how they have specific preferences like that.:lol tears |
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Harry won't drink out of a stainless steel bowl - ceramic only - I sussed (I think!!!) that he didn't like 'the enemy' gazing up at him from the bottom of his bowl, trying to steal his water....:eek: :D Sally + Harry x |
Congratulations on your new baby boy, Louie. Everyone has given great advice above. I had to hand feed almost all of Max's kibble his first year. He liked to perform tricks for each piece. I sped up the process sometimes by playing "Kibble in the Kong", loading the kibble into the Kong toy and making a big production out of it. Getting them excited about eating helps. Adding a second dog changed Max's eating habits. As Rhetts_mama wrote, cat kibble can make him sick. It's too high in fat for a dog. |
Cookie won't eat out of her bowl hardly at all; I have to dump it on the carpet. On the occasions she does eat out of the bowl she'll just drop the kibble on the carpet and eat it from there. Sometimes you might need to make eating fun just like with a baby. E.g., Here comes the airplane... Choo-choo coming into the station... Here comes the missile.... Here comes the paratrooper... Here comes the laser... Here comes the boomerang... Here comes the kangaroo... Here comes the helicopter... If all else fails, give some Nutrical -- that often gets their appetites going again |
Omg.. These postings have me cracking up!!! Yorkies are something special aren't they?! Lol. I tried the placemat thing, doesn't help much but I will try the plate as well :-) Thanks |
Chiiiiiicken Chicken always works. Mine LOOOOVES chicken. It's the only treat he will do tricks for me for. |
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Update: Well it seems that he just wants to be babied a bit! Lol. If I sit with him next to his bown and put a few down on the carpet at a time he will eat. He REFUSES to eat out of a bowl on the tile floor, but the carpet he is fine with. When he gets hungry in between he will take one out of the bowl, drop it on the carpet and eat it.. He's a pretty funny puppy in a lot of ways but I sure do LOVE his personality and wouldn't trade it for anything. |
LoL, What a silly.. Hey, as long as he is eating.. that’s all that matters!! |
I had this issue with Gizmo at first, and I gave him the boiled chicken, and he was one of the few that could not tolerate for some reason or another, it gave him the runny poop, so then I started a bit of canned food mixed with the kibble, and that worked for a few days. At this time I was also giving him the nutrical, as e was extremely hypoglycemic when I rescued him. Keep an eye on his gums for any paleness, as that is a very good indicator of low sugar. He finally started refusing the wet food/dry kibble mix and switched to mixing filtered warm water to his kibble, letting it sit a good five minutes till it was nice and mushy, and he's been eating it like that for over a week. Surprisingly though if we leave him dry kibble at night, while we are sleeping he eats every bit :-) I think he has us trained well lol. Good luck with your new baby xoxo |
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