My baby won't eat. Help!!!
 

:(Hi everyone. I went on vacation for two weeks and I left Sasha with my friend. My friend has a shi tzu and she feeds Beneful :thumbdown. Well, she said that while I was on vacation Sasha would eat very little and one day they got really scared because Sasha didn't eat anything at all. Also, my friend said that they had to feed the two dogs separately because Sasha's wanted her s**tzu's food, so they ended up mixing Sasha's kibble (Artemis puppy breed kibble to be exact) with beneful wet food:thumbdown (I noticed Sasha gained a lot of weight in those two weeks I was away which made feel guilty cuz I thought I was underfeeding her, but sometimes I think it must be the ingredients of the Beneful)

anyway, now we are back at home and I'm very worried because Sasha eats very little. for example, I left to work at 8.15 am came back at 6.45pm and she still hasn't eaten! 10 1/2 hrs! I gave her some chicken breast and a baby carrot, she ate it.

Don't get me wrong I'm very gratefull that my friend took care of Sasha while I was away. They (including the shi tzu lol) gave her so much love, I couldn't have left her in better hands and, I know that switching homes has that effect on dogs. Just give me an idea. I've been feeding her artemis puppy bread kibble and Merrick's Puppy plate canned food.

I don't know that I will be of much help. I can only tell you, I had to change Nolee's food several times. He would all of a sudden not eat his food. I kept having to change it. Maybe she needs a change. I know it worked for Nolee. Good Luck! I hope she starts eating soon!

Well I'm certainly no authority and I know some people feed the same food for years. Personally, I think they like a changce once in awhile just like we do. I change my babies food up every once in awhile. I usually go back and forth between Evo, Innovia, Eagle Pack. They now are eating Nature's Balance. I just make sure its a premium brand food and I have really never had that much of a problem. I have a bunch of little piggies. You might just mix alittle of the old food in with something new to her and see if that helps. Its scary when they won't eat. I always keep the Nutrcal handy. lol!!!

thanks for the advice. she is still not eating:( properly but she besides that, she does act normal, happy, playing etc.
I'm very worried

my puppy had the same problem i switched her food like three times. then my friend told me when she had this problem to sprinkle a little bit of grated cheese on top and mix it up. at first i was a little sceptical about this but as soon as i did it she's eating most of her food all up:) so maybe it will work for your puppy as well. once she gets used to it just gradually stop adding the cheese and hopefully she will go back to normal:)

Maybe it does have to do with all the changes? Then she became use to the other food :eek: I agree that beneful is very low quality.
Would she eat it if you mix the can and some of the kibble together? I've done this many times for Suzi. She loves the canned food , and it is very high in protein. So that is why I mixed some of her kibble in with her meal. little darling got smart and picked out the kibble . :p Then after she ate all the canned she went back and eate n her kibble . You have to mix the canned real well with the kibble.
Maybe yours really does want a change? Just do it slowly, and choose a prem. high quality food :thumbup: