When this happens, I feed him a mixture of Feeding our dogs a raw food diet helps a lot. She will protect her bowl from the other dogs. Spent almost 2 hours trying to get her to eat anything and it was just heartbreaking. I’ll make them a pot roast or brisket. We tried putting water on it. What they do is hold out to see if anything new and exciting/better comes down the pike (once they catch on to the idea that you are eager to please them and are trying every different thing that you can think of to do so)…and they can hold out a LONG LONG time regardless of how hungry they are or how frantic you get.
I was hoping to put those 4 extra pounds on her in case of illness…but that looks impossible to do because of her “issue”.I hope it helps you to know that there are many others out there who have dogs like yours and mine. She’s just seems a little blue, like she seems sad. I keep our used toothbrushes and use them for the dogs. Having options has kept him engaged and like he has a say in his diet. My labrador had a stroke at age 12 and behaved like this. I don’t know if I should call the vet or not because he IS acting like his normal self, just not eating.Until recently my 7 year old Boston terrier named Elly; has NEVER turned away food. I have had her since she was 8 weeks old.
From what you've described, the dog he holds in his heart and memory is already mostly departed. I can't fully understand your post but I think you … She will have a noisy stomach at night, and even vomit bile/acid and still refuse food. She acts like she wants to eat but will only lick off my fingers. He is fine now, although after all the time still eats a minimal amount of food! See a vet together and the vet will likely take your side.He was my first dog, he will always have a special place in my heart.
But, most of all, accepting that his needs are changing and allowing that has provided greater peace for us both.She may not be jealous, she may be hurt that she’s being ignored.I noticed our dog seems not excited to eat her meal unlike before. I don’t know. They go away with us regularly so are used to changes in routine and staying overnight in different places – no change to appetite there either.Raw Feeding 101 - Learn to Transition Your Dog to Raw Dog FoodCopyright© 2011-2020 Kimberly Gauthier. I truly imagined a “finally, she gets it” attitude from our dogs. Roasted chicken. If they eat that without any hesitation I know they're feeling fine and they're dealing with an upset tummy. Just things to consider.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castComments are in random ordering and vote scores are hiddenA catharsis for the frustrated moral philosopher in all of us, and a place to finally find out if you were wrong in an argument that's been bothering you. Its hard telling someone that they have to let go. They go out every day. Will see what they say about her urinalysis soon and go from there but was just really interested to hear comments. She had NO diarrhea and the vet keeps asking me how she’s doing with the diarrhea. Any suggestions?As a follow up, I have been able to get Zion eating more by feeding him more frequently and much more variety.
Once when Sadie was sick the vet had me give her just boiled chicken and rice, and she loved it and would jump up and down and couldn’t wait to eat, but once she was well I went back to her regular food (I feed them Blue Wilderness, which is very good food, wet and dry mixed). This we notice since August of this yearShe drinks a lot of water. Half the time they don’t even know what exactly it is that they want…but they do know that they’d prefer something ELSE…usually something that YOU are presently eating in front of them lol!She said to just buy a really high quality kibble (although I am loathe to feed kibble)…but I digress…Costco sells a USDA certified Organic dog food that is on line that has never had a recall. Today I found out that she had peed in the living room before I got there to let her out. I’m sorry you two are having to go through this. They said they checked her mouth. Then one day I decided that this is going to have to be HER problem if she wants to live, not mine, and I do the following now:Now days, at 8 months old, I quit worrying about it because it was too distracting and causing me too much stress. Poor Max!Max does sound sick. BUT every time I try to give her something hard she doesn’t want it. We took him to the emergency vet. My dog acts 109% fine except for the eating.
I guess during Christmas we gave him too many table scraps….just wondering if that is all it is? What do you brush your dogs’ teeth with?It always cracks me up when someone tries to give one of our dogs a treat (approved by me). So far in 2 days I’ve spent 754 at the vet for all these tests. She's 14.5 years old, incontinent, has 'dogzheimers', won't eat or drink, when standing just spins in circles, when laying down constantly yips and barks (I'm assuming because she's afraid and confused.) Then all of a sudden she’ll eat like she’s starving a couple days and then back to not eating, though she loves her treats (I make homemade pumpkin and peanut butter treats), she’ll eat those any time. I dint know if it’s a tooth problem or if she’s depressed.
Tell him if the vet agrees the dog is not in pain and still has some time to live without suffering/discomfort you'll accept it. She was just staring to show signs of decline and the vet is where I got the term 'dogzheimers' from.I just put my buddy down last week. poodle x, around 1 year old.