My 6 months old maltese is eating less in the pass 2 weeks, he couldn't finish his food. He either ate half of his food or less than that. Sometimes, he just ate a fews kibbles then he went away. This started since I gave him the Jerhigh snack stick.
At first I thought he was attracted by his new toy, so I kept all his toys and chew toys away, leaving his bowl there. He rather laid down and rest rather than eating the food.
I thought he was sick, cause he always feel itchy. So, I tried to mix his food with some JerHigh snack stick to test his appetite. He ate most of the food for the first 2 times. Then He was back to not eating his food again, he picked the snack stick only.
Then, I practise the 30mins meal time, after 30mins he hasn't finish his food, I just take the bowl away until his next meal. Just 1 or 2 treats in between. I feed him 7am and 6.30pm everyday. Still, he picked the snack stick only.
Eventually, the past 2 days, I tried to mix his food with the Ceaser canned food, he fisnished his food less than 10 mins and the bowl was "cleanly licked"...
Is he sick ( he is still itchy and scratches his body ) or bored of his old food or I have spoiled him with those "real meat" snack ?
I am worry now if I am spoiling him with his food and he won't eat his dog food... How to change this behaviour ??
You should not give canned or jerhigh mix with dry food kibble. This you create a choosy eater. Treat or canned food you only can give them once a month, it is better if you don't give them too often.
Now you need to put the bowl of dog food there for about 1 min. If he/she don't come and eat the food you take it away, or if he/she eat slow you also take it away. He/she will have to wait for his/her next meal in hunger. You must be cruel abit don't soft heart ya. Sooner or later your dog will learn to eat his/her food once you put the bowl of dog food kibble on the floor.
I train all my Silkies eat finish their food once I give it to them.
wao.. that I really have to be "stone hearted" .. leave the food for only 1 mins !!! I will try this out next week. Because he is on medication now, got fungal infection so have to make him to eat the food after he take the medicine. Do you have any suggestion during his medication period ?
Since your pup on medication & also fussy in his food you probably have no choice & need to give him canned food, boiled meat/vege or Eggs to mixed with his dog food kibble for him to eat. After the medication you can't spoil your pup.
ya...what crisong suggest is correct....if u duwan to have a picky eater...
but sometimes owner do spoil their dog....
my pacco also did the same to me last time....she refuse to eat her boring kibbles...
so i buy canned food and mixed with kibbles..... but i don't used up the whole canned in one meal.....usually will separate into three meals.....the excess will keep in the refigerator....
this can really increase appetite...coz kibble is so dry and undelicious....
it really depends how u wan to treat ur dog,.,.... if u feel that mixing canned food is an extra work for u....then never give anymore.....
once u mixed it, u have to mixed it FOREVER.
but canned food really bring no harm....and in contrast is better than dry kibbles.....coz canned food got less preservative....n there are some good quality canned food around...... some are delicious and some are not..... those gravy kind is what my dog like the most...
btw, cesar seems to be the most expensive n less nutritional value.....
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(This post was edited by Amanda85 on May 2, 2006, 11:06 AM)
Treats also will contribute to yellow teeth!!! My Silkies on 100% dog food kibbles, treats only about once a month, even canned food, boiled chicken breast or Vege I only give them special occassion like Chinese New Year, New Year eve or on their birthday lor. So far no problem with their teeth, My oldest Silky (AMBER) 6 years old also have white teeth & my youngest Silkies (JOJO & JEWEL) 1 year old also no yellow teeth all white white
Not sure why he got the fungal infection, 3 spots got infected and all kena shaved now I also not sure the reason, may be is from the plant outside my house or spread from my antie's dog. I suspect the later reason Anyway, he is recovering now but 3 spots botak oledi
He was eating quick these few days with the canned food mixed with the kibbles and this really make me getting worry to "fix" him back to eating only that dry dry kibbles next week.... Must be very stoned hearted ler
"cesar seems to be the most expensive n less nutritional value..... " Thanks for the info I had never compare with other brand coz I like the small size of Cesar, I only feed quarter of the can mixed with hero's kibbles and the remaining to keep in the fridge for the next meal. So basically i keep the opened can 2 days issit okay ?
I dun mind sparing sometime to prepare the food for hero, but I dun wish to make him a picky eater... I feel that this will make him thinks that he is the boss and I will follow his wish
Btw, Hero sometime do have bad breath, eventhough I onli feed him with the dry food. Any remedy beside brushing his teeth and giving him the greenie ? I think greenie is pretty expansive..
it can help to clean teeth, but there present other problems...
u can actually search through the internet and u definately can find a variety of sources that states its risk....
its prove that greenies is less digestible than bones.....
usually dogs eat up the portion that seems to be big enuf to cause blockage at the intestine....
while in the case of bones....its digestible over time..... but greenies and other similar dental chew will cause accumulation and this could even reach a fatal state.....
If Greenies is so dangerous to the our dogs, Do you think, why this product still selling it at petshops worldwide??? Why no one banned this product???
haha... guess everything we give to our furbaby cannot be too much, have to be moderate.... treats, greenies.... we never know what is the actual ingredient and thse side effect if taken too much or worngly.
Hero doesn't have bad breath these two days.. I didn't feed anything extra or less.. so funny...
Finally he finished his medication and today is the first day of 'fixing" his diet back to kibbles. I reduced the Caser from 1/4 of the canned to 1/6 and tomolo I will reduce it to 1/8. Hope he won't be upset
Today is the se second day I reduced the canned food to 1/8 of the can... Hmm... As predicted, Hero starting to lose interest in his food again, although he knew there is "some" canned meat in there.. And today is worse as he doesn't even care to eat his kibbles + canned food
He seems like losing his interest for his snack as well. Before this, he eats his snack very fast and ask for the next one but recently he will keep the snack in his mouth, walk away to his cushion, "throw" the snack out, smell smell a while then onli slowly eat the snack. It seems like eating very "min keong" Is he trying to "enjoy" his snack or losing interest ???
Yup, he is losing interest in his food. As I say you need to be stone heart abit. Leave the food for about 1min if he don't come and eat just take it away and he need to wait for his next meal only can eat. When he is very hungry he will eat so no worry he will be fine.
You are the leader not your dog. You setting the rules.
yeah.. treats and snack only if he does the tricks or command correctly.. for some tricks, the longer he can perform, the "bigger" size he can get for the treats And treats also given if he pee/poo in the correct place...
I guess he learnt from my fren's puppy, who eats his kibbles by spreading them on the floor then sit down there slowly enjoy. After My Hero with him abt 3 days, he learnt this habit from him liao Hero took his food out of his bowl, spread on the floor or bring to his cushion and lay down eating there...
Slowly hero also eats some of his treats the same way... ggrr... BAD habit ! Dunno he is lazy or he really know how to "enjoy"
Abt the wait and eat ... Hero knows to WAIT but he doesn't know EAT command Since the first day I taught him wait and eat.. I have to softly push his head down or push the treats nearer to him then only he knows to eat .. he so 'dum dum' How you teach him eat ah ?
Yesterday he "ignored" his mix kibbles and canned food and finally he ate purely the kibbles after starving the whole day Hope today he will continue to eat la..
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so have to make him to eat the food after he take the medicine. Do you have any suggestion during his medication period ? 
After the medication you can't spoil your pup. 
. Now no more brushing their teeth
But, their teeth still white white
Anyway, he is recovering now 
but 3 spots botak oledi 
Thanks for the info 
Hope today he will continue to eat la.. 
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