she won't eat... help! - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T09:52:13Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:40108?commentId=1150197%3AComment%3A40571&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis is the best way to get a…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-03-26:1150197:Comment:761642008-03-26T15:54:23.772ZCarmenhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Carmen
This is the best way to get a dog to eat if they are a "picky" eater. If your dog is playing with the food, they are probably getting too much either in the way of treats or food. Pandora started doing this around 9 months. I would give her food and then take it away after about 20 minutes. She quickly learned to eat when it was given to her. She is now 4 and hasn't been picky about food in about 3 years 2 months.
This is the best way to get a dog to eat if they are a "picky" eater. If your dog is playing with the food, they are probably getting too much either in the way of treats or food. Pandora started doing this around 9 months. I would give her food and then take it away after about 20 minutes. She quickly learned to eat when it was given to her. She is now 4 and hasn't been picky about food in about 3 years 2 months. That's really funny because M…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-03-25:1150197:Comment:757312008-03-25T21:48:51.757ZMochi The Corgihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Sn0fl8k3
That's really funny because Mochi does the same thing! She will play with her buscuits but eventualy she'll eat them.<br />
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I called the vet and explained to her the situation and she thought she had sand obstuctions because we went to the beach. But she's had normal bowel movements.<br />
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I guess i will just monitor her.<br />
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I don't want to add anything to the kibble, because we need to board her in 2 months and i just dont' want her to be soo diffcult!!
That's really funny because Mochi does the same thing! She will play with her buscuits but eventualy she'll eat them.<br />
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I called the vet and explained to her the situation and she thought she had sand obstuctions because we went to the beach. But she's had normal bowel movements.<br />
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I guess i will just monitor her.<br />
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I don't want to add anything to the kibble, because we need to board her in 2 months and i just dont' want her to be soo diffcult!! Eowyn has been like that sinc…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-03-25:1150197:Comment:757152008-03-25T21:35:52.691ZCaptainCorgihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/CaptainCorgi
Eowyn has been like that since the day we got her. She won't eat dry biscuits or wet dog food. She only wants to play with the biscuits like throw them into the air and run around. So we buy her white fish and cook it up, then mix it in with the biscuits and she seems to like it very much! I hope your corgi pup eats soon,
Eowyn has been like that since the day we got her. She won't eat dry biscuits or wet dog food. She only wants to play with the biscuits like throw them into the air and run around. So we buy her white fish and cook it up, then mix it in with the biscuits and she seems to like it very much! I hope your corgi pup eats soon, A week or two ago I saw an ep…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-03-25:1150197:Comment:756352008-03-25T20:19:39.484ZCharliehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Charlie
A week or two ago I saw an episode of "It's Me or the Dog" with trainer Victoria Stilwell on Animal Planet. The dog was very picky and refused to eat. Victoria recommended a very strict schedule of two meals per day and giving the dog 30 minutes each meal. Put the bowl down at 9:00am, pick it up at 9:30am. Put the bowl down at 5:00pm, pick it up at 5:30pm. The dog didn't eat for one day. By the second day the dog was hungry and figured he'd better eat while the food was available. I think that…
A week or two ago I saw an episode of "It's Me or the Dog" with trainer Victoria Stilwell on Animal Planet. The dog was very picky and refused to eat. Victoria recommended a very strict schedule of two meals per day and giving the dog 30 minutes each meal. Put the bowl down at 9:00am, pick it up at 9:30am. Put the bowl down at 5:00pm, pick it up at 5:30pm. The dog didn't eat for one day. By the second day the dog was hungry and figured he'd better eat while the food was available. I think that is a much better plan than just leaving food out all the time. I was wondering if there was…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-03-25:1150197:Comment:755742008-03-25T18:24:15.247ZMochi The Corgihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Sn0fl8k3
I was wondering if there was an update on how your corgi finally decided to eat.<br />
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I've done everything and i think I've just created my own monster. I've added water, then switched when she lost intrest to yogart, cottage cheese, baby food. I've even tried to switch dog food.<br />
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She won't eat, she'll only eat a few bits here and there.<br />
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I've tried feeding out of my hand.<br />
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We've just been to the Vet's and she's picture perfect health.<br />
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I'm at my wit's end.<br />
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We decided we were just going to leave…
I was wondering if there was an update on how your corgi finally decided to eat.<br />
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I've done everything and i think I've just created my own monster. I've added water, then switched when she lost intrest to yogart, cottage cheese, baby food. I've even tried to switch dog food.<br />
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She won't eat, she'll only eat a few bits here and there.<br />
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I've tried feeding out of my hand.<br />
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We've just been to the Vet's and she's picture perfect health.<br />
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I'm at my wit's end.<br />
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We decided we were just going to leave the food out and she'll eat when she eats. But i feel so bad like i need to force her to eat.<br />
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She doesn't seem herself either like she's tired, i guess from not eating. Maybe I should call the Vet. She's adjusting. Our 4 year o…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-11:1150197:Comment:409012008-01-11T18:15:44.970ZAndreahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Andrea
She's adjusting. Our 4 year old, Cricket, came to us a month or so ago and I could only get her to eat that first week by mixing in wet food, which is not something I would generally do. I've switched her to Iams Small & Toy, and she's doing well on it. Keep in mind that Corgis don't eat a lot anyway.
She's adjusting. Our 4 year old, Cricket, came to us a month or so ago and I could only get her to eat that first week by mixing in wet food, which is not something I would generally do. I've switched her to Iams Small & Toy, and she's doing well on it. Keep in mind that Corgis don't eat a lot anyway. Keep us update! Let us know h…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-11:1150197:Comment:407982008-01-11T13:31:20.062ZSam Tsanghttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ceo
Keep us update! Let us know how it goes :)
Keep us update! Let us know how it goes :) Oh yea we did the warm water…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-11:1150197:Comment:407782008-01-11T11:44:44.146ZAvyonhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Avyon
Oh yea we did the warm water thing a little bit as well and gradually put less and less in over time :) I didn't notice who mentioned that but it is def. a great idea!
Oh yea we did the warm water thing a little bit as well and gradually put less and less in over time :) I didn't notice who mentioned that but it is def. a great idea! Wow! Thank you all so much fo…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-11:1150197:Comment:407182008-01-11T05:53:33.732Zchloehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/chloebaby
Wow! Thank you all so much for the feedback, its definently eased my concerns a bit. Today we tried feeding her little pieces of her dog food out of our hands over her dog bowl and she ate that, and shes been eating a bit more but still not too much but it is okay. I think the next step will be the chicken broth/warm water or wet food + dry food but we'll see how she does in the next few days and then try that! But once again thank you all very much for the input :)
Wow! Thank you all so much for the feedback, its definently eased my concerns a bit. Today we tried feeding her little pieces of her dog food out of our hands over her dog bowl and she ate that, and shes been eating a bit more but still not too much but it is okay. I think the next step will be the chicken broth/warm water or wet food + dry food but we'll see how she does in the next few days and then try that! But once again thank you all very much for the input :) A lot of cents have been toss…tag:mycorgi.com,2008-01-11:1150197:Comment:406232008-01-11T01:02:58.934ZAvyonhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Avyon
A lot of cents have been tossed in this pot but I'll toss mine in too :)<br />
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We had a similar situation when we first got Roxi, it took us about two weeks to get her acting normal and 'bonded' with us. Looking online as well we were reassured that every dog has their own time limit on getting used to a new environment especially right after pulling them from something they're already used to.<br />
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With the feeding thing I did two things... First to make sure she ate something and didn't become too…
A lot of cents have been tossed in this pot but I'll toss mine in too :)<br />
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We had a similar situation when we first got Roxi, it took us about two weeks to get her acting normal and 'bonded' with us. Looking online as well we were reassured that every dog has their own time limit on getting used to a new environment especially right after pulling them from something they're already used to.<br />
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With the feeding thing I did two things... First to make sure she ate something and didn't become too thin I used her food as treats instead of buy those bagged little bits for training for a while so she starting thinking it was a treat instead of just 'food food'. I also put her kibble in her toys instead of treats at first, we didn't have any of the expensive stuff yet so I used an empty small coke bottle and punched two holes in it and closed the cap so she had to figure out how to get it out by rolling it. Though we never left it alone with her so she didn't chew it up.. mmm plastic not so good for puppies if swallowed ;)<br />
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the other thing I did (Corgi's are smart and will take advantage of situations) is hand feed her a little bit over the bowl (which should be sorta done anyways so your pup doesn't grow into food aggression so if not done carefully they will expect to be hand fed every meal) I slowly moved my hand into the kibble over time so eventually she was eating by herself out of the bowl. Once again this took a little under two weeks so just make sure your pup is getting something in its belly no matter how you trick it ;) If its almost a month then I would start to worry.<br />
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I would also limit treats till she is eating normally as well though we had to learn what Roxi's habits were as well. She eats little bits out of the bowl throughout the day instead of gulp it down so we eventually stopped worrying if she didn't eat right after we put the bowl down. If its left after 8pm we take it away (stopped more accidents overnight now its just habit)<br />
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goodluck with your little girl! and congratz :)