WallysMom2010
Mar 3, 2010, 11:27 AM
Hi. I have a 1-yr-old Pembroke Corgi (male) named Wally that won't eat. He's always been finicky but lately he just won't eat his food at all. When we first tried Beneful, he LOVED it and every time I'd throw him a kibble, he'd run and play with it until he finally went to his bowl and ate. Then he decided he didn't want it any more. We thought he might not like the food, so we changed slowly over to Rachel Ray's food, Nutrish. He then loved that food and ate every meal. Now, as of today, he hasn't eaten his food since the day before yesterday. I've tried everything I can think of - adding cheese (which he'll eat, but just the cheese, not the kibble), adding canned food (he didn't like it), adding chicken broth, and just this morning adding beef broth and a little garlic. When I did that this morning, he would eat the kibble if I threw it to him and then he went to his bowl and ate a little then stopped.
I'm at my wits end. I don't know how to get him to eat consistently and I don't know if it's him or if he just doesn't like his food (that he used to like).
Side info: We never feed him people food (other than adding the cheese to his kibble), and the only other thing that he eats regularly as a treat before bed is duck jerkey. When he was eating his meals regularly, we'd be happy to give him a knuckle bone or other edible bone as a treat, but don't want to do that when he's not eating his main meals. He's not lethargic, he drinks water regularly, his poops look good and both poops and pees regularly. Nothing seems wrong with him other than this not eating.
Does anyone know why he won't eat and what we can do to get him to eat his meals?
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. I'm so worried about this.
WallysMom2010
I'm at my wits end. I don't know how to get him to eat consistently and I don't know if it's him or if he just doesn't like his food (that he used to like).
Side info: We never feed him people food (other than adding the cheese to his kibble), and the only other thing that he eats regularly as a treat before bed is duck jerkey. When he was eating his meals regularly, we'd be happy to give him a knuckle bone or other edible bone as a treat, but don't want to do that when he's not eating his main meals. He's not lethargic, he drinks water regularly, his poops look good and both poops and pees regularly. Nothing seems wrong with him other than this not eating.
Does anyone know why he won't eat and what we can do to get him to eat his meals?
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. I'm so worried about this.
WallysMom2010