Dog suddenly won’t eat dry food?
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I have a 8 month old cocker who normally eats absolutely anything and is always pretending he’s hungry, however all of a sudden he’s now refusing to eat any dry food.
We normally feed him McAdam’s dry food and he’s been on that four about 3 months with no issue. We have tried him with Orijin puppy dry, and even a bit of Millie’s Wolfheart dry. All he does is have a couple of pieces and that’s it, he then comes begging to me. This has been going on for 3 days now and he’s noticeably tired.
When we first got him he was being fed Butchers tinned puppy wet food. We still had a couple of tins so I popped that open, and I’ve never seen him eat it so fast.
So I’m assuming he’s simply gone off dry food. His teeth look fine, and he’s still playing tug of war, and still chews puzzle sticks so I don’t think it’s dental.
Is this just a case of giving him wet food for a couple of months? Anyone else had similar with their dog?
We normally feed him McAdam’s dry food and he’s been on that four about 3 months with no issue. We have tried him with Orijin puppy dry, and even a bit of Millie’s Wolfheart dry. All he does is have a couple of pieces and that’s it, he then comes begging to me. This has been going on for 3 days now and he’s noticeably tired.
When we first got him he was being fed Butchers tinned puppy wet food. We still had a couple of tins so I popped that open, and I’ve never seen him eat it so fast.
So I’m assuming he’s simply gone off dry food. His teeth look fine, and he’s still playing tug of war, and still chews puzzle sticks so I don’t think it’s dental.
Is this just a case of giving him wet food for a couple of months? Anyone else had similar with their dog?
Glad to hear it’s not Just ours being funny then! I have friends who feed raw, but I don’t think it could fit with us. We do have young children visiting regularly who obviously play with the dog non stop, and he does like to lick. Whilst my research into it hasn’t been much, I thought that you had to be very careful with raw food and the potential bacteria that could be spread? Please do correct me if I’m wrong.
Id also have to consider how raw food would be managed when we go away camping for a week at a time with no electric hookup.
I’ll pick up some decent wet food on the way home this evening in the meantime.
Id also have to consider how raw food would be managed when we go away camping for a week at a time with no electric hookup.
I’ll pick up some decent wet food on the way home this evening in the meantime.
Just wanted to give a bit of a update to this. So he did go back to dry food but then not too long afterwards he got a horrible bout of diarrhea. We went to the vets, and after a while we suspected Gardia. He was given a course of antibiotics which worked, but obviously still had runny poo's. He then went off his dry food again.
I decided enough was enough and made the switch to raw food. I found a really good independent raw food store and popped down for a visit. We had a great chat and a plan on transitioning to raw. After the antibiotics I started him on it, and literally within 48 hours he was a much better dog all round.
Its been about a month now since we started raw food. And in hindsight I do wish we did this earlier. His digestive system is top notch, poo's are superb, he has more energy than ever, and literally cannot wait for meal times.
I decided enough was enough and made the switch to raw food. I found a really good independent raw food store and popped down for a visit. We had a great chat and a plan on transitioning to raw. After the antibiotics I started him on it, and literally within 48 hours he was a much better dog all round.
Its been about a month now since we started raw food. And in hindsight I do wish we did this earlier. His digestive system is top notch, poo's are superb, he has more energy than ever, and literally cannot wait for meal times.
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