4.5 month old seems to have lost her appetite
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:53 pm
Hi guys
I am a new Chow Chow owner (and a first time dog owner) and been loving the experience! I was told it would be a challenge but she is amazing and we have a great relationship - however Bagel, my light red female 4.5 month old seems to have lost her appetite this week?
I feed her twice a day, varying between beef mince (mixed with Complete Mix https://www.petstock.com.au/products/S0 ... luten_free) and Advance puppy kibble dry food (Ideally I do half-half). At first she loved the kibble, and she has had the beef with Complete Mix since day one (albeit sometimes no Complete Mix if I have run out but then I will use rice) - but now barely touches it. Which has now moved into her not really eating the beef either?? She doesn't particularly like the Complete Mix but I mix it with salt reduced Chicken Stock (rather than water) and I have not had a problem yet.
I have recently changed from Royal Canin to Advance (purely from a price perspective but would be 100% happy to go back if it's the cause) but that doesn't really explain the loss of interest in the beef?
So I was at the grocery store last night and saw some puppy milk, I tried mixing that in with the kibble today and she ate it! She also loves my food which I share (if I can) - so it's baffled me why she has just turned off the beef mince. I also tried giving her pork mince thinking maybe she is just over it, and to my horror after she threw it up I should have only given it to her cooked (I Google EVERYTHING but felt a meat mince raw was fine - stupid mistake). So I will cook that for her tonight to see how she goes, but I also don't want to get her used to cooked mince.
I am not sure why this would be happening??
Any help is much appreciated!
Danielle x
I am a new Chow Chow owner (and a first time dog owner) and been loving the experience! I was told it would be a challenge but she is amazing and we have a great relationship - however Bagel, my light red female 4.5 month old seems to have lost her appetite this week?
I feed her twice a day, varying between beef mince (mixed with Complete Mix https://www.petstock.com.au/products/S0 ... luten_free) and Advance puppy kibble dry food (Ideally I do half-half). At first she loved the kibble, and she has had the beef with Complete Mix since day one (albeit sometimes no Complete Mix if I have run out but then I will use rice) - but now barely touches it. Which has now moved into her not really eating the beef either?? She doesn't particularly like the Complete Mix but I mix it with salt reduced Chicken Stock (rather than water) and I have not had a problem yet.
I have recently changed from Royal Canin to Advance (purely from a price perspective but would be 100% happy to go back if it's the cause) but that doesn't really explain the loss of interest in the beef?
So I was at the grocery store last night and saw some puppy milk, I tried mixing that in with the kibble today and she ate it! She also loves my food which I share (if I can) - so it's baffled me why she has just turned off the beef mince. I also tried giving her pork mince thinking maybe she is just over it, and to my horror after she threw it up I should have only given it to her cooked (I Google EVERYTHING but felt a meat mince raw was fine - stupid mistake). So I will cook that for her tonight to see how she goes, but I also don't want to get her used to cooked mince.
I am not sure why this would be happening??
Any help is much appreciated!
Danielle x