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by LadyFrost on 04 May 2011 - 13:05
elizabeth is he ball driven? or has absolute favorite toy..why not use that....its same as training.."to get this toy you must to/eat that"...
if everything else can be taught why can't eating food be taught as well and given reward for?
if everything else can be taught why can't eating food be taught as well and given reward for?
by LynOD on 04 May 2011 - 15:05
I have a 9 mos old border collie who too is very picky , but the most she goes is 24 hours without eating. She is fed a raw diet. Interesting though she recently had an intestinal bug of some sort, so I switched her to a bland diet of browned turkey , venison and brown rice, she ate like a pig for 4 days. Yesterday and today she got pan seared chicken and little bit of kibble and now she is only eating one meal a day again. What ever she doesn't eat gets wrapped up for the next meal, she does eventually eat it, but I must say it is unnerving to have a picky eater. My other two GSDs are heathens will eat anything!!! I am going back to the raw, but can't say I am not considering cooking some of her meals.
Lyn
Lyn
by sable59 on 05 May 2011 - 02:05
i believe ladyfrost that genetics has more to do with eating than anything.
all the driven dogs i have been around, not just mine, have a great food drive.
a person,if one wanted too, could in my opinion make some dough by printing a small book on favotite and healthest foods for our furry friends.
just food for thought!
all the driven dogs i have been around, not just mine, have a great food drive.
a person,if one wanted too, could in my opinion make some dough by printing a small book on favotite and healthest foods for our furry friends.
just food for thought!
by myret on 05 May 2011 - 21:05
sable
I agree
food drive is genetic but if the dog is a picky eater then it does not help if the owner is aggavating the problem by giving in to the dog
I agree
food drive is genetic but if the dog is a picky eater then it does not help if the owner is aggavating the problem by giving in to the dog
by LynOD on 05 May 2011 - 21:05
I don't think that after 2 years of trying she has giving into her dog. Most dogs will do well on a raw diet that's not to say some dogs won't. Some dogs do great on freain Ol Roy for god's sake, at least she is trying to provide a nice balanced diet for her dog. Any dog that goes for days without eating is not typical. My dog has only gone a day and that worries me at times.
by elisabeth00117 on 10 May 2011 - 16:05
Sorry about not responding right away, we went on vacation (sooo nice!) in the bush (cabin) and so I had no internet for a while.
I have to say that after 2 years of this, I am not giving in to my dog. Come on.. that's just silly. I can see two months, or even 6 months of this behaviour, but after two years? No way, sorry, we are going to disagree there.
My dog's food and toy drive are pretty low to be honest. I love my boy but he has been a challenge in almost every which way. His drives are just starting to emerge at 2 years and his ball drive is starting to become more apparent but it is still not where I would like it at all.
I have started to incorprate his raw meals back into his diet via raw meaty bones. I have also started to leave his muscle meat raw while still incorporating the double boiled brown rice and some veggies that have been flash boiled.
It is my hope that I can gradually take the grain away completely, along with the veggies. He has been eating everything (raw included) lately so hopefully this plan will work.
Like I said, I don't want to feed this way as I would perfer he eat the raw, but if he isn't eating...
I have to say that after 2 years of this, I am not giving in to my dog. Come on.. that's just silly. I can see two months, or even 6 months of this behaviour, but after two years? No way, sorry, we are going to disagree there.
My dog's food and toy drive are pretty low to be honest. I love my boy but he has been a challenge in almost every which way. His drives are just starting to emerge at 2 years and his ball drive is starting to become more apparent but it is still not where I would like it at all.
I have started to incorprate his raw meals back into his diet via raw meaty bones. I have also started to leave his muscle meat raw while still incorporating the double boiled brown rice and some veggies that have been flash boiled.
It is my hope that I can gradually take the grain away completely, along with the veggies. He has been eating everything (raw included) lately so hopefully this plan will work.
Like I said, I don't want to feed this way as I would perfer he eat the raw, but if he isn't eating...
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