Help!!!!! why doesnt she want to eat???? - Page 2

But y not milk? I have been feeding my dog milk in the morning with some brown bread, he doesn like kibble or any such processed food. He eats the whole mix of milk & bread & doesnt like any change in that. I add one raw egg in the morning & at dinner, I feed him meat with raw egg & some soya & veggies. Whats wrong with feeding milk? Some ppl say its bad for digestion but I have not really been into such a situation with my dog. I have heard ppl feeding even 1 litre of milk to their dogs, but most of the breeders on the net suggest to avoid milk. Is there any other very specific reason to it?

I agree that the solid gold Wolf Cub is a great puppy food. I looked at the ingredience in the Hayy dog....it is alot better that puppy chow...but the first ingredient is corn....here is the list of ingredience..

Ingredients:
Maize, poultry meal, fish meal, rice meal, greaves, beef fat, wholegrain oatmeal, lamb meal, poultry fat, liver hydrolizate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium chloride, sugar beet molasses, powdered egg, apple pomace (dried), calcium carbonate, yeast (dried), barley (fermented), seaweed (dried), linseed, shellfish extract, artichoke, peppermint, dandelion, coriander, rosemary, garlic, liquorice root, thyme, birch leaves, nettle, meadowsweet, chamomile

prasac,I will answer your question in respect to NOT giving dogs milk,The main reason is that they lack the enzyme-Lactaze which is responsible for the digestion of the lactose which is the sugar in milk(protein source).Hope this helps  to clarify.

i guess milk is bad. ive been giving milk to my other dog who is thirteen years old. he is very healthy and the vet say he might live for another 2 years. oh and my girl is six months old.

Before you start going back and forth there are a few "tricks" you can try that are so easy , and really a lot less stressful on  a pups stomach. Some kibbles need to be heated to bring out the oils that cause the kibble to have a more appetizing smell. Try putting the kibble in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Make sure it is cooled down before you give it. Also, if you are leaving the food down, after the pup refuses, then there is not an y urgency to eat. Put it down, if it isn't eaten in 5 minutes, pick it up and that is it until next feeding time. Do NOT give the raw meat the next feeding time. Could be the pup prefers raw (yay! Smart pup) and is holding out for the raw. A healthy pup or dog will not intentionally starve itself.

I don't feed cows milk to pups ever. Goat milk is different, and I might put a small amount on kibble, decreasing over a short period of time. We have given goat milk to the older dogs, dogs over 10 and no issues. But only as a treat when the goats were being milked.

You can try putting some cheese on the food and mix it in as well, that helps sometimes.

thanks for all the opinions, they were very helpful.

Puppy Chow is the worst sort of garbage. I am told mixing raw with kibble is the worst thing one can do because the dog digests and metabolizes the two compunds at very different rates. That may be why your puppy isn't eating. Get rid of the cow's milk, too. He/she doesn't need it and its hard for the pup to digest.

SS

I have a few 8 week old pups that are devouring 
Canidae, All Life Stages dog food, they eat all I give
them, sometimes I over calculate the amount, cause 
everyone is eating together, and their bellies get too
big!  I feed it mixed with warm water to soften it.
Good stuff though, I have tried so many kinds of dog food,
and I'm very pleased with Canidae, also my vet. is a breeder
and she feeds her dogs the same.

I was feeding Purina One, and one of my dogs got some 
hot spots, so I switched to Canidae, and the hot spots
went away pretty quick.
About the milk thing, I would subsitute yogurt instead,
much healthier, and nutritous!

I also mixed some ground raw turkey with it before,
and the pups inhaled it!
I swear, I'm all done changing their diet!!

I have had 5 GSDs, two of which were/are SLOW eaters, my last and current ones, ironically also my only two males.  When this one came he was ravenous, gobbled everything up like he never ate before!  I think it was because of competition with his litter mates.  Once he realized he had his own dish he got very cocky about eating.  He will leave his food if my terriers are inside but will eat VERY slowly when they are right there, picking his head up and looking at them while he chews a mouthful.  As if he's daring them to take from his dish.  My female will walk right over and help herself while he's eating and he gets upset and puts his paw on her and moves her away, it's pretty funny actually but I watch closely because I don't want the day to come when he's had enough and uses his teeth instead of his paw!  Sometimes he will just lay with his bowl between his front paws and look at them, and they're like vultures circling road kill.  After  about 10 minutes of game playing I put his food away  and he doesn't get any more until dinner.  Sometimes he finishes and sometimes he doesn't but it's dominance games he's playing and I make sure I win every time.

Shelley:  How is your new pup and his diet going....tell us how you feed him   I know you have started the raw added to him......