[nagdu] any suggestions?

[Julie J]

Jessica,

I agree with what the others have said about just giving an opportunity and 
then taking up the uneaten food.  .  If you like this food based on 
nutritional value, availability and price then keep feeding it.  If Rollo is 
gaining weight  he's probably getting enough.  Could you possibly be feeding 
him too much?  I don't find those guidelines on the back of the bag 
particularly accurate.

Has he been doing this since you first got him or is this new?  If it's 
something new, I'd have him checked by a vet.  There might be something else 
going on, especially if he has any other symptoms.

I don't remember how old he is, but was he eating moist food at his previous 
home?  Usually very young puppies are fed moist food as they transition from 
nursing to dog food.   The dry food might just be a new experience that he 
isn't used to.

Is the eating environment calm and quiet?  If there is a lot going on he 
might be more interested in other things than eating.

If it were me and the only issue was picky eating, I'd put the bowl down for 
a few minutes, then take it up and try later.  Since he is a young puppy I'd 
probably give him another opportunity an hour or two later.  With an adult 
dog I wouldn't offer food again until the next meal.

JMHO
Julie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessica Pitzer" <rolosgirl at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:42 PM
Subject: [nagdu] any suggestions?


> Hi all,
> So I've had rolo for about a week and a half. He's already grown like
> woe. Anyway, as of current I'm feeding him this stuff called nature
> chicken and rice, its something kind of local apparently and I get it
> delivered for free. The problem? Well, I don't think rolo likes it.
> Maybe I'm wrong, but when its feeding time, he's not interested, I
> have to sit on teh ground and coax him to eat the stuff, he'll eat a
> few kibbles and then that's it and so I'll have to talk with him, move
> the bowl around, move the food in teh bowl, etc. and then he'll eat a
> few more kibbles, but it seems that he doesn't like it, and sometimes
> while eating he'll just shakes his head, not like an ear shake, but
> just like a yuck kinda shake. I've loved everyones responses about
> your dogs, its facinating to me that's for sure. I'm wondering what
> you guys would suggest. I really do not want to go the raw way, not
> because its bad, but to be honest it kind of groses me out, and others
> I live with, so yeah. I'm open to dry, canned, freeze dries, pretty
> much anything but raw stuff, so suggestions, would be fabulous.
> Jessica and Rolo
>
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