My Kelpie mix did this exact same thing around 6 months old, I fed him kibble in the mornings, and raw at night - he always ate his dinner no matter what, but right around the 6 month mark he went through a phase where he just wasn't interested in eating his kibble in the morning, and then, of course, was starving later so I had to increase the amount of raw I fed in the evenings. After a couple days of this, I decided to give him raw in the mornings for breakfast and he ate it no problem sorta hesitantly but he got er down eventually, but I noticed he still wasn't as hungry or excited for breakfast, raw or not, and he was always excited for his raw dinners.
I didn't think it was the kibble I was feeding, since I usually mixed 3 or 4 kinds together with different flavors to keep it interesting for him, but after about a week of this behavoir, he went back to devouring his kibble in the mornings again. I did notice, though, that I was overfeeding.. at 6 months old I dont think they require as much food as they did between the 8 week-5 months.. because before he went through the 'not interested in breakfast phase', he was devouring 1 - 1/4 cup of kibble first thing in the mornings no problems, in about 3 seconds and about 9 ounces of raw in the evenings, then after the phase and about a week of not wanting to eat breakfast, he went back to eating his kibble, but he would leave a lot of it and didn't finish it...
so I decreased his kibble portion in the morning to just over 1 cup, approx 1 1/8 cup and he would finish it.. and now at 11 months old and 50 lbs he gets 1 cup exactly of kibble and same approx 9 ounces of raw and he's lean, not fat, not too skinny and looks good.
Have to remember that the bags of kibble they usually always recommend a bit more than necessary..
A few things to try, if it were me, would be to A: decrease his daily food rations.. maybe a bit more than what you are giving currently, and see if this boosts his appetite in the morning. B: If A doesn't seem to work, maybe he doesn't much care for the kibble? Perhaps try something different, or add something into it like boiled chicken, or some low fat yogurt, or some canned pumpkin (not pie filling) or even some good quality canned food and mix in (be sure to decrease the kibble amount even more if going to mix in something else so to not over exceed on the calories and such). Maybe he's only eating it in the evenings because by then he's starving and has no choice but to eat it, wether he likes it or not.
Or, like my pup.. it could be sort of a combination of maturing, not needing as much food and going through a phase , where in my case, lasted a week, where he refused to eat breakfast (Kinda like we sometimes did growing up and becomming a teenager.. lol)
anyways.. just some thoughts, I'm sure you will get a lot of other helpful replies.
I didn't think it was the kibble I was feeding, since I usually mixed 3 or 4 kinds together with different flavors to keep it interesting for him, but after about a week of this behavoir, he went back to devouring his kibble in the mornings again. I did notice, though, that I was overfeeding.. at 6 months old I dont think they require as much food as they did between the 8 week-5 months.. because before he went through the 'not interested in breakfast phase', he was devouring 1 - 1/4 cup of kibble first thing in the mornings no problems, in about 3 seconds and about 9 ounces of raw in the evenings, then after the phase and about a week of not wanting to eat breakfast, he went back to eating his kibble, but he would leave a lot of it and didn't finish it...
so I decreased his kibble portion in the morning to just over 1 cup, approx 1 1/8 cup and he would finish it.. and now at 11 months old and 50 lbs he gets 1 cup exactly of kibble and same approx 9 ounces of raw and he's lean, not fat, not too skinny and looks good.
Have to remember that the bags of kibble they usually always recommend a bit more than necessary..
A few things to try, if it were me, would be to A: decrease his daily food rations.. maybe a bit more than what you are giving currently, and see if this boosts his appetite in the morning. B: If A doesn't seem to work, maybe he doesn't much care for the kibble? Perhaps try something different, or add something into it like boiled chicken, or some low fat yogurt, or some canned pumpkin (not pie filling) or even some good quality canned food and mix in (be sure to decrease the kibble amount even more if going to mix in something else so to not over exceed on the calories and such). Maybe he's only eating it in the evenings because by then he's starving and has no choice but to eat it, wether he likes it or not.
Or, like my pup.. it could be sort of a combination of maturing, not needing as much food and going through a phase , where in my case, lasted a week, where he refused to eat breakfast (Kinda like we sometimes did growing up and becomming a teenager.. lol)
anyways.. just some thoughts, I'm sure you will get a lot of other helpful replies.