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Pepper is 5 1/2 years old and the past couple of months she's lost interest in certain foods she used to love before. She still has a normal appetite - she lets you know about 2 hours in advance that dinner time is coming up and she won't settle until she's been fed. We often give the dogs pieces of fruit and vegetables as treats when we are eating them ourselves or when preparing dinner and they normally love it! However, Pepper has refused fruit several times now, which for a food-obsessed dog like her is unusual.
The first time was a couple months ago - my husband gave her a strawberry and she spit it out and left it. I laughed and thought she was just waiting for something better to come along (since he was having his lunch when he offered it). The next time was when he tried to give her a piece of banana and she also wouldn't eat it. I recently noticed it myself when I cut up an apple for the dogs. The apple had a big bruise so I cut up around it for the dogs, but Pepper refused to even take it. I figured she could smell the bad part and didn't want it, but it's happened a few more times since then with different fruits/vegetables.
Other than that she acting normal and eating her kibble quite happily. So I'm starting to wonder if her tastes are just changing?
The first time was a couple months ago - my husband gave her a strawberry and she spit it out and left it. I laughed and thought she was just waiting for something better to come along (since he was having his lunch when he offered it). The next time was when he tried to give her a piece of banana and she also wouldn't eat it. I recently noticed it myself when I cut up an apple for the dogs. The apple had a big bruise so I cut up around it for the dogs, but Pepper refused to even take it. I figured she could smell the bad part and didn't want it, but it's happened a few more times since then with different fruits/vegetables.
Other than that she acting normal and eating her kibble quite happily. So I'm starting to wonder if her tastes are just changing?