Here are the facts:
Our business is quite busy until lunch, so we desire pup to eat slow b'fast in crate.
I have read:
What happened:
- Puppy prone to soft stools, so we are careful with diet.
- Puppy only has Victor Puppy Dry.
- Training treats are ½ oz cheese and about 2 Tbsp. cat food daily
- Currently eats meals (1 cup ea) in Kong dry, rolling it around to get kibble, takes 10 mins Max.
- Not food motivated in general, nor much of a chewer, although we do give raw hide (quite supervised!) out of crate when we read or do paperwork with her at our feet.
Our business is quite busy until lunch, so we desire pup to eat slow b'fast in crate.
I have read:
- Puppies will work hard to get food out of KONGS for hours
- Give KONGS frozen although this may cause soft stools (yuck, already have those!)
What happened:
- Put softened (with water) kibble (with ½ T cat food) in KONG. Only gave one half of regular meal's worth.
- Pup only ate ONE THIRD of that, cried the whole time she licked it, and after the 10 mins that took, was barking/whining/finally quietly sitting doing nothing...ignoring the last two-thirds that were 'hard' to reach, I guess.
- She is twice the size of a cat, but we are using a large KONG...is her tongue too short?
- Will a frozen KONG really cause diarrhea?
- If she gave up so soon, how will she EVER work on a frozen KONG?
- Should we hang in there? Is this really going to accomplish anything?