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The breeder had sent a bag of food along when we picked Ivy up. She was also on a partial raw diet, so I bought 10lbs of commercially prepared turkey (which is what she was eating at the breeders). At first I just thought she was nervous and adjusting in her new home, so I wasn’t concerned. It has been a week now though, and she hardly eats. She won’t touch the raw, I’ve tried warming it and room temperature. We have switched kibble to a smaller kibble, and while she eats it better than the kind the breeder sent, she isn’t eating close to what she should in a day. I put her food down, she sits and looks at it, and walks away. The only way to get her to eat is to sit with her and to keep encouraging her over and over, and even then she won’t finish it.
The breeder sent home an information package on nutrition, and in it she suggests staying completely away from canned food. However, I can’t think of any other way to get Ivy to eat.....I was going to try canned food as a topper.
Does anyone have any other suggestions at all?
For chews so far she only likes natural types, bully sticks, pigs ears and chicken feet. She won’t touch Nylabones or anything like that. Also doesn’t like peanut butter in a Kong.
I have never had a dog like her. My two previous dogs ate anything offered! I’m getting concerned, she’s 10 weeks old today and growing....so she needs nutrition.
The breeder sent home an information package on nutrition, and in it she suggests staying completely away from canned food. However, I can’t think of any other way to get Ivy to eat.....I was going to try canned food as a topper.
Does anyone have any other suggestions at all?
For chews so far she only likes natural types, bully sticks, pigs ears and chicken feet. She won’t touch Nylabones or anything like that. Also doesn’t like peanut butter in a Kong.
I have never had a dog like her. My two previous dogs ate anything offered! I’m getting concerned, she’s 10 weeks old today and growing....so she needs nutrition.