Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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John;
the more updates you post, the more I get the impression that she's got issues with the routine. As some other posters suggested, try "nothing". Put the food in the bowl and leave the room; no command, no monitoring (i.e., nervousness), nothing. If she doesn't eat, pick up the food. Try again later, or at the next mealtime, if you feed more than once a day.
ETA; It may be an issue with routine, or food, or it may be something as simple as she prefers being fed by hand since you've done it a few times, and she's figured out that you will.
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John Boden IV Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2011
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John;
the more updates you post, the more I get the impression that she's got issues with the routine. As some other posters suggested, try "nothing". Put the food in the bowl and leave the room; no command, no monitoring (i.e., nervousness), nothing. If she doesn't eat, pick up the food. Try again later, or at the next mealtime, if you feed more than once a day.
ETA; It may be an issue with routine, or food, or it may be something as simple as she prefers being fed by hand since you've done it a few times, and she's figured out that you will.
I can try that next meal time. would it make a difference if it was in her crate?
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Tonight I presented to her the previous kind of food, and did so with no words, simply put it in front of her and she went right at it.
Well it seems like it could have been the food all along. if that's what it was then i feel a bit silly worrying so much about this.
I might throw out the new food. With the scarcity of quality protein ingredients in today's markets and the pet food companies drive to manufacture on a least cost basis, plus storage of huge quantities in warehouses for God knows how long, what it says "on the tag" might or might not be "in the bag", the same stuff may or may not be the "same". Trusting the dog's instincts is probably a good idea.
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