John Eiszler wrote 03/03/2009 06:02 PM Drop in Appetite at 16 Months #230013 - 03/03/2009 06:02 PM
John Eiszler Webboard User Reg: 11-10-2007 Posts: 9 Loc: Offline	My female GSD has been eating about half as much as she did previously (from 9 months to 15 months) over the past few weeks. She is about 62 pounds and doesn't appear to have lost any weight. She previously ate 1.5 pounds of RMBs and about 1 pound of ground muscle meat mixed with supplements per day. Now she only wants about half that and is refusing turkey necks. I did feed her some green tripe and trachea/gullet around the time of decline. I'm guessing a level of maturity and slower growth has been reached and less food is required. Has anyone else noticed a decline in appetite around this age? Thanks! John Her activity level has remained very high.
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randy allen wrote 03/03/2009 06:06 PM Re: Drop in Appetite at 16 Months [Re: John Eiszler ] #230015 - 03/03/2009 06:06 PM
randy allen Webboard User Reg: 08-30-2007 Posts: 3283 Loc: Offline	John, Has her activity level shown the same decline? Randy
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Aaron Myracle wrote 03/03/2009 06:11 PM Re: Drop in Appetite at 16 Months [Re: randy allen ] #230019 - 03/03/2009 06:11 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Some dogs will refuse certain food items suddenly, for no real reason. Trying a new food type, say rabbit backs, might pique her interest a little.
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Keleah Stull wrote 03/03/2009 06:13 PM Re: Drop in Appetite at 16 Months [Re: randy allen ] #230022 - 03/03/2009 06:13 PM
Keleah Stull Webboard User Reg: 06-14-2008 Posts: 418 Loc: Gillette, WY Offline	Maybe try cutting back her meals. Start with the bare minimum and work up to where she's eating everything and not still hungry. JMO. Keleah
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randy allen wrote 03/03/2009 06:26 PM Re: Drop in Appetite at 16 Months [Re: Keleah Stull ] #230027 - 03/03/2009 06:26 PM
randy allen Webboard User Reg: 08-30-2007 Posts: 3283 Loc: Offline	Oops, Sorry I missed the sign off line "her activity has remained high". Head slap here. So my next question John is what does 'high level' mean to you? For instantance, what I do with my dog you may think we're absolute slugs, but in my frame I couldn't spend anymore effort. So what does 'high level' mean? I'm only trying to determine if the dog is taking in what she is expending. Some dogs will take in only what they need for their activity level. Randy
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