Well everyone she started eating some last night. I was shocked actually…
I had been offering her bits of several different things throughout the day to see if anything enticed her. I offered her 4Health, Wellness, the Prescription ID, boiled chicken, etc (not all at the same time mind you)… The strange thing is that the dog food that she’s decided to eat is the Wellness that she stopped eating in December. I’m not sure if that food would be old since it’s sat there so long. Of course it is sealed in a bag but I don’t know.
Also, you are supposed to change them over slowly to a different dog food. Would this be considered new though? How does that work when they’ve had it before but not for a couple months. That in & of itself might cause tummy upset right?
So this morning I was so nervous I didn’t know which dog food to offer and how much, so I settled on the Wellness and gave her almost her full usual serving. At first she went to it and gobbled it up. I went about my business so as not to crowd her but stayed close, then I heard her get a big drink of water then silence. So I came over to see and she still had quite a bit of food in the bowl but was just sitting there (gave her a little less than a 1/4 cup, 1/4 is her usual serving).
So I sat next to her on the floor and she would get a kibble eat it then sit for another minute. This was reminding me of how she would do this back in December when she started refusing the Wellness. But my husband came through the kitchen about that time on his way to work & just like back then she started gobbling up her food again. As soon as he left she just had a few more kibble left but went back to slowly eating them one at a time.
So should I keep her on the a Wellness??? Why does she eat good at first then seem to not want it any more?? I’m afraid to get back into those days on Wellness where either it took FOREVER! for her to finish one meal or outright refuse it all together.
My friend who does free feeding with her dogs used to say just leave it out she’ll eat when she’s hungry. But that is not my lifestyle. I like having a schedule… For meals, for poops, everything. I don’t want to free feed. Then there’s also her being susceptible to throwing up bile if she keeps an empty tummy too long.
I’m just not sure what to do. Do you girls think keeping her on a Zantac would help?
Today was also the first day with no cerenia the nausea vomiting med she was on. So far so good. No throwing up but she has not pooped yet so I don’t know if she’s still having the diarrhea or not.
