My dog (toy poodle mix) has weird eating habits. She will pretend to be interested in the dog food while I prep it but will only sniff it and walk away when I put it down. She is eating purina one beyond which is sometimes mixed with beneful. She will sometimes go back to her food but other times she walks away and won't eat at all that day (she gets fed 2 times a day ) she is walked frequently since I live in an apartment. Some days she will just down right refuse to eat and other days acts like I don't feed her enough. I have tried adding things to the food to make it smell and taste better (iams savory sauce) but that didn't work either. I usually leave her food down for 30 minutes then I don't feed her anything until dinner time but that sometimes won't work. She also snubs certain treats too. She doesn't like her wet food mixed with kibble and will sometimes refuse wet food. I put the cats food on the counter so she can't eat that. Is this normal for a dog and if not what should I do? I never had a dog who was difficult to feed. She now gets fed plain kibble with nothing added and same with her wet food.
2013-03-28T15:58:28Z
Usually I don't mix the 2 brands I just one day thought about it and for some reason it worked for a little bit. Btw her feeding times are 5:30AM and 5:30pm
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I do not have scheduled feeding times for my dog. Just like yours, he doesn't gobble down every piece of food that I put in front of him. I leave his food available to him at all times so he can eat when he feels like it. He only eats a tiny bit during the day but, when I wake up, I notice that food is gone so, he's getting hungry in the middle of the night. Some dogs will eat until they are full, throw up and eat some more so they have to be on a schedule or they will overeat and be sick. Our dogs don't do that. I suggest you leave your dogs bowl of food out next to her water, If the bag says one cup per day, just put in one cup and let your dog eat when he is hungry. You wont be over feeding him if you put the suggested amount in the bowl and your dog will have food when he feels like eating. I have fed my dog like this for 15 years and it's never been a problem. In fact, some times he doesn't even eat all of it. Some dogs just eat what their body tells them that they need.
First question. We have more then one dog too, always do it seams. We have four now. The Aussie and the Aussie cross take a bite of there food and walk very quickly a couple feet away. Or like yours take it else where to eat it. I feel this is due to having more then one dog. The Aussie pup has her own food and does not do this until she goes to the big pot of food we have for all of them. We free feed here and it sound like you do too? Free feeding meaning we have a huge pot we put almost a whole 20 lbs bag of food into it. The pup has her own bowl of her baby food in it. Carpet because carpet is so comfy to lay on and eat in leisure lol! Me and the Mr. were talking the other day why dogs go around and around. Only our Saint Bernard does this to the point of being irritating. We summed this up as this dog we feel was outside a lot, maybe circling is smashing the grass down before laying down? I had a dog who would dig a little whole when ever she laid down. The dirt is cooler down there then it is above the ground where the sun hits.... Hope this makes some sense to you? Have a great day!
First of all there is nothing wrong with feeding a dog twice a day. I have always fed my adult dogs twice a day for the last 30 years.
Your Poodle mix is a picky eater. I suggest feeding a better dog food. Having 5 dogs under 20 pounds, it is important to me to find a food they all enjoy that is excellent quality.
I feed Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Duck Limited Ingredients. I get the small bite for the little guys.
They love it.
And Rex Dog Food gets a very low rating of ONE from dog food advisers
I recommend NOT feeding your dog twice a day. I feed mine only once and that keeps them slender yet healthy. Your dog may not like Purina because mine doesn't either. Purinia has been proven to have low quality dog food taste. Give the dog one type of food instead of mixing the 2 brands which may give it a wacky flavor which she may not like. Dog doesn't eat because she isn't hungry but probably does not agree with the quality of the food she is being served.