My dog is getting over an illness, and wont touch her chicken and rice. How do I get her to eat it?

Dogs instinctively know when to rest their digestive system. If it was a run of the mill illness, don't tempt her to eat. However if she had a complicated problem, she may have problems coping with more than a tablespoonful of any food and she may need something more tasty than chicken

After my dog had an op for cancer, it was apparent that she wanted to eat. I did not consider how balanced her meals were, I just wanted her to eat. I will paste the recipes that I used for her.

FISH PIES.

For the topping. Boil potatoes and parsnips, mash and add grated raw carrots, then mix in grated cheese.

Boil a couple of fish fillets, place in a casserole, break fish up and add a tin of fish in oil. Pour some goats yogurt over this, then add the mash. Consider frying leeks and adding this to the mash topping.

Top the fish with the mash and add more grated cheese, then grill for about ten minutes. Serve warm. This will make a huge amount of tiny meals and it can be frozen for later.

BACON CASSEROLE.

Fry bacon Lardons, drain on kitchen roll.

Thinly slice large potatoes.

Drop four eggs into the liquidiser; add goat’s yogurt and cheese.

Line dish with sliced potatoes, add bacon and top with more sliced potatoes. Pour over the contents from the liquidiser and microwave until the potatoes are soft. This will make a huge amount of tiny meals and it can be frozen for later.

STEAK AND BLACK PUDDING..(Use cheap stewing steak)

Simmer the steak and black pudding, add potatoes, parsnips and carrots, Cook for about two hours. Allow to cool and serve warm. This will make a huge amount of tiny meals and it can be frozen for later.

Consider cooking Ox tail with black pudding.

Add carrots, celery and possibly sweet potatoes when the ox tail has cooked for a while. Or cook the veg separately. This will make a huge amount of tiny meals and it can be frozen for later.

Another idea

Hard boiled eggs quartered. Place in casserole then use the liquidiser to mix up goats yogurt and tinned fish. Pour this over the hard boiled eggs and top with mashed sweet potatoes.

This is simple to do.

Cook chicken or fish remove the bones and skin and add very overcooked rice.

Its hellish when ours dogs are ill. Hopefully she will be better soon.

Take care.

Try mixing things into the dry food to make it more appealing to him. Sometimes my dog will get more interested in the dry food if I put water in it to soften it and make it seem juicy like wet food is. I would try a mixture and each day use less wet food and more dry food so he has trouble noticing the difference. If that doesn't work maybe talk to your vet for some advice

You cannot force a dog to eat. If she doesn't want it now, try again in 3 hours then again at her regular night-time meal. She may have over-eaten yesterday, and/or may still feel nauseous. A dog can go w/o food for 24 hrs easily.

As soon as her poops are normal you can start back on her normal kibble. Dogs won't usually won't starve themselves, leave the food out, and if she doesn't want to eat today it's not a huge deal.

Was urdog vomiting at all?

Use some sort of device to force and keep the mouth open and shove that food down that mut

did you take your dog to your vet ????? or are you just guessing at what to do or what to feed your dog?