Hi -I have a beagle bitch who is TOTALLY disinterested in her kibble! She
turns her nose up at breakfast -I remove it and offer her lunch, which she
does not eat, so I remove that and offer dinner, which she usually does, but
not all of it -bear in mind I only put in the third of her days ration, not
all three portions together!

She gets no other treats during the day -if I'm doing a bit of training I
offer bits of kibble(from lunch or whatever) and she will have some then,
but I am talking about very small amounts.

I have experimented and squirted the contents of a fish oil capsule onto her
breakfast, and she gobbled it. But this is no good -she has to eat what I
give her!! I am feeding her Arden Grange chicken puppy kibble - tried a bag
of Nutro puppy (lamb) -same thing. I am not going to keep chopping and
changing foods! HELP!!!

"Dushichka" wrote in message
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Hi -I have a beagle bitch who is TOTALLY disinterested in her kibble! She
turns her nose up at breakfast -I remove it and offer her lunch, which she
does not eat, so I remove that and offer dinner, which she usually does,
but
not all of it -bear in mind I only put in the third of her days ration,
not
all three portions together!

She gets no other treats during the day -if I'm doing a bit of training I
offer bits of kibble(from lunch or whatever) and she will have some then,
but I am talking about very small amounts.

I have experimented and squirted the contents of a fish oil capsule onto
her
breakfast, and she gobbled it. But this is no good -she has to eat what I
give her!! I am feeding her Arden Grange chicken puppy kibble - tried a
bag
of Nutro puppy (lamb) -same thing. I am not going to keep chopping and
changing foods! HELP!!!


Has she been losing weight as a result of this limited food intake?
Has she ever had a good appetite and if so, what was she eating then? (What
did breeder feed?)
When was her latest vet check and did that show any problem?
How much exercise does she get? What is her energy level? (does she act
lethargic?)
Does she live indoors?
Are you opposed to giving her a tablespoon of cottage cheese or canned food
with her kibble?

M

On Aug 5, 10:06*pm, "Dushichka"
wrote:
Hi -I have a beagle bitch who is TOTALLY disinterested in her kibble! She
turns her nose up at breakfast -I remove it and offer her lunch, which she
does not eat, so I remove that and offer dinner, which she usually does, but
not all of it -bear in mind I only put in the third of her days ration, not
all three portions together

Has she been speyed yet? If not and she is coming into season then
that can cause some females to go off their food. If she is otherwise
healthy and if there have been no changes in her behaviour, weight,
activity level, stress level (or major changes in the house
environment - all of which can cause them to go off their feed a bit)
then the other thing that you could try is splitting her food between
two meals, one morning and one night, instead of three, not all dogs
need the lunch meal at six months of age, but always go by whatever
your breeder has advised.

The other thing to consider is that not all dogs like kibble, and if
that is all she is ever fed, there is nothing to get enthused about
kwim? It would be pretty boring getting the same old dry kibble trhee
times a day, day in day out. Maybe try mixing in some table scraps/
veges or give her some Raw Meaty Bones that she has to actually work
for to get the meat off (this is so good for them and will make her
teeth so much healthier when she is older).

HTH

Michelle