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so i know about the "creating a picky eater" etc. i've read and have told many people to do the usual "give them food, take it away after 15 minutes, give the exact same one for the next meal time" etc etc.
well...a friend of mine has the pickiest eater I have ever met. she refuses to eat without canned food AND she'll pick out as much as the canned and leave the dry. so I gave my friend the entire "picky eaters are created by their humans" talk and told him what to do. the dog won't eat. out of all the dogs i've owned, taken care of, etc, she is the first that i just cannot figure out with food.
you know how we all say that dogs won't starve themselves? they'll eventually eat? she will not. her ribs are completely sticking out, she looks horribly malnourished and she doesn't have the energy to run around so she just lays there all day and night; still refusing to eat. my friend has taken her to the vet multiple times to have all tests done to see if something is wrong, but apparently, she is completely healthy. just super picky.
he can no longer take her on walks, take her to the dog beach, or even to Petsmart because she doesn't have the strength. he took her to the vet again this morning and the vet actually told him to throw in the towel and give her what she wants or she'll get severely ill. he called me asking what to do, and i'm completely thrown! because of me, he switched her from Purina One to Orijen with merricks as canned toppers. Yes...she will ONLY eat Merricks canned. She is normally a 50lb dog so theres a couple if not a few cans just on their own. Has anyone dealt with this? help? My friend is honestly willing to spend $180 a month of Merrick canned food but he's worried that she'll just change her mind later. he and i both don't want him being her bitch but we're both unsure at this point on what to do.
edit: he tried raw a few months back and she refused to eat for almost 2 week so he went back to kibble&canned.
well...a friend of mine has the pickiest eater I have ever met. she refuses to eat without canned food AND she'll pick out as much as the canned and leave the dry. so I gave my friend the entire "picky eaters are created by their humans" talk and told him what to do. the dog won't eat. out of all the dogs i've owned, taken care of, etc, she is the first that i just cannot figure out with food.
you know how we all say that dogs won't starve themselves? they'll eventually eat? she will not. her ribs are completely sticking out, she looks horribly malnourished and she doesn't have the energy to run around so she just lays there all day and night; still refusing to eat. my friend has taken her to the vet multiple times to have all tests done to see if something is wrong, but apparently, she is completely healthy. just super picky.
he can no longer take her on walks, take her to the dog beach, or even to Petsmart because she doesn't have the strength. he took her to the vet again this morning and the vet actually told him to throw in the towel and give her what she wants or she'll get severely ill. he called me asking what to do, and i'm completely thrown! because of me, he switched her from Purina One to Orijen with merricks as canned toppers. Yes...she will ONLY eat Merricks canned. She is normally a 50lb dog so theres a couple if not a few cans just on their own. Has anyone dealt with this? help? My friend is honestly willing to spend $180 a month of Merrick canned food but he's worried that she'll just change her mind later. he and i both don't want him being her bitch but we're both unsure at this point on what to do.
edit: he tried raw a few months back and she refused to eat for almost 2 week so he went back to kibble&canned.