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Reluctant eater with occasional diarrhoea!!....please help!!
Dear doodle friends,
Naboo is our 9 month old golden doodle....he is adorable and weighs 52lbs. He has Natural balance food, dried with just a spoon of wet food mixed in. He is the fussiest eater ever...rarely eats in the morning then need coaxing to eat mid-morning and in the evening...rarely finishing his meal. He has no table food with biscuits/chews and training treats but only after he has eaten. He seems to like a food for about 3 days then seems to be not bothered about eating at all...I think if I left him he wouldn't eat somedays. He occasionally has diarrhoea..may be once a month just for a day or so and I can't really relate this to anything different happening.
I have started giving him small bully sticks lately but have just cleaned up a very mucous type poop with a few very grisly lumps in it so I'm wondering whether this could be undigested bully stick. Perhaps this is a different issue to the whole eating thing but wondered if others have had this reaction?
I've spoken to 'pet 'nutritionalist' in Petco and we have tried a couple of other good quality foods but this hasn't made him keener to eat. We have tried Holistic and Solid gold. I'm not sure whether to switch to another new brand and if so which one. I've never had a dog before who needs encouragement to eat and find it very frustrating as I know he needs good nutrition. He is otherwise active and very healthy. Can anyone please give any advice?
thank you!
Laura.
Naboo is our 9 month old golden doodle....he is adorable and weighs 52lbs. He has Natural balance food, dried with just a spoon of wet food mixed in. He is the fussiest eater ever...rarely eats in the morning then need coaxing to eat mid-morning and in the evening...rarely finishing his meal. He has no table food with biscuits/chews and training treats but only after he has eaten. He seems to like a food for about 3 days then seems to be not bothered about eating at all...I think if I left him he wouldn't eat somedays. He occasionally has diarrhoea..may be once a month just for a day or so and I can't really relate this to anything different happening.
I have started giving him small bully sticks lately but have just cleaned up a very mucous type poop with a few very grisly lumps in it so I'm wondering whether this could be undigested bully stick. Perhaps this is a different issue to the whole eating thing but wondered if others have had this reaction?
I've spoken to 'pet 'nutritionalist' in Petco and we have tried a couple of other good quality foods but this hasn't made him keener to eat. We have tried Holistic and Solid gold. I'm not sure whether to switch to another new brand and if so which one. I've never had a dog before who needs encouragement to eat and find it very frustrating as I know he needs good nutrition. He is otherwise active and very healthy. Can anyone please give any advice?
thank you!
Laura.
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Hi Karen, just thought I'd let you know, I found a Natural pet food supplier very close to us who stock Orijens and I now have a couple of sample packets to try with my boy...i have everything crossed that he will like it!!..thank you for all your help!!..xx
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Hi Leanna, yes they could be twins couldn't they as they both sound equally as fussy!!..poor you having to cook up all those toppings...Anne's suggestion with the cottage cheese is worth a try and Karens idea with eggs is a great one!!...good luck with your boy too. Naboo's birthday is on the 22nd of November so they are very close in age and size aren't they?!...good luck!!..xx
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