What do you for a fussy eater ?

[Noel]

Our 9 y/o, 70# Slobbermouth does not always like breakfast at 7 am. No problem with dinner at 4 pm; it is wolfed down quickly.

I have heard that getting her sense of smell going before a meal will help. This helps sometimes, but not always.

Is the sense of smell critical to getting the digestive juices flowing and promoting hunger ?

[BuckBarker]

Our dogs always but always eat at 8 and 5. During our cross-country move we found they were no longer hungry at 8 so we got on the road to put some miles behind us and then stopped at 10 for breakfast and then they would have dinner at 7. It worked for us.

[mark5w]

Doesn't sound like a problem to me. Our Chloe only eats once a day and she's doing fine.

[Pawz4me]

Is she healthy and at a good weight? If so, I wouldn't worry about breakfast. If it's convenient for you, you could try giving her brunch or lunch instead of breakfast. Or give her a bigger evening meal.

Almost all of my dogs have been exceedingly happy to eat whenever I put food down (and whatever it was). Most all of them have eaten so fast that I don't think smell is much of an issue. But I did have a cockapoo years ago who didn't care to eat much in the morning. We finally started giving her a small dog biscuit for her breakfast, and she was fine and happy until dinner.

[2-MTnesters]

SAR Tracker wrote:
Like any other creature, maybe it's just not hungry right then? Food on demand always worked for our dog - never overate, just kinda snacked all day until we had dinner, then she'd eat also.

X2, although our JoJo does like to have an egg in the morning with us. She prefers over medium but does settle for scrambled on occasion. Lol

[the_bear_II]

Both of our dogs were snackers. I would put out a bowl of food in the morning and they would snack on it all day. Never over ate.

[SAR_Tracker]

Like any other creature, maybe it's just not hungry right then? Food on demand always worked for our dog - never overate, just kinda snacked all day until we had dinner, then she'd eat also.

[Altern]

Try feeding once a day.


At 4:00 PM