Puppy Not Eating His Meals

[Eldoop]

I have Cody on 3 meals a day, he is getting the raw minced beef and vegie and good puppy dry food, I warm it up abit for him and he seemed to love it but had started to not finish his meals, so I gave him that VIP roll for one meal so he's not eating the same food, he was great with that, then again, not finishing his meals, so I started putting the two together for a change, same story?? and no I'm not over feeding him, he is only little so I give him about a cup of food per meal, now last night we had roast chicken for dinner and I gave him some chicken, roast potatoes, pumpkin, carrots and gravy, chopped it up and he scoff the lot, but again thismorning he only ate half his breakfast and didn't touch his lunch at all so what should I do to get him to eat properly???

[cavNrott]

How old is Cody? He might be telling you he needs only two meals a day.

If he is a small dog then 1 cup of dry food may be too much for one meal. My adult Rottweilers get 1 level cup of Eagle Pack for breakfast and BARF for dinner.

[Eldoop]

Cody is 14 weeks old, and thats one cup in total = wet and dry food

[cavNrott]

I have Cody on 3 meals a day,

he is only little so I give him about a cup of food per meal,

Cody is 14 weeks old, and thats one cup in total = wet and dry food

I'm a bit confused now. Are you giving him one cup at each of his 3 meals or a total of one cup per day?

I have 2 young adult Cavaliers and they would eat less than 1 cup of food per day between the dry food and the BARF plus a raw chicken wing. I have to watch their weight carefully as they will put it on quickly.

[Poodle wrangler]

A cup of food, three times a day is too much for his size. My 25kg lean standard poodle eats this much in a day (including raw) and is active.

How much does Cody weigh now?

Feed by weight not packet suggestions and feed the same diet- no need for changes to get him to eat more unless he is underweight.

It's OK to be able to see his last rib. If you can't, then he's certainly not underweight and don't worry about him not finishing his meals .

eta: Just say him in the poodle thread- he looks fine, so I'd not worry at all. Feed him a little less.

Edited October 29, 2007 by Poodle wrangler

[Eldoop]

I dont weigh his food so a cup is just a rough guess, its probably less, I give him about two spoonsfulls of the meat and I reckon a small amount of dry mixed in, I took him to the vets yesterday to see what his weight is and to have his microchip recorded with my details and he was 3.4kg (he is 14 weeks old) and the vet nurse said he was good but dont let him lose any weight so now I'm worried

[Poodle wrangler]

I dont weigh his food so a cup is just a rough guess, its probably less, I give him about two spoonsfulls of the meat and I reckon a small amount of dry mixed in, I took him to the vets yesterday to see what his weight is and to have his microchip recorded with my details and he was 3.4kg (he is 14 weeks old) and the vet nurse said he was good but dont let him lose any weight so now I'm worried :D

I'd not take vet nurse advice for my dog's weight. They see many overweight dogs.

Many vet nurses are excellent, of course, but breeder or other poodley experts advice is much better.

Try posting up a couple of pics in the poodle thread that show him side-on and looking down on his body. After a bath, is perfect so you can see the body under the fur ;).

I thought Charlie was lean enough about a month ago, but his breeder reckoned he could lose 2kg. His ribs were not as easy to feel, so I'm sure she's right and I've cut his food back a little.

Edited October 30, 2007 by Poodle wrangler