One of my dogs is diabetic, so it's very important that she eat her meals at regular times. However, often in the mornings, she doesn't feel like eating so I have taken to adding a little shredded cheese or chicken broth to her food to "peak her interest."

Of course, now she's come to expect it and if I just put food in her bowl she looks at it like, "What is this thing you've set before me?"

 

oor guy's probably going through a funk. One of my cats does this quite a bit. We refer to him at the bi-polar cat. He also likes pet junk food, but I haven't given in to that yet.

Hope Gandalf snaps out of it soon.

 

Cocoa puffs of dog food. Too true! But the beauty of a retriever is that their stomachs will eventually get the better of them. One of my labs will eat bio-waste if you put it in front of her while the other is a little more picky. But only slightly so, as he's had nothing but the really good stuff since puppyhood.

Can you start mixing the Kibbles and Bits with better food slowly?

(And I'm getting such a kick out of your dog's name. Much more original than all the Brady's and Bailey's out there.)

 

Little stinker!

It's funny how much we worry about our animals. Indy has a bum knee and my wonderful vet calls me every two weeks to check up on her. She's on restricted exercise, but you tell me how to keep her from chasing squirrels in the backyard? I also had to put her on a diet so she's on a bit of a strike as well.

Our cat has a *Smelly* problem and I'm working on her diet too.

 

Thanks to this post Bossy's Great Dane is staging a protest.

 

When the boys were babies we called Cheerios "Baby Crack" because is just flipped them out (meaning they LOVED them so). Just sounds like he needed his own food crack.

Your a good mama to all three of your boys.

 

Our lab, Max, did this a few months ago. They said, "Labs don't snub food, they inhale food. Give him a while and he'll eat his food." He didn't eat his food. Like Gandalf, he eat anything on the floor.
We took him back, and they ran bloodwork, "just in case". The "just in case" bloodwork turned up a thyroid problem. He'd been sleeping a lot, but credited that to the heat and the fact that he might finally be growing out of puppyhood. But now, he takes his pill morning and night w/ peanut butter, and he's a happy doggie again (still on the same food, Dog Chow).

 

Silly doggies....

Our labby knew exactly where to position herself once we started solid foods -- right under the highchair. :)

I'm also in camp "throw some cream cheese or peanut butter (etc.) on the food to entice eating."