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Posted July 17th, 2007 by brownietodd
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Hi Folks, macey has gone from eating breakfast(wheat bix and milk or toast with vegiemite) and her afternoon meal (kibble,meat and gravey or chicken ,rice and string vegies) to only eating her afternoon meal and shows no interest in breaky. She only empties once a day also.... from two big ones in the morning to one in the evening... she doesn't go hunting for food during the day and she will eat a 4 by 2 biscuit at lunch time... she gets no tidbits during the day and drinks about 1.5 L of water a day... Aidan , could it be tht she has settled down with her diet and the body is using everything it gets???.... she's 10.5 mths old and very active during the day... should i be concerned??/

Todd

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On July 18th, 2007 Aidan says:

Hi Todd, dogs don't need much in the way of carbohydrate rich foods, and many are allergic to grain and grain-based foods. I don't feed any of my pets milk, either. Most, if not all dogs are lactose intolerant to some extent and may be allergic to other compounds in cow's milk.

Different dogs have different requirements. My GSD typically eats two cups of high-energy premium dry food in the morning, a whole raw chicken carcass in the evenings and quite a lot of extra food for training and she still looks starved. My Golden has half a cup of diet premium dry food and half a raw chicken carcass in the evenings and he is overweight.

At 10 months of age, a single meal is OK, but I prefer to feed two "meals" because I use food for training and environmental enrichment.

I recommend that you bring this up with your vet. All the better (in my opinion) if your vet takes health and diet seriously (and doesn't just say what the pet food manufacturers want him or her to say). It could be that Macy has settled on her own diet and intake, or it could be a sign of a developing health problem.

If she gets picky with food, go to http://www.dragonflyllama.com and find the article "Teaching Your Dog to Eat".

Regards,
Aidan
http://www.positivepetzine.com

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