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vsteele · 02-06-2010, 08:51 PM

Hello everyone,

I just joined this forum and I am still trying to figure everything out so I hope I am posting this in the right spot. I got my basset hound about 3 months ago. He is about 9 months old and his name is Gozer. He is so perfect and I just love him to death. But, I am concerned about his eating behaviors. When I first got him he had been eating royal canine puppy food. My vet told me to feed him science diet. So I switch him to that and he would not eat it. While I was transitioning him to it he would only pick out the old food and leave the new. Then when I gave him all science diet he wouldn't touch it. He didn't eat for almost two days so I called the vet again. They said to try Eukanuba. So I did and he wasn't crazy about that either. He would just pick at it for a while and then maybe he would eat it but it would take a few hours for him to eat just a cup of it. So I called the vet again and he said to try a different food so we tried Natural Balance. He liked that for about a week and then stopped eating that too. After about two days of him not eating I called the vet again and they said to try Pruina One. They said it might have a better taste. So I did, and he ate that for about a week pretty well, but today he wont eat it. I'm tired of this cycle. He will eat something for a little while and then just stop eating it.

I'm so sad about this. I want to give him the best nutrition possible but he just doesn't like any of the food I give him. He loves the treats I use for training, but he doesn't get much. I only use them when we train. He is always begging for our food, even though I have NEVER given him table scraps. So I know he is hungry he just wont eat his dog food. I know that switching food like this is very bad for him, so what should I do?

The vet said he was healthy, just a tad under weight. He is about 40 pounds, but his ribs stick out and I just wish he would eat!! Has anyone else had a picky eater? Should I try adding wet food, homemade food, or just try a different dry food? Or should I just let him not eat for a few days and learn that the food I put in his bowl is all he is going to get so he better eat it. Thanks for your help!

02-06-2010, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
vsteele Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lakeland FL Posts: 2	A very picky eater... Hello everyone, I just joined this forum and I am still trying to figure everything out so I hope I am posting this in the right spot. I got my basset hound about 3 months ago. He is about 9 months old and his name is Gozer. He is so perfect and I just love him to death. But, I am concerned about his eating behaviors. When I first got him he had been eating royal canine puppy food. My vet told me to feed him science diet. So I switch him to that and he would not eat it. While I was transitioning him to it he would only pick out the old food and leave the new. Then when I gave him all science diet he wouldn't touch it. He didn't eat for almost two days so I called the vet again. They said to try Eukanuba. So I did and he wasn't crazy about that either. He would just pick at it for a while and then maybe he would eat it but it would take a few hours for him to eat just a cup of it. So I called the vet again and he said to try a different food so we tried Natural Balance. He liked that for about a week and then stopped eating that too. After about two days of him not eating I called the vet again and they said to try Pruina One. They said it might have a better taste. So I did, and he ate that for about a week pretty well, but today he wont eat it. I'm tired of this cycle. He will eat something for a little while and then just stop eating it. I'm so sad about this. I want to give him the best nutrition possible but he just doesn't like any of the food I give him. He loves the treats I use for training, but he doesn't get much. I only use them when we train. He is always begging for our food, even though I have NEVER given him table scraps. So I know he is hungry he just wont eat his dog food. I know that switching food like this is very bad for him, so what should I do? The vet said he was healthy, just a tad under weight. He is about 40 pounds, but his ribs stick out and I just wish he would eat!! Has anyone else had a picky eater? Should I try adding wet food, homemade food, or just try a different dry food? Or should I just let him not eat for a few days and learn that the food I put in his bowl is all he is going to get so he better eat it. Thanks for your help!