Originally Posted by babycham2002

tough love is the only way
if she dont eat it, she gets it picked up and put back down later with nothing in between
shes training you that she gets nice things if she doesnt eat it straight away


Rocky tries it on still in this house , but if he doesnt eat it. Someone else does or it gets picked back up for later.


Butchers is not good no, the tripe loaf is the best of the bad bunch but no it is not a good food

Originally Posted by emmaviolet

im sorry, been through this with alfie and it makes you want to pull your hair out!

he is a good eater now though as it was because he had giardia, a bacteria in his tummy.

does she have any other symptoms?

Originally Posted by cloversmum

Done the tough love for days on end... she just won't eat, which is why I took her to the vets

Originally Posted by babycham2002

well you done the right thing it taking her to the vets

But I would really try and just carry on with it, she wont starve herself
Like your vet said some dogs esp small dogs are just fussy eaters, mine are raw fed and I cant get the boys to eat fish at all.


Or try a small amount of the butchers tripe in with the ziwipeak, at least the ziwipeak is a really high quality food.


But like I say they are just there to test our patience.
Rocky will look sometimes turn his nose up at tripe and heart which is like his most fave meal ever.


You can actually watch him somedays walk around and see what each of the others have got then reluctantly go back to his own bowl,

Originally Posted by Helbo

To be honest - if she's refusing food for days and days, is really starving herself and is just a genuine fussy eater...I'd feed her whatever dog food you can get her to eat.

In an ideal situation you'd choose the healthiest food you could afford. But this isn't an ideal situation and you just need to make sure she eats.

Surely its healthier for her to eat an unhealthy food than none at all?


Just wanted to add - I'm assuming you've tried lots of different foods rather than just going straight for the butchers. Theres loads of healthier foods, but if push coves to shove, butchers might have to do.