My puppy is driving me crazy
She is a female AA 6 months now, 40 lb. She doesn't like the food I give her. I tried 4 types
Blue buffalo wilderness - Acana wild prairie- Nature variety instinct- Fromm for large breed puppies
I tried to add canned food and she liked it but after I bought a case she decided she wont eat. Two days ago I tried Stella and chewy dried frozen food and I crumbled a patti over her food and she liked it. This morning she decided she doesnt want to eat. What should I do?
Blue buffalo wilderness - Acana wild prairie- Nature variety instinct- Fromm for large breed puppies
I tried to add canned food and she liked it but after I bought a case she decided she wont eat. Two days ago I tried Stella and chewy dried frozen food and I crumbled a patti over her food and she liked it. This morning she decided she doesnt want to eat. What should I do?
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Secondly, don't keep switching the brands of food on her. Akitas get finicky - especially the girls I have noticed. However, constantly changing brands is not good for the dog. Its hard on their digestion.
Third, she does sound underweight. An American Akita should be roughly 10lbs per month of age until about 8 or 9 months old. If she is small (short) for her breed, her weight is okay, but otherwise you may want to see a vet. Perhaps she is ill or has some parasites, and she is not eating because she doesn't feel well.
The way you're feeding is pretty much the way it is usually done, so I don't see any problem with that, but as PoeticDragon noted, female Akitas in particular can get finicky. There's a thread around here about trying to get dogs to eat--you might do a search for that and check it out. I think what you do depends on how underweight your dog is and how much she refuses to eat. If it's a serious problem, then getting her to eat anything is better than nothing (in which case I wouldn't worry about switching around the food), but if it's not a serious problem, then yes, it might be better to try to get her to eat what you have decided works best for her. (However, she's young, so some switching around of food is normal as you and the dog find out what works best for you).
I'm not an expert on kibble by any means, though. I feed raw. I bet she'd eat that!
When she was younger, we always had to mix food. She would only eat if I put some doggy gravy or use a very small portion of canned food. She loved mixes with turkey dogs too!
* The sardines I buy are packed in water and contain NO salt. They are $0.82 per pack and she loves them!
Also u could try changing the environment let her eat alone, or next to you. You could also try creating her for feeding time so she has no distractions, and she may feel safer in there.