Our puppy is similar, he doesn’t seem interested in food much and I worried at first but is a healthy weight and has lots of energy.Our pup just really isn’t interested in food (unless it’s licking the bloody dishwasher) so we’ve very much gone down the grazing route and measuring out her daily allowance and topping up as and when. I would love to get her into more of a routine (breakfast/dinner) but she’s just not interested. She is a super healthy weight though.
I don’t know if someone has said this but can you leave the dish down all day so he can graze? Our dog does this I’ve never know a dog to leave food before our collieMy pup is 6 months old but he's still currently having 3 meals a day as the vet said to keep it that way until 1 year. The last few days he's just not interested in his breakfast or lunch at all. I walk him early morning then give him his breakfast after, but he just isn't interested. But in the evening after his walk he'll scoff it all down. I wondered if he'd decided to be picky about his biscuits so I tried him on a handful of different ones and he ate them but wasn't particularly bothered - it took me a few minutes of waving them under his nose. I boiled some chicken and gave him that with a handful of his usual biscuits which he scoffed down. Could it be that he's just being picky, or gone off the biscuits we were giving him? I know you shouldn't change a dogs biscuits suddenly, but if he's not eating them I don't know what to do? Or could this be his way of telling us he no longer needs 3 meals?
He seems fine in himself, really playful etc. I get access to an online vet service through my insurance so I think I'm going to speak to them tonight as I can see on the camera he's still not touched his biscuits from breakfast but I just wondered if anyone had experienced similar or had any thoughts?
Grazing tends to work for ours, she won’t eat for ages but then seems to suddenly remember she’s hungry and Wolf it down.I don’t know if someone has said this but can you leave the dish down all day so he can graze? Our dog does this I’ve never know a dog to leave food before our collie. Well offer it and he will only eat half or so sometimes and then he goes back to it around 11 am. Or sometimes later on. But he always eats his tea in one go
Don't over think it. I'm sure on occasions you don't fancy eating, he is the same. If he's hungry, he will eat, if not he won't, that's ok. If they aren't eating because they are unwell there are usually other symptoms, vomiting, drooling, lip licking, praying position.My pup is 6 months old but he's still currently having 3 meals a day as the vet said to keep it that way until 1 year. The last few days he's just not interested in his breakfast or lunch at all. I walk him early morning then give him his breakfast after, but he just isn't interested. But in the evening after his walk he'll scoff it all down. I wondered if he'd decided to be picky about his biscuits so I tried him on a handful of different ones and he ate them but wasn't particularly bothered - it took me a few minutes of waving them under his nose. I boiled some chicken and gave him that with a handful of his usual biscuits which he scoffed down. Could it be that he's just being picky, or gone off the biscuits we were giving him? I know you shouldn't change a dogs biscuits suddenly, but if he's not eating them I don't know what to do? Or could this be his way of telling us he no longer needs 3 meals?
He seems fine in himself, really playful etc. I get access to an online vet service through my insurance so I think I'm going to speak to them tonight as I can see on the camera he's still not touched his biscuits from breakfast but I just wondered if anyone had experienced similar or had any thoughts?
Just think of it like what a fun adventure you're all about to haveThe dog crate has been delivered this morning and the cats are looking very confused and curious about it. I give it an hour before one of them has jumped in it
Starting to feel very real now and I'm absolutely bricking having another small creature to look after
Whereabouts are you based if you don't mind me asking?We've decided on a labrador for our breed. We're keeping our eyes out now for breeders local ish to us.
I am very nervous about it though, I just hope we can manage to train a puppy fairly well. I feel like we only have a small window to train and if we do it wrong then we're going to struggle down the line! Spending most of my evenings watching YT videos and researching atm!
Ahhh are you?? So exciting!!Whereabouts are you based if you don't mind me asking?
That's the main thing I'm concerned about is the training! I have heard that labradors are super easy to train cos they're so motivated by food though! We're getting a lab in 4 weeks
Oh wow, you're not far from me at all. We're getting ours from 2 and a half hours away so that will be a fun journey home (family otherwise I would have chosen closer!)Ahhh are you?? So exciting!!
We are West Midlands.
I've heard the same, that they pick up things quick etc. I am still really nervous that if we get it wrong we may end up with a poorly behaved dog!!
We have no other pets, 2 kids though which will be fun!Oh wow, you're not far from me at all. We're getting ours from 2 and a half hours away so that will be a fun journey home (family otherwise I would have chosen closer!)
I'm super excited about training but also super apprehensive. I've got two cats and my main training aim is to make sure he doesn't chase them and ignores them
I have had three labradors and they are the best! Exceptionally intelligent, loving and eager to please. They are food motivated too which helps with training but they also just want to make you happy because that makes them happy. The main problem you have is keeping them entertained mentally when they are too little to walk far because they work out the knack for puzzle feeders etc in rapid time.We've decided on a labrador for our breed. We're keeping our eyes out now for breeders local ish to us.
I am very nervous about it though, I just hope we can manage to train a puppy fairly well. I feel like we only have a small window to train and if we do it wrong then we're going to struggle down the line! Spending most of my evenings watching YT videos and researching atm!
Thank you - really useful advice. We're really lucky that we have a huge garden so I am hoping we can try and entertain a puppy outside until we can walk it.I have had three labradors and they are the best! Exceptionally intelligent, loving and eager to please. They are food motivated too which helps with training but they also just want to make you happy because that makes them happy. The main problem you have is keeping them entertained mentally when they are too little to walk far because they work out the knack for puzzle feeders etc in rapid time.
I was fully intending on crate training my pup, but he just cried, and cried and cried. Or he would dig at his bed he had in there, chew the bed to pieces. I gave up with it. Some may say I gave up too soon but you've got to find what works for you.Whats everybody's view on crates? Some videos I have watched recommends crate training whereas some don't?!
Is he a working cocker? To be honest, a cocker is a working dog even if it's a show type, hundreds of years of instinct is telling him to 'get out, get going, get busy' so he'll be bored and lacking stimulation if he's on his own all day bar half an hour or a quick wee. He's making his own entertainment. Toys you play with him with wont be fun on their own and puzzle balls and snuffle mats only fill a short time.My 6 month old cocker is chewing everything at the momentI didn't mind so much when he was just chewing cardboard, destroying his cuddly toys etc. But in the last few weeks he's moved on to door frames and skirting boards and it's driving me crazy
He only does it when we're not in the house. We both work full time, but my bf goes home at lunch time to feed him and play with him for half hour, and we also have family members which drop by in the morning/afternoon for a quick toilet/play break outside. He has 2 baskets of toys, he's got loads. I always leave a puzzle toy out with treats in to try distract him, or a kong, he's always got loads of distractions but he's still going for my woodworkMy bf has said if it carries on he'll put a play pen around his crate so he's very limited in where he can go. At the moment he has the dining room and kitchen to roam in, I don't really want to have to restrict him to just a crate and play pen as I'd rather he had the space he's got now but it's hard when he's then taking to chewing my wood
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