Dog has gone off food

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  1. WillowA

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    Willow has always gulped her food and finished it all in seconds.
    She is now eating but leaving some then going back to eat it later.
    She is on wet and dry food is a good weight but not fat.
    She is healthy and lively.
    I put a different wet food adult in her dish and ate that all up.
    She ate some of the dry food but left some.
    I know you feed less as they get older I suspect I am over feeding her.
    I feed slightly over the recomended as she is always hungry.
    She is loosing teeth so maybe she is just sore atm.
    Or she is becoming a fussy eater.
    She is on James Welbeloved puppy food and butchers puppy perfect.
    Her poop is normal so she is not ill.
     
  2. WillowA

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    Willow is going to the vets today as I noticed some of her baby tooth is still in the gum.
    The tooth only came out yesterday so I don't think this is related to the going off her food.
    As she likes the dry food better than the wet.
    She went back and finished the lot off.
    She is getting 2x 400g tins of wet and 200g of dry split into 2 meals a day as she was hungry and 2 meals filled her up.
    She is 22 weeks old.
     
  3. Michael A Brooks

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    Hi @WillowA

    Teething could result in some eating discomfort, especially the hard kibble.

    Don't leave the food hanging around after she leaves. She gets that portion at the next mealtime. But it's not a bonus. Just a reallocation. You risk ending up with a fussy eater if you leave the food in the bowl for the dog to eat when she feels like it.
     
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    After the vet removed a small fragment of tooth left behind I will see how she is next at her next feed.
    That must have been uncomfortable for her even painful.
     
  5. WillowA

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    Willow ate all her food today.
    I put a wormer and flea tablets in her food before she went off it.
    I think this put her off.
     

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