If there is no physical reason for his not eating then you've inadvertantly trained him to handfeeding and you'll have to retrain him to eat solid food. Isolate him so that he can have the food dish to himself. Then put a dish of food in front of him and do not handfeed no matter how much he fusses. He'll eat if he gets hungry and there is food in front of him. He may take a day to finally eat. It might help to put Ensure (vanilla flavor) over his food so he can lap this up. Don't put too much, just enough to get him started.
Just be sure that he is physically capable of eating before trying the retraining. All the best, Susan Cochran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Myra Savant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stubborn Puppy > I have a little 8 week old puppy boy who is absolutely refusing to eat solid > food. His mom is ready to wean the litter, and all of them have happily > moved on to solids. This little boy is refusing to eat. I have tried baby > meat, raw turkey, cooked chicken, canned puppy food, kibble, and cheese. He > is perfectly capable of eating but simply won't. He wants to nurse the rest > of his life. He doesn't mind if I syringe in Esbilac but I am finding that > to be rather time consuming. He thinks the baby food is pretty good as long > as I put dabs of it on his tongue. He follows me around all day wanting me > to pick him up and he barks at me when I won't. Does anyone have any > suggestions for me to try? Myra > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
