When I put little tiny bites of chicken in his mouth, he chews it up and swallows it. I think he is capable. He licks baby meat once in a while. He is really presenting a challenge to me. Myra
>From: Susan Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stubborn Puppy >Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:01:48 -0400 > >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. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ 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.
