Hi Myra, Raw ground beef works best for me..make tiny meat balls. After a few days I add a bit of ground dry food. Jo Ann
> 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 > > > >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 ========================================================= "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.
