he sounds like a little turkey puppy!! can't wait to find out who ends up with that one!! :) mary
-----Original Message----- From: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Myra Savant Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Stubborn Puppy Ok. I'll try it. I'm being beaten into the ground by a tiny little puppy. Myra >From: bjcav <[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 22:06:56 -0400 > >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. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= "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.
