I would 100% go to a vet … but I’m always nervous about my doggo and take her … I always worry about her.Thanks. Those are good suggestions. he seems a bit lethargic, but otw okay and not in pain. If he doesn't eat more, a vet appt is definitely in order on Monday.
Update - and thank you for the response.
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Good good. Sometimes they just need a little excitement in their dog bowl. I had to get creative when my last group of dogs got beyond that 12 year mark. If you have any updates, please tag me!Update - and thank you for the response.
I would say he is down no more than 2 full meals since Friday. This morning he ate at the usual time.
He is eager for all the other things he gets from us ... 1/2 a kirkland milkbone biscuit 2x daily (which has usually been an after kibble "dessert"), but we are giving anyway to keep the calories going. He is perfectly happy to eat carrots and small crunchy training treats whenever offered.
On Saturday we did an errand out and he always loves "to GO", so we loaded him up. He had not yet touched breakfast so I decided to put it in his car food bowl. He pretty much ate it immediately. So... there does seem to be more a psychological aspect to this than just physical.
We keep vascillating on the question of how much to humor him/how much he is manipulating us to give him special food stuff.... but I also really see him aging (he has muscle wasting from normal aging processes and associated weight loss) and I want him to be with us as long as possible, so long as he has quality of life and not in pain.
A spoonful of cooked rice last night and this morning on his kibble got him eating all of it promptly. I'm thinking for now, just make a pot of rice and just add that to his food bowl and see how long that particular solution lasts.
Thanks for the concern... to both you and @PlanetaryNebula . I'm keeping a close eye.
what is the deadly gas emitted if you are stupid enough to mix bleach and ammonia?
chloramine gas … super bad … definitely don’t do it
never have. But there was a rash of cleaners in various (mostly fast food) businesses that mixed cemicals like taht and almost died. I remember one restaurant had to be evacuated. And this was pre-covid cleaning.
My brother had a couple dogs that got picky with eating. He switched up their diet. Cooked them ground beef and rice. He put a little beef broth in it. As treats he gave them frozen carrots. They devoured them. If the weather is hot. Maybe try the frozen carrots.Update - and thank you for the response.
I would say he is down no more than 2 full meals since Friday. This morning he ate at the usual time.
He is eager for all the other things he gets from us ... 1/2 a kirkland milkbone biscuit 2x daily (which has usually been an after kibble "dessert"), but we are giving anyway to keep the calories going. He is perfectly happy to eat carrots and small crunchy training treats whenever offered.
On Saturday we did an errand out and he always loves "to GO", so we loaded him up. He had not yet touched breakfast so I decided to put it in his car food bowl. He pretty much ate it immediately. So... there does seem to be more a psychological aspect to this than just physical.
We keep vascillating on the question of how much to humor him/how much he is manipulating us to give him special food stuff.... but I also really see him aging (he has muscle wasting from normal aging processes and associated weight loss) and I want him to be with us as long as possible, so long as he has quality of life and not in pain.
A spoonful of cooked rice last night and this morning on his kibble got him eating all of it promptly. I'm thinking for now, just make a pot of rice and just add that to his food bowl and see how long that particular solution lasts.
Thanks for the concern... to both you and @PlanetaryNebula . I'm keeping a close eye.
It's not ridiculously hot here like it is so many places. Adding a scoop of rice and drizzling salmon oil on top of his 2 kibble combo seems to be doing the trick. Very heartening
We have two aging terriers that have been know to miss meals when they get tired of the same ol’ same ol’Update - and thank you for the response.
I would say he is down no more than 2 full meals since Friday. This morning he ate at the usual time.
He is eager for all the other things he gets from us ... 1/2 a kirkland milkbone biscuit 2x daily (which has usually been an after kibble "dessert"), but we are giving anyway to keep the calories going. He is perfectly happy to eat carrots and small crunchy training treats whenever offered.
On Saturday we did an errand out and he always loves "to GO", so we loaded him up. He had not yet touched breakfast so I decided to put it in his car food bowl. He pretty much ate it immediately. So... there does seem to be more a psychological aspect to this than just physical.
We keep vascillating on the question of how much to humor him/how much he is manipulating us to give him special food stuff.... but I also really see him aging (he has muscle wasting from normal aging processes and associated weight loss) and I want him to be with us as long as possible, so long as he has quality of life and not in pain.
A spoonful of cooked rice last night and this morning on his kibble got him eating all of it promptly. I'm thinking for now, just make a pot of rice and just add that to his food bowl and see how long that particular solution lasts.
Thanks for the concern... to both you and @PlanetaryNebula . I'm keeping a close eye.
Awww
It’s ok because it was a science compliment. I will accept that.Is it okay that he didn't phrase that post in the form of a question?
Appreciated.Muy bien.
Yours is one of the better threads on the GB . . . even if it isn't always comedy Au.
But then, neither do I, so there's that.
And, in the final analysis, it really is all about the b000bs.
Where has CCG been and is she coming back?
She had better, if she knows what's good for her . . . .
Omg so fucking true!!!
Wow, so another reason to take melatonin when I can’t sleep maybe?
