sudden loss of appetite?

[Kodias Bear]

Hello new user here, been reading some posts here since my puppy was born to get ready for him and finally decided to join!

anyways i have an 11 week old little guy with a bity attitude, so we got him some raw hide bones to chew on he was eating fine until suddenly he doesnt eat much he will eat a little bit in the morning and thats if i get my hand in there and show him where it is and drop it on the floor and he will just walk away, im concerned that he is not eating right he looks skinny and weighs 7kilos if im lucky he will eat one good meal of 2 and a half cups of his purina pro plan food.

any tips would help
thank you!

[Twyla]

Is it possible he may have bit off a piece of the bone that was a bit to large and swallowed it? How is he doing on water, still drinking? Is he vomiting? How's his behavior.... still up and playing as he was, lethargic and just laying around?

[unloader]

11 weeks and 15.5lbs and he is eating 2.5 cup? That is more than a full day of food if you are feeding this food. All Life Stages Chicken & Rice Formula - Products - Purina Pro Plan

rawhide can cause blockages. Have you taken him to the vet? Could be a whole host of things with a pup. Parasites, protozoa etc.

[Kodias Bear]

first off thank you for the replies,

@twyla
his behavior is normal we took him for a walk today and he was eager to pull on the leash and explore he drinks normal amount of water i suppose and when he was younger we had already given him a bone but it was smaller than the new one. he was more playful in the day but right now at night he is more mellow.

@unloader
im not sure if this is any different then the one you posted but its this one
http://www.maskota.com.mx/home/detal...?cve_prod=2707

i may have exaggerated 2 cups and half is alot but yesterday he ate that but today he may have eaten 1 cup and that was because i kept insisting on him eating more and dropping it on the floor because thats the only way he will eat it. his vet says he is thin but german shepherds are thin dogs and that he will gain weight soon. he doesn't look sickly or nothing just kinda small.

[BowWowMeow]

I would be very concerned about a partial or total obstruction from the rawhide. They can be really dangerous--lots of dogs end up with problems from eating rawhide.

Is he pooping? Any vomiting or attempts to vomit?

How long since he stopped eating?

[Kodias Bear]

Originally Posted by BowWowMeow

I would be very concerned about a partial or total obstruction from the rawhide. They can be really dangerous--lots of dogs end up with problems from eating rawhide.

Is he pooping? Any vomiting or attempts to vomit?

How long since he stopped eating?

its been 2 days since he stopped having more than 1 meal a day, and he pooped this morning about 2 hours after he ate the little bit of food, no diarrea or vomiting he is still as active as he usually is. should i put in some cooked chicken breast in his food to get some interest? our breeder told us to put a little bit of butter in the food so his coat can shine up.

[BowWowMeow]

I would avoid butter--that could give him diarrhea. Good food will give him a nice, shiny coat. You can certainly add cooked chicken--fresh food is always good. You could also add some high quality canned food (not anything you'd buy in the grocery store--that canned food is really scary).

I would toss the rawhides though--no point in taken chances (years ago my first gsd, Massie, got a rawhide stuck in her throat so I stopped giving them then)

[Kodias Bear]

Originally Posted by BowWowMeow

I would avoid butter--that could give him diarrhea. Good food will give him a nice, shiny coat. You can certainly add cooked chicken--fresh food is always good. You could also add some high quality canned food (not anything you'd buy in the grocery store--that canned food is really scary).

I would toss the rawhides though--no point in taken chances (years ago my first gsd, Massie, got a rawhide stuck in her throat so I stopped giving them then)

i tried some cooked chicken breast and he finished his food in record time thanks for the advice! i gave him a cup and a little bit of pieces of it and he loved it, he picked his plate up and brought it to me for some more so i gave him another cup of just kibble and he is eating right now. will it be bad habbit for him to eat only if it has chicken in it? i mean it opened his appetite clearly and he is not just eating the chicken he ate his second plate of just kibble. and as for food ratios 2 cups is too much a day? what is the proper amount im so glad he is eating even if it is because of the chicken

[doggiedad]

when my dog was a pup i fed him 1 cup in the am,
1 cup noonish and i cup in the pm. i have a variety
of things i add to the kibble:

> cooked boneless and skinless chicken breast
> organic yogurt
> canned food
> raw ground beef (he doesn't like it cooked)
> salmon oil
> canned fish (in water no salt added)
> raw egg
> whole egg (egg plus the ground shell)
> fresh fish
> fresh sweet potato
> sliced apples and pears (no seeds)
> green veggies

that's all i can think of for now. my
pup stopped eating his kibble on 2
occassions when he was a pup. i switched kibble
both times and he ate immediately. i feed my dog
without anything added to his kibble every now and then
just so he'll it plan. i might not always have something to
add to his kibble so i want him to eat it plan from time
to time.

[Kodias Bear]

Originally Posted by doggiedad

when my dog was a pup i fed him 1 cup in the am,
1 cup noonish and i cup in the pm. i have a variety
of things i add to the kibble:

> cooked boneless and skinless chicken breast
> organic yogurt
> canned food
> raw ground beef (he doesn't like it cooked)
> salmon oil
> canned fish (in water no salt added)
> raw egg
> whole egg (egg plus the ground shell)
> fresh fish
> fresh sweet potato
> sliced apples and pears (no seeds)
> green veggies

that's all i can think of for now. my
pup stopped eating his kibble on 2
occassions when he was a pup. i switched kibble
both times and he ate immediately. i feed my dog
without anything added to his kibble every now and then
just so he'll it plan. i might not always have something to
add to his kibble so i want him to eat it plan from time
to time.

those are great ideas thank you, this morning i gave him just kibble and he just smelled it so i gave him some leftover chicken with his kibble and he ate all of it, im scared its a bad habbit that he won't eat if there is nothing yummy in there with it lol i dont blame him, right now im focused on getting him a little heavier maybe later on the road ill break that habbit. i hope he doesnt have any reactions to things like raw egg