Comments on: My Dog Won’t Eat – What To Do When Your Dog Is Off His Food

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:23:03 +0000

In reply to Edna. Thanks Edna!

By: Edna

Edna — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:32:28 +0000

Great down to earth info.

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:32:25 +0000

In reply to K. Hi K, how is your pup now? If they are still off their normal food, it's a good idea to take them for a check up with their vet, to rule out any medical causes for her low appetite.

By: K

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:55:28 +0000

Our 15 month old Labrador has refused her kibble for a week. She will eat chicken and scrambled eggs, but anything else we try to feed her, she looks at it and walks away. No known health issues. Still bouncy and pee and poo-ing. But no interest in food prep. Used to go mad at meal times. Help please, we don’t know what to do to bring her appetite back.

By: Carol Marsh

Carol Marsh — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:30:51 +0000

I am afraid I am guilty, of adding a treat to encourage my dog to eat. We also changed flavor of food because she devoured it the 1st time offered! I had suspected she was playing me, when she would eat her treats fine with training sessions, and stopped taking kibble as training rewards! I have also been leaving the food bowl down for her to finish when she didn’t eat it all. Rosie is 6months old and started not eating in the mornings, so I started adding some crumbled dehydrated chicken livers over her food! Before this she was only eating when one of us was around in close proximity to her, like when I was working in the kitchen etc.
I will try the 5min. rule with her kibble, wont add anything else to it and see what happens
Thanks, Carol

By: N Wing

N Wing — Wed, 26 May 2021 19:51:15 +0000

Just wanted to send my thanks and appreciation, this was an extremely informative and helpful article, filled with a wealth of information.
Thanks again.

By: Afton Jackson

Afton Jackson — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 02:24:17 +0000

Thank you so much for reaffirming that it’s not normal for a dog to eat or drink anything at all. When I first tried feeding the new dog I adopted from the local store, it was strange how he wouldn’t eat the food that the store recommended. After going back and telling them about it, they offered another bag of food free of charge, but the dog still wouldn’t eat it. I wasn’t about to just try every brand of dog food out there, so I’ll take your advice and visit a vet in my area immediately.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:33:42 +0000

Hello, my 6 month old lab has just gone completely off his kibble. He will eat wet food but completely refuses kibble even out of my hand (very unusual as these have always been training treats). This happened right after he swallowed a whole yak chew, but we also went on holiday so were away for a week (my brother looked after him). He seems ok in himself but should I be worried about the chew that he swallowed? Or do you think he’s being fussy to eat wet food instead? If he carries on doing this, is 6 months too young to try the ‘cure fussy eater’ strategy? Would really appreciate advice!

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:35:05 +0000

My lab has started not eating or drinking while at home. If we go next door to my son’s where there are two labs she will eat and drink. I take her food over and put it in their dogs bowl and she eats it. What should I do?

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:20:03 +0000

I have a 15 year old yorkie that is spilling a few proteins into her urine…just saw the vet…its not at a serious point right now…she occasionally has a bout of incontinence. She sleeps most of the day, gets excited to eat treats and loves fruit…but doesn’t want her dry food that she has eaten most of her life…her teeth have been cleaned and bad ones removed. I tried a moist food in a bag that has to be refrigerated. Per request of vet. She was excited about that but will only eat if she absolutely has to. She gets hungry goes to her bowl but will walk away from it!!..
She is barely 4 lbs. So she cant afford to loose much weight. This has been going on for about 7 months.