Re: [pyrnet] Appetite

[CW <cwolfe@trib.com>]

>Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:24:53 -0500
>From: mary@ericnagler.com
>Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Appetite

My 2-1/2 year old girl, Athena, is like this, too. Sometimes I see her take
only a few mouthfuls of food during the day. She drops most treats to the
ground with a bored look. (My mutt puppy hovers under her chin, waiting for
what falls.) She seems to do any serious eating after midnight -- but not
much even then. Still, she's at a healty weight and is a happy girl.

Claire

>My Pyrs (three, mum, dad and pup - the one with possible OCD) are not big 
>eaters.  They are finicky about their food, throw it around before they eat 
>it, leave it for hours and nibble a bit here and there.  They don't even 
>display the 'normal'  food aggression that most dogs do when being fed near 
>each other but roam from dish to dish and let each other butt in.
>
>I've been doing obedience training with Bear the pup, and had a difficulty 
>as he just wasn't food motivated.  All the lab pups were going crazy to get 
>a whiff of their handlers snacks but Bear couldn't have cared 
>less.  However, his naturally placid nature  and eagerness to please meant 
>that he was streets ahead of them all when it came to behaving anyway!
>
>My approach is that if my dog's food behaviour is consistent and he seems 
>happy and healthy, don't worry.
>
>Mary
>
>At 06:54 AM 16/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi everyone,
>>I'll ask the Stockguard list too.... here is my big question....
>>Noah is an outdoor boy, 8 months old. Very happy, active pup. I have 
>>noticed he doesn't have much of an appetite (kind of comparing with my 
>