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Hi
everyone;
Interesting topic. My Pyr, Czar, will stop short of eating out of
his stainless steel bowl right before he gets to the bottom. He will then
stop, stare at the bowl, and talk to it. I then have to walk over to the
bowl, shake up the food, bend over and tilt and hold the bowl for him to
finish. Czar is almost 7, and I had to start doing this about 2 years
ago. I have assumed he doesn't like the feel of the stainless steel on his
tongue. But, I have tried different bowls, plastic, ceramic, etc, and he
still does the same thing.
Is
this a Pyr thing? None of my other working dogs have ever acted in this
fashion before. I just tell him he is being
silly....:-)
Beth,
Czar (Pyr), Osa (Newf) and Tundra (Pyr) in Rural Wisconsin
Hello
Your observation is very
interesting as we do use a stainless steel bowl. She prefers to eat from
the cocker's smaller bowl, which we always assumed was because it always
tastes better in the other dog's bowl. I will try another bowl and see
if it makes a difference.
thanks
deb
Oliverslb@aol.com wrote:
Hi, Deb.
Sounds like you are doing a great job for your girl and yes, weight
loss is a part of aging.
My only suggestion in her eating would be to possibly change
bowls.
I rescued an ancient Pyr, Baloo, about 4 years ago and it took me
6 mos. to figure out that he was sensitive to the stainless steel bowls that
I feed out of and that was why he would never eat anything but the top
surface of the food offered.
One day, by accident, I gave him a porcelain bowl and he finished his
entire meal for the first time since he had arrived.
I think his teeth (which looked good for his age and God Bless him, he
did his best on raw bones) were sensitive to the metal bowls.
Just a suggestion, from what I learned from my experience (boy, did I
feel like a dum-dum :)
You may also want to consider changing the temperature of the food to
make it more enticing. Some like things frozen, some like things
warmed up...
Good luck with your girl - Every day is a gift!
Regards,
Lisa and the beasts in south Florida
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