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To: Fire_on_High

There is such a thing as a finicky dog as well...

I've never owned one, mind you, but I have friends swear to me they've had dogs who won't eat. :~D


28 posted on 01/06/2006 10:59:28 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
My dogs eat wild yukon chums & the smaller kings. Split and hang and they luv the stuff. The heads & eggs especially. Its actually much better than the best National. Pick a fish net in the fall and usually put up 1000 salmon for dog food.

If you have access to any fish, try it. They eat everything, bones and all.

33 posted on 01/06/2006 11:35:22 PM PST by Eska
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, any animal can be finicky...just seems much less common in dogs and a lot more so in cats, from what I've seen.

That said, I've had cats who'd lick the flowers off the plate if it had spaghetti sauce on it, and my calico is inordinately fond of strawberry jello. Her "brother" the big dumb Korat mix will steal ham or bacon out of a sandwich with glee, but ignore goodies like grilled steak, hamburgers, or any kind of fish other than cheap canned tuna.

I won't get into the rats I used to have. They were thieves on a scale that Catastrophe could only dream of.


39 posted on 01/07/2006 12:02:20 AM PST by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I used to have Shelties. One wouldn't eat any dry food at all, the other was omnivorous. I ended up cooking chicken and rice and beef and rice for them.
Now I have an 8 month old Maltepoo. He started out eating any-and everything( edible or not), but I fed him puppy Science Diet with baby food meats mixed in. Now he'll only touch fresh chicken and boiled rice-maybe a bit of scrambled egg now and then.
At 7 lbs he doesn't each much and, some days, won't eat till very late at nite. Vet said toy breeds are notoriously finicky and not to worry-he won't starve. Amazing how different breeds are about food. My sister's cocker spaniel would eat ANYTHING, incuding old corn cobs and baby diapers!


76 posted on 01/07/2006 8:19:59 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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