My dogs stopped eating.

fancicoffee13

fancicoffee13

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I have a 12 year old miniature pin and he recenrtly stopped eating last night. Nothing recently appeared to go wrong with him. He ate this morning and then threw up. My next thing is to give him some chicken noodle with rice soup to settle his stomach. He has been eating just fine.
 

Animals are like people, they have their tummy problems. When they don't eat for 2-3 days or vomit everything they eat, better see the vet. When my dogs had diarrhea I used to give them just plain rice, it firms the stool and move things through the colon. Nice thing about dogs, like people they are omnivores. My cats turn up their nose at anything that is not meat and would never eat rice.
 
Catlady said:
My cats turn up their nose at anything that is not meat and would never eat rice.
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I made turkey barley soup last week and put way too much barley in it. It was thick! We ate it for a couple of meals,then,rather than throw it away,I gave it to the feral colony that I feed. They scarfed that stuff up! Probably not terribly healthy for them,given that there was some salt in it,but probably healthier than mice...
 
always ask a vet ' if it continues ---keep him on light food no soups -dry dog food /biscuit...
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
I made turkey barley soup last week and put way too much barley in it. It was thick! We ate it for a couple of meals,then,rather than throw it away,I gave it to the feral colony that I feed. They scarfed that stuff up! Probably not terribly healthy for them,given that there was some salt in it,but probably healthier than mice...
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Your soup had meat in it, that would explain their willingness to eat it.
 
My JRT stopped eating for a few days, and was acting really puny. Took him to the vet. He couldn't really tell what was going on. We decided to give it a day or two. Went home and the dog threw up -- about 6 feet of carpet thread. How can I describe this? He had chowed down on a carpet that was the loop kind. Ate it like one long strand of spaghetti. I knew he'd chewed on the rug, but had no idea that it was all in one piece. Thank God he threw it up (and all in one piece!). I threw the carpet out and will never buy one like that again.
 
CarolfromTX said:
My JRT stopped eating for a few days, and was acting really puny. Took him to the vet. He couldn't really tell what was going on. We decided to give it a day or two. Went home and the dog threw up -- about 6 feet of carpet thread. How can I describe this? He had chowed down on a carpet that was the loop kind. Ate it like one long strand of spaghetti. I knew he'd chewed on the rug, but had no idea that it was all in one piece. Thank God he threw it up (and all in one piece!). I threw the carpet out and will never buy one like that again.
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I had a kitten once that decided to start eating a narrow piece of ribbon. Good thing I saw her before she started swallowing it. When I pulled it, slowly, out of her mouth it was in the shape of an accordion.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
I have a 12 year old miniature pin and he recenrtly stopped eating last night. Nothing recently appeared to go wrong with him. He ate this morning and then threw up. My next thing is to give him some chicken noodle with rice soup to settle his stomach. He has been eating just fine.
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You might want to call your vet and ask them for advice. He could just have a temporary upset stomach, or it could be something serious.
 
Catlady said:
@fancicoffee13 - How is your dog today? Any improvement?
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He did eat late that evening. This morning he is putting off eating again. Maybe it is his teeth, they are falling out and he doesn't have many to chew with. Canned dog food isn't an option, so we opted to water the hard food, less calories and the gravy is from water. He was gaining weight fast.
 
Doomp said:
You might want to call your vet and ask them for advice. He could just have a temporary upset stomach, or it could be something serious.
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Already done that, that is why we switched to healthier dog food and put water on it to make it soggy and the gravy is from water.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
He did eat late that evening. This morning he is putting off eating again. Maybe it is his teeth, they are falling out and he doesn't have many to chew with. Canned dog food isn't an option, so we opted to water the hard food, less calories and the gravy is from water. He was gaining weight fast.
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Maybe he needs some teeth pulled. He may have abscesses; they can cause pain and infection.
 
grannyjo said:
You might like to add some boiled pumpkin. Just mash it into the rice and boiled chicken. Don't use tinned pumpkin though.

The pumplin quite often tends to help settle a dog's upset tummy.
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Why not tinned pumpkin? I've used it in the past for my dogs and they seemed fine.
 
Canned pumpkin puree is fine. Just NOT the kind labeled pumpkin pie filling.

Pumpkin contains fiber good for elimination but it doesn't do any settling of the stomach.

Sounds like vet-city to me.
 
Just shows that what I have used for the last 60 years of caring for dogs is obviously wrong.
 

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