Nutro

Snowball was already on Nutro when he suddenly disliked his food. The pet shop that I went to recommended Eagle Pack, and I read through this thread, I think some of you have also recommended that brand, so I opted for it.

I bought lamb based, which is the same as Nutro, and Snowball seems to know it's the same flavour, he doesn't eat it immediately now, he'll starve himself until around 4pm then only will eat his first meal of the day.

That's the best I can do for now, hopefully he'll know he has no other choice but to eat up the Eagle Pack

This post has been edited by wzseow: Feb 4 2009, 10:51 AM

WZSEOW, i duno whether tis work for u or not but it works on my tweety. If u r ok wit it, u can giv it a try.

Set a time for him to eat like lets say around 7pm daily, and giv him 10-15mins time frame to c whether he eats or not. If he does not eat or finish his food, take the food away frm him and keep it at a place. Then try giving him the nex morning or so. If he still does not eat, keep it again and feed him later at nite. This is to let them knw that food aren't easy to get and aso they need to wait for their food and not the food alwaz waiting for them.

I tried and learn this method from benjac and it works well on tweety. Previously tweety has the same case aso.

Hi Larry,


Okay I will give it a try and see. I'll feed him earlier in the morning, if he doesn't take his meal, then I'll give him again in the afternoon. I weighed him last week, and poor doggy he's lost almost 300g since he has this problem.

Hmm....anyway dogs weight will go up n down 1 lar. If it keeps on goin up, u aso get worried. Try bringing him go out n walk more often lor so he's able to utilize his energy n hopefully able to rebalance his appetite.

Hopefully the method that i mention earlier works. If yes, muz thank benjac coz she taught me 1.

Another way that works for me is to mix water into the dog kibbles. Dog prefer it slightly soft than crunching kibbles each meal.

to be honest, i think it depends on the dog. Buffy loves anything crunchy...

where to buy this cute lil living thing T^T'''

Is it? Maybe all my dogs are bored of crunchy kibbles. They prefer it with water. Only by adding water, they will eat up quickly. Canned food works wel too. Otherwise, they will wait for least 30 - 60 min before they start to eat.

here is my experience with Sparky:

when we first got him, he would be picky about food and take his time to eat. sometimes won't touch the food, and then we removed it. then he gets hungry and vomits bile.

then we tried leaving the food around and he would sometimes eat his breakfast at 3pm in the afternoon and then spoiling his dinner feeding time. we tried adding Ceasar to his dry kibbles which helped a bit but ocassionally he will still refuse to eat.

it was not until we got Buffy (2nd dog in the house) which caused him to change his habit. he now waits to eat and rushes through his food. and my conclusion is that having the 2nd dog in the house created competition. if he ate slow, Buffy would finish first (she eats very fast) and then steal his food.

and both eat dog kibbles right out of the box without any additional "ingredients" or water...

This post has been edited by ihawk98: Feb 10 2009, 01:10 PM

I agree with ihawk98. The vet told me when we put Snowball for boarding during CNY, he has no eating problems whatsoever. It was probably because he saw many other dogs as competitors, so he quickly finishes up his meal. But when he comes home, Snowball feels there's no need to rush to eat his meal since he is the only dog around.


After almost a week eating Eagle Pack, Snowball has finally found his appetite back! He's rushing for his food now, just like what he was when he was okay with Nutro. I'll probably finish this Eagle Pack first, before changing back to Nutro, because his Nutro still has about 2kg.


I do give Snowball Burp! every month, when we celebrate his monthly birthday

Saw a westie lepaking some where around Bangsar. Unfortunately I was on my way to work, else I would have taken it back hehe.

Well, this is true as well because it happened with Casper too.

When he first came, he is King. When Moonie came, Moonie eats very roughly until her kibbles always spill out of the bowl and when she's done, she almost always finish first among my 3 dogs and then she will go to Casper's bowl and eat up.

This happened for a while but eventually Casper knows he is challenged. I dont face these problems these days. I know that they eat their food at proper times, especially more so when I'm not looking. For example, in the morning when I am going for work, I will put their kibbles in the bowl and feed the 3 of them. If I sit down near them and put on my socks and shoes, they wont eat. Tell them eat up 100x also they wont touch. Go out, close the door and peek through the window, they eating. (Maybe because got nothing to do).

I think I will try Nutro / Eaglepack next time. Havent buy Eaglepack for a long time and never try Nutro before.

A westie lepaking without its owner? Are you sure? The last time I show a Westie in Bangsar also very high quality wan wor. You should grab it, some are worth more than your work! You can just call in sick or ask for Emergency Leave. Hahahaha...

Oii.. how come u so jahat de... teach ppl this way de..
Mbe it get lost jor.. and the owner crying loudly ler...

This post has been edited by Doraemon11: Feb 11 2009, 10:07 PM

Finder's keepers. It can get lost means the owner sense of responsibility tarak kuat. Should be more careful ma.
Anyway, when I get home, I will start training Casper to walk without leash outdoor. Hope it works!

Yes. I guess it was alone at that time. I felt in love with westie when I first saw it . He was walking around sniffing, guessing he was out for a pee or some sort. Felt like grabbing him but I dare not as i worried that the owner was just near by and I would be beated up by the owner.

Aww, din know that westie is so cute. Omg I am in love. Guess he can be a company to my zhu zhu. Unfortunately I already have 2 dogs, cant have another anymore. Else it would be fun.

Thumbs up for westie!!!

Later ar, lari/cabut sampai bayang pun takda nampak er....hahahahaha

Please share this with us if you managed to do so. My brother's labrador will act like a mad dog whenever he escapes from my house. It takes the whole family of mine ages to 'lure' him back.

I havent got the time to walk my dog without leash. Come back and see Marquis all tangled up, kasihan.

I ran out of Natural Balance. Today, I bought 3 packs of Nutro. One chicken for puppy. One chicken for adult. One lamb for adult. Hope they will like it.

How dido you distangle her? Mind sharing the tactic? Thanks.