Anyone ever tried give banana to a poodle ?

Mine eat all types of fruits: apple, pear, guava, pink guava, durian, orange, mandarin orange, etc. except banana.

Note: all seeds taken out.

hmm... durians it lick or bite half piece only each time. We also limit it, afraid will get heaty. But one time a few months ago, he swallow one durian seed. Hijack from us, and too fast to stop him from swallow So far no problem.

Sometimes I give him play with the small un-opened durian. First time he thinks is ball and jump on it. So, he learn the lesson. Now he will approach carefully and smell it. Anyway, he likes all types of round/ball things.

With orange, maybe it is called indigestion. When poo time, the poo is a bit "yellow-orangish" in colour. Can see the orange fibre strands.

Banana, I hold in my hand and shove into his mouth, he keeps his mouth shut and turn his head away. Like force small children eat medicine. Don't even want to open his mouth to taste.

Other fruits, he'll sit quietly in front of you and give you bambi-eyes look.

Good thing about it is, he won't bark you for food. Or scratch you with paws.

Bad thing is, I always have to give him food

No, I don't give human food, especially oily or fried ones. No rice. No nasi lemak, mee goreng, etc. But sometimes snacks like chicken-floss-bread, bread with kaya, bread with honey, varieties of biscuits got give lah but no choc flavour ones.

Sometimes feel pity. For the first 1-2 years, he was on dry dog food all the time. No can/tin dog food. No wet dog food.

Then slowly, it starts to be choosy and don't want to eat, like what our vet initially told us when we got him. Poodles are choosy eaters. He went on hunger strike. We start to change the dog food brands (lamb & rice mainly) after 1-3x 1kg packs each time. Tried many, including orijen. Orijen eat for two weeks, then also start to hunger strike. If hunger for >1 day, then he'll start to eat half portion only. 1 pack 1kg can last 8-10 weeks. We scoop 4-5x chinese-soup-spoon (not tea/table spoon) each time, but he won't finish it. Feed 1x a day only after >1 yr old.

Until one day, got gastric and vomit blood. Bring to vet and say acidic burn through stomach lining. took some medicine. So, we start to feed snacks loh, especially fruits and tomatoes (small round ones the size of 'longan'). He likes to play with it, roll it on the floor, push with his nose... before he eats it

Now 4+ years old already still like that. Eating BW3000 for the past >1 yr. Eat half portion meal only. We save on dog food, but spend more on snacks

It is so picky, so we decide to use average dog food. No point give him expensive dog food as he doesn't appreciate it also. Spend more on snacks like fruits...



Ah_Chuan,
How much are the shoes ? Bought from where ?

Sorry,

She = Coco or the maid ?

The first time I read your posting above, my eyes ->
Then ROTFLOL...
Maybe my understanding of English is a bit low

Anyway, mine is the same. After >1 yr old, he doesn't like to have his picture taken. Always turn the head away when he saw the camera or h/p aimed at him. So, also hold like how you hold its neck. Means most of the photos are not nice.

The only way is for the cameraman to hold a piece of dog-treat above the camera flash.

Our vet says poodles are choosy/picky eaters. Initially we don't believe, as from 1-18 months old, he gobbles down everything. Can finish a meal in 1-2 minutes.

After 2 yrs old, he starts to be picky. We change many brands and types of kibbles, but to no avail. Now we don't feed him anything (food except water) from 12pm till 8pm. Then give him kibbles, he'll take 10-20 minutes to eat half of it. After that rest 30-60 minutes and can give snacks, treats. Unfinished kibbles, tomorrow 7am try to offer him. Sometimes eat another half, sometimes don't.

I think the dog is beaten/tortured in previous environment -> timid/scared.

The dog eat its own poo and drink pee is because it is scared the owner found out, hence eat and drink to try to hide it away.

Need time to retrain and get back its confidence.

I also think poodle has short attention span time, and always very curious about its surrounding environment/people.

Our groomer send our dog a physical (not email/online) CNY card

Our vet didn't send any though

woof woof miao miao (the old outlet, not the new one)

Actually I think they intend to increase the grooming price from double to triple digit since 2008. They are hinting about poodles tricky fur/hair lah, tangles lah, etc.

Initial first few times, we wait for couple of hours there. Nowadays, we drop him there in the morning, then go back or shopping, wait for call in the afternoon/evening. Then come again to pick up.

yep, they try to hint/charge additional for extra tangle, but we old clients, always pay same rate.