fortune82 Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 I have a 1 year old cocker spaniel Dog. He is a small dog and weighs around 14KG. He is perfectly healthy and has loads of energy and is alaways wagging his tail. The problem seems to be he goes on and off his food. Over the christmas period he hardly ate anything for around a week and lost a couple of Kilos. Was just about to take him to the vet when he started eating again. Recently he has also been off his food ie only eating breakfast. I feed him on dog mince, Chicken wings / thighs, Hearts etc. He also gets canned food as well. Does anyone else have this and is it common? He gets about 1 - 1.5 hours exercise a day and lives in a kennel and run but gets in the house during the day at weekends and evenings midweek. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGadger Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 I have a 1 year old cocker spaniel Dog. He is a small dog and weighs around 14KG. He is perfectly healthy and has loads of energy and is alaways wagging his tail. The problem seems to be he goes on and off his food. Over the christmas period he hardly ate anything for around a week and lost a couple of Kilos. Was just about to take him to the vet when he started eating again. Recently he has also been off his food ie only eating breakfast. I feed him on dog mince, Chicken wings / thighs, Hearts etc. He also gets canned food as well. Does anyone else have this and is it common? He gets about 1 - 1.5 hours exercise a day and lives in a kennel and run but gets in the house during the day at weekends and evenings midweek. Thanks Does he spend several hours a day in the week on his own? Could be lonely: depressed. FG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 feed him steak, never known a dog to refuse steak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 My 18mth old is just the same. if he had had loads of work then he eats like a horse, if its a quite day then he will pick at it. he is on one meal aday as he wont touch a morning feed. I use to worry about it but now i know his weight and what he is up to, keeping an eye on his stool helps to know what hes up to. also if he has a stinky **** then we know he will not eat much until he has got rid of what ever has caused the stink. not the first time i have hear this either. seams to be a bit of a trait with cockers. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune82 Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 He is one his own in a kennel and run during the day but I know plenty other dogs who are the same. Now it is mentioned when he does a stinky **** he is off food for a few days! When he has a day or two working he hammers the food down! He seems to be back on it now anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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