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[sharronhurlbut]

Is you boy still skinny?
I hear there is a receipt for Satin balls that will put weight on a b.
I have not had to use it, my b's are a bit round…but folks who have swear by it.

[Rivermoon]

He's finally put on weight and kept it on. I did try the satin balls when he wasn't eating…he wouldn't eat them either! I have never met a dog that won't eat more then he will...until now.

[tanza]

@Rivermoon:

Apache has always been indifferent to food, I never had a dog like it. I catered to him..even though his breeder told me not to..because he was SO skinny. I would give him raw meat when he wouldn't eat anything else but most days he got kibble, canned and home cooked meat and veggies mixed togeather…sometimes he'd eat it, sometimes he wouldn't. Finally at around 2 he starting eating more and now he's eating everything in his bowl.

That is so "normal" for boy Basenjis… my boy, OJ, who was very ill as a puppy had a terrible time with eating until he was about 3... then he started eating like a horse, unless the girls were in season.. once we had him neutered at 4 all that stopped also....

But I would not cater to him... he was fed like the others.. he either ate or he didn't... his choice...

Now however that he is closing in on 17 (September 9th)... I do cater to him... ggg... but different with elders then young pups/young dogs...

I will never cater to young healthly dogs.. they will eat when they are hungry... they will not stare themselve... even if you think they look like they might...

[Rivermoon]

Well Pat…you know that saying...you live and you learn :-)! I wouldn't do that again.....it stressed me out! I think since he was my first show dog I worried more then I normally would have. I don't know if you remember how skinny he was at the Nationals last year...and he was actually eating being around the bitches in heat. My little guy is a strange one!!!

I catered to Dakota the last few years of his life...that I can definitely see doing all the time..they deserve it when they get old.

[tanza]

@Rivermoon:

Well Pat…you know that saying...you live and you learn :-)! I wouldn't do that again.....it stressed me out! I think since he was my first show dog I worried more then I normally would have. I don't know if you remember how skinny he was at the Nationals last year...and he was actually eating being around the bitches in heat. My little guy is a strange one!!!

I catered to Dakota the last few years of his life...that I can definitely see doing all the time..they deserve it when they get old.

In-tact boys during breeding season… yikes.. there is nothing worse... I don't think that it would matter how much you tried to "cater" to them... ggg... there is "no one home" during that time!!!! And even it they eat... they burn it all off immediately with worrying about all the bitches....

And yes, I know all about "live and learn".... gggg been there/done that...

[Shaye's Mom]

Just because we don't like sweet potatoes that much, I bought a bag of frozen cut sweet potatoes for making sweet potatoe fries. Every few days I will put one of those in front of Shaye and she's in heaven, working on it while it thaws, and when she figures she has been successful in taming it, she eats it right up. She's had anal gland issues, so yes, I'm doing this to see if it helps. I've noticed some of you here on the forum have recommended them for that problem.

[sharronhurlbut]

Have you tried canned pumpkin?
My 2 b's love it.

[MacPack]

Mine don't like canned pumpkin, love fresh pumpkin in the fall, along with sweet potatoes, acorn squash, all sorts of stuff. They love yummy baked sweet potatoes, no butter necessary!

[Shaye's Mom]

@MacPack:

. They love yummy baked sweet potatoes, no butter necessary!

Do baked sweet potatoes work as well as the raw ones for the anal gland issue?

[Thana]

Hello 'Schouiffy',
I must say that my Basenji (5 1/2 months old) has just started to do so exactly the same thing . Is it cause the weather is getting hotter these days?…i don't know.
Also, i don't know if i should insist on its eating the same brand or just do as 'Wizard' says, keep the spoonful of canned food for a while, mixed with its dry food.
He is hungry i know it..i can hear his stomach growling..
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