Hi,
Polo has been developing a very weir action at feeding time and havent been eating or drinking normally.
I have bought him a pair of new ceramic bowls with a stand about a month ago, before that he has a set of stainless steels smaller on a stand. This new set has 7 dog characters inside the bowl of 7 colors, first day I give him that he had a very weir look at the water bowl for he is very sensitive to red, and he stared at the water bowl with curiosity, usually drinks more when water is full, and seldim finish closer to empty may be trying to avoid licking on the character, but after a while it seems better, but at that time he was teething and lost all front teeth, he hasnt been eating well i thought it was gum problem and tried to add water to the dry food Orijen for puppy. Before teething he finishes very quickly for the breeder trained him to eat only 2 meals at morning and night even at 11 weeks, and we kept it up, and usually finish the whole bowl in5 minutes.
Problem is getting worse when all his teeth are in and no sore gum problem, he still is not eating well or anxious to eat. We have stopped adding water for 2-3 weeks, chewing isnt a problem. My husband who works usually give him dry food at 7:30am, and I wake up 15 minutes later to greed him, before the new bowl he finieshed already before greeting me. since this one he never eats and wait for me to come, and I have to encourage him to eat. We didnt take away the bowl in the beginning of teething feeling sorry for him and he was born May 24th, 2009, need the nutrition, eating 3/4 cup 7:30am and same at 5pm, is that too much?
For about 2 weeks now with all teeth in, problem is more serious, even though he didnt eat well the night before, next morning wait for over an hour and then very reluctantly go to the bowl and look at it , wanting to eat but doent want to come into contact to the bowl, and now rubbing his nose on the floor from few inches around from outside towards the bowl , in few directions for 6-7times or l0, and seems want to eat very much but scare of the bowl.I tried to change to a all white corning and even the previous stainless steel, he still kept on checking the bottom of the bowl, i took away the stand, and even tried put food on sandwich bag on the floor, he does the same thing, when very hungry, will only pick up one and go to his bed and spit it out. should i take away his food in 5 minutes or what , does that make any difference? I tried to skip the meal one time, he was hungry the next morning but still eat half of it and as soon as he is half full he will quickly leave the bowl. I also found him not drinking enough at all, and even after eating dried food tried to avoid to drink afterwards until he is very thirsty later on, I am desperately needing help! Thanks!
Gina
