We have a 14 week old GSD puppy.She wil not eat dog food,Just Milk Bone Dog Biscuts That is all Not even Meat?

Question

We took our 14 week old german shephard pup to the vet to see what is wrong as to why she will not eat. She does not have parvo,or distemper.She did get a dog biscut after she was done at the Vet's office and she ate that.
But once we got her home she will not eat anything but the Milk-Bone Dog Biscuts. I feed her IAMS puppy food she will not even eat Beefy Pedigree canned food Why is that ?
We even tried to give her a Piece of a McDonalds hamburger and she would not eat that . But if you give her the milk-bone biscut she gulps it down ..

Answer 1

maybe try mixing the milkbones in with her regular food..break them into tiny pieces
if this does not work..do not feed her any treats and only feed her twice a day...she will get hungry anf start eating sooner or later..at her age it is important for her to eat right

Answer 2

If she has been deemed healthy by your vet, then it's time to break out the tough love. No more milk bones. At all. The only thing she gets is her dog food and if she doesn't feel like eating that then she gets to go hungry. A healthy dog will NOT starve itself...they will eat eventually when they get hungry enough.

Put the recommended amount of food in her food bowl and set it down for 15-20 minutes. Pick up any uneaten food (even if it is the entire bowl) and don't offer her anything else until the next meal time. At fourteen weeks she should probably be getting fed 3-4 times a day. Do this for each and every meal. She will quickly figure out that this is all she's going to get to eat and if she doesn't eat it she'll go hungry.

I know this sounds mean, but I have done this with ALL of my pets (2 GSDs and 3 cats, two of which are on a special diet). I rarely have issues with them not eating. Ok, that's not true, my younger dog will occasionally get picky and not eat breakfast...but it may just be that I'm offering him more food than he needs rather than he's being picky. Either way, my pets all know that they're not going to get anything better by just not eating and they VERY rarely skip more than one meal.

You might also look into feeding a different food. Iams is mostly corn, a cheap filler ingredient that doesn't have many useable or digestable nutrients for dogs. The first ingredient is chicken, but ingredients are listed in the order of weight/volume before processing. Since chicken meat is largely water, much of that volume is removed during processing. Corn meal and other grains on the other hand are already dry and have very little moisture before processing, so their volume changes very little if at all during processing. Look for a food that lists a specified meat meal (chicken meal, lamb meal, etc) as the first ingredient or as the second ingredient if the first is a specified meat. I try to avoid any food with more than two grains in the first five ingredients and any food that lists corn in the first five or six ingredients.

Answer 3

It is good that you took her to the vet to find out if she was sick or not.
I would play a waiting game. I would set out food for her for 20 minutes then take it away. (get a timer and set it each and every time you put her food bowl down). Try this 3 or 4 times a day. She will eventually get hungry and start to eat a bit of regular dog food.
We once had a dog a very long time ago that decieded to be a picky eater. The vet said to do the same thing I suggested above. DON'T GIVE IN THOUGH!!!!!!!!!! After a day or 2 or 3 or perhaps even 4 she will realize that you are the boss and hunger will win out. Then it will be a matter of ONLY GIVING HER A TREAT LIKE ONCE A MONTH FOR A REWARD FOR DOING SOMETHING GOOD!!!
She is like a small child that is testing you about not wanting to eat her vegestables. If you give in you are in for a fight the rest of her life!!!!!!

Answer 4

You're training your dog to hold out for something better than regular food (though I have to say it's especially weird that she won't eat hamburger)
Don't free feed your dog. Set a scheduled time for meals, put down your dog's bowl of food, and if he doesn't eat it within 2 minutes, pick it back up. No treats, no food of any kind until next mealtime.
Additionally, it's important to not make any fuss at all (whether he eats or not) Don't make mealtime a weird high pressure situation for him - just be neutral.
A healthy dog will not let herself starve.
You may want to change to a better quality food - sorry to say, what you're feeding him is one of the worst foods out there. even Nutro would be better than Iams and Pedigree.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

Dry kibble does not keep a dog's teeth clean. Your dog will need a regular dental checkup every year at least.

Answer 5

Try a different brand of dog food. The dog food you are feeding your pup is - as a good knowledgeable friend once told me ;) - Crap in a bag. What you need to do is research dog foods. There are websites that can help you with this. Try Canidae dog food. I've heard great things, read great things, and when my new pup comes home in a few weeks, this is what she'll be changed to. Good luck :)

Oh! The website is www.canidae.com - Most dogs LOVE the food.

Answer 6

Cut out the biscuits all together. Offer no food except her normal meal kibble. Once she understands that is all that will be offered she will eat. No dog will starve itself. She may miss a meal or two but will eat when she gets hungry. Continuing to feed the Milk Bones will only create a picky eater. Please look for something more nutritious than IAMS or Pedigree foods.

Answer 7

Disgusting fools with no life. They shouldn't be allowed to EVER own another dog. When you get a dog, it comes with the whole pack, which may or may not include those *gross tumours*. These people simply can't feel love... Just look at the dog's face. Poor thing. I wish her the best luck! I also have a similar story... Of these stupid fellas who abandoned the dog about 2 miles from their household, the dog CAME BACK, and they still had the heart to send the dog away... Or those people that will get rid of the dog because it doesn't match the carpet. EGH.

Answer 8

feed your shepherd dry kibble. this is better than soft food and will help to keep tartar from accumulating on her teeth. Try this, take the biscuit and mix it in well with her food. Do not leave any pieces in there that she will be able to pick out. Eventually stop mixing in the biscuit.Iams is ok, but you should consider other better quality foods out there. Check out the reviews for the food you feed the dog in a yahoo search

Good Luck

Answer 9

I would feed her a different dry food besides Iams!

Maybe the Iams is making her not eat.

Anything other than IAMS is much better except OL Roy!

Blue buffalo is a good food so is cannidae and natural Variety.

If I was your dog I wouldn't wanna eat after eating Iams either.

You just have to find a better food that she will eat.

Answer 10

My GSD is very picky eater as well. The only 2 dog foods she ever ate is either Bil Jak or Solid Gold Millenium. Solid Gold Wolf Cub is the puppy food name. I think you need to try a new food for her. I never had luck with IAMS. GSD's have very sensitive stomachs in most cases.

Answer 11

She is just spoiled feed her 3 times a day put her food down and if she does not eat in 20 min take it up do not give her treats. Good luck. It
is hard not to spoil a pup. Martha