| Subject: Re: Eating habits of my peke |
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Diane Stepple
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Date Posted: 14:59:34 06/25/05 Sat
In reply to:
mable tucker
's message, "Eating habits of my peke" on 21:47:24 06/02/05 Thu
Sounds like someone has spoiled him !! Pekes are nortorious for developing poor eating habits, any other breed you can give a treat like table food to once in a while and it is OK they will still eat their own food but when it comes the Pekingese breed.....they spoil immediately. You will have to be a ROCK and not give in if you follow the advice I am about to give you. They say a dog will not starve themselves to death, so you may be looking at the most 4 days without the peke eating, I would not let it go any longer, being as Pekes are finicky eaters anyway, I have had to resort to this feeding schedual myself a few times to UNSPOIL a peke.
Choose the dog food that you will want him to eat, now open a can of "chicken broth" soak the dry dog food in about 1/2 cup of the chicken broth, add to this the chicken he loves "but" only give him a few bite sized pieces (6), the rest you will want to shred into tiny tiny flacks and mix with the dog food. At his feeding time set this dish of food down for him to eat, allow him 15 minutes to 1/2 and hour to eat it, (you never want to "free feed" (leaving food down for him all day, this makes them very picky eaters)watch to see what parts he eats, after the 15 to 1/2 hour time limit pick up the dish and discard. Make sure he sees you taking away and discarding the food, thats it no more food till the next night, offer the same meal again, give the exact same time, if he refuses it the take it away again, repeat the third day, I have never yet had a dog not take food after 3 days. DO NOT GIVE any other treats or food throughout the day.
Once he is eating a bit of it after about a week then cut down on the larger chunks of chicken, go to just fine flakes of it, then cut down on the chicken broth from 1/2 cup to a 1/4 then and 1/8 th then you can just soak in plain water, finally you will cut out the chicken completely.
As long as he eats his food you can go back to treats but use dog cookies NOT TABLE scraps. If you have any other problems just eail me privately.
Diane
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