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- From: betsy@rainbow.uchicago.edu (Betsy Weatherhead)
- Subject: Getting a picky eater to eat (was lots of other stuf)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.190425.372@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:04:25 GMT
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- > Anyway, I will accept any constructive suggestions as to how to get her
- > to eat. I am not about to get rid of her because she is an excellent lead
- > dog.
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- Have you tried making eating a semicompetitive event? With six dogs, it could
- be chaos, but if you isolate the picky eater and one other dog, it may work.
- I find that our dogs will compete over eating a potato skin if they think that
- another dog might get it if they don't. (They'd individually turn up their
- noses at potato skins.) I would imagine small portions of dog food in a little
- dish might be the prize for competition. Two dogs with complete attention,
- having to go through some obedience paces, and then one of the dogs gets the
- dish. You could repeat through a dozen or more little servings. If necessary,
- make the dishes contain hardboiled eggs to be sure to get the finicky eater's
- attention. I think if dogs associate the food with praise or a symbol of
- "top dog"-ness, they'll eat just about anything. But you do seem to have the
- dog that breaks all rules!
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- Good luck! The chicken broth also strikes me as a very good idea. Perhaps
- bacon grease would be along the same lines but more fattening.
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