Happy Saturday, with doggy details

[ksmith]

Ya-flippy dippin’-hoo.

Awoke around 8ish, and started getting prepped for a busy day of shopping and working when Gaby threw up on the hallway rug. Yellow liquid with foam. Good old bile, which had built up enough to irritate her tum because she hasn’t been eating enough.

She had yet to eat breakfast, and hadn’t eaten since Friday dinner, which was at 5pm. I fed her the canned duck food with the better consistency, and dressed it up with cooked chicken breast and dehydrated duck hearts. She did eat, but I had to add more hearts to get her to finish.

Took her for a long walk after. Everything stayed down, so I piled her into the car for our shopping trip.

There’s a newish pet food and supplies place in the small strip mall where I usually shop. I decided to check it out, and was happy to find a pretty extensive assortment of food that included a raw duck variety. I bought a sample bag, and gave Herself a few bits when we got home. She sniffed it for a minute or so–it’s a frozen variety, and even though it’s thawed before serving, it’s still colder than her usual food. Anyway, after she figured out what it was, she ate it. Licked the bowl clean, then hung around the kitchen as I put stuff away, coming close and sniffing every can and box. Welp. It was lunchtime anyway, so I gave her a half-cup more, which is one third the daily serving for a pup her size. After a few minutes, another clean bowl and additional sniffing around for more. I stopped there, though, because I didn’t want to overload her after a month of light eating.

I will get a little bit more of this stuff. If she still seems as enthusiastic, I will probably make the switch. Whether it’s upset over all the changes, missing King, food boredom, or all of the above, it doesn’t matter. She needs to eat more.

Hoping the balance of the weekend is nice and boring.

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

Comments

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Excellent sign! May this be Gaby's new favorite food!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I was so happy to see her eat eagerly for a change. I hope it continues.

This stuff is supposed to be nutritionally complete, but I may still look into vitamin supplements. I don't know. It contains B-vitamins, which are the biggies.

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

So glad she ate some of it and hope it continues.

I'm sure she misses King, but my guess would be the whole change in routine and extra exercise playing with other dogs tripped her circuits for awhile.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I'm sure she was thrown for a loop. We both were.

She ate dinner this evening, which makes it the first time since King that she ate three meals. Keeping fingers crossed that if the food overwhelmed her little system, something would have happened by now.

I'll leave a couple of biscuits by her bed so that she can munch during the night if she wants. Just so she's not completely empty.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

That's so sweet of you! What a precious puppy. I hope you've told her she's been worrying her internet fan club.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I will inform her.

She is currently sacked out next to me on the couch.

I just feel relieved.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

Yes, you've both had a hard time lately. :^(