Help! Frustrated with the way my Bane is eating...

[jersey girl]

Just wondering why you are doing raw and kibble? I would stick to one or the other. I think he looks great...he will be a looker for sure.

 

[DennasMom]

Denna would do the same thing with her kibble - we just let her graze at leisure. We'd measure out all her meals, so we knew what we were offering, but it would take most of the day for her to finish her meals.

We started adding raw "gravy" to her meals along with some water... that certainly helped her appetite. At that point, I wanted to add raw for extra nutrients, but stick with kibble for convenience and "complete nutrition"... so I just put a few Nature's Variety chicken medallions mushed up on her meals... not enough to really interfere with the digestive systems.

After reading more, we went 100% raw. But, now we have the opposite problem. She'll eat ANY given amount... and we've had to start cutting back portions, because she's gotten a bit "prosperous" about the middle.

Your pup looks perfect to me!
Keep him nice and lean, don't force him to eat more than he needs (it just leads to bigger piles to pick up in the back yard), and I'm sure he'll do great.

 

[SavingGrace]

If you don't mind doing it - I buy the stella and chewy raw freeze dried patties - crumble them over the dry food and they LOVE it! A small bag is like $12 by me and lasts a few weeks. Well worth it and her coat is great. I haven't found either of my Corso's to be huge eaters. They will eat when they're hungry, but they will figure out quickly how to hold out to get you to put better stuff in their bowl. If they are health-wise ok - hold out. They'll figure out that's what their supposed to eat. It was hard for me with my puppy, so we started the Stella and Chewy's and I have no problem crumbling that over their food everyday. BUT once you start that, they'll expect it.

 

[Cody]

He won't starve. The more you give in to the behavior the worse it will get as a mature dog. Food down then food up, if he eats great praise him, if not food away and ignore. Eventually he will eat they are smart and will play you if they can. If you make a big deal about the food it will become a big deal

 

[Francesco]

He won't starve. The more you give in to the behavior the worse it will get as a mature dog. Food down then food up, if he eats great praise him, if not food away and ignore. Eventually he will eat they are smart and will play you if they can. If you make a big deal about the food it will become a big deal

I totally agree !

My puppy was doing the same at 3 months ...He knew that if he didn't eat, I would give him something different.
I suggest sticking with just kibble. Give him the bowl (always at the same time every day), then leave it there 15/20 minutes. After that go pick it up; if he has eaten good for you both, otherwise take the bowl away from him. I don't know if this is the rule, but it worked for my puppy; he didn't eat for 36 hours, than he has never stopped ever since He has been eating regularly for 3 months and he has never skipped a meal since that day

Good luck !

PS He looks great