Sadly, I have no fantastic Thanksgiving meal story to share.
Mona thew up a little bit this morning. I'm not quite sure why. I was in the kitchen this morning making food for our dinner later on, when I heard that unmistakable retching sound. She ended up vomiting three times, only small amounts and nothing but foamy yellow bile. I don't know if she was just hungry (did the smells coming from the kitchen make her hungry?), or if she was feeling a little under the weather. Either way, she seemed just fine afterwards, and so after waiting about an hour to make sure she wouldn't throw up again, I went ahead and fed her her meal.
Today Mona had a 9 ounce piece of chicken leg quarter and some liver. Nothing fancy. I'd thought about getting something different for her, like a "pork picnic shoulder" I'd seen... Something to give her a really good workout. But circumstances changed and that just didn't happen. It'll come eventually.
Showing posts with label hunger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hunger. Show all posts
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Is she hungry?
How can you tell if your dog is hungry? I want to be sure I know the signs, because the thought of Mona being hungry bothers me.
When we started raw two weeks ago, we fed 2.5% of her body weight, or 8 ounces. About a week into it, I thought Mona was looking thinner, although the scales said she hadn't lost any weight. To be on the safe side, I bumped her meals up to at least 10 ounces, sometimes more like 12. A week later, and the scales still read 20 pounds. So far, she doesn't appear to be losing weight.
However, her behavior is causing me to rethink how much she should be eating. She has had several pig ears since we got her. In these past few months, she has not paid much attention to them. In fact, I'm not sure she'd ever chewed on a single one. She's just not a chewer. But last night, she ate an entire pig ear over the course of about 15 minutes. An impressive feat, considering I've never seen her chew on any one chew toy for more than two or three minutes. I thought it was a little unusual, but brushed it off. Tonight, she's eating another one. She's already eaten about half of it, and I expect the other half will be gone in a few minutes.
As a side note: I realize that, being raw fed now, Mona probably shouldn't have these pig ears. I suppose it's because she never chewed on them, but I just never thought about getting rid of them. And seeing how much she's enjoying them now, it makes me wonder... Is it really that bad to let her have a pig ear every now and again?
Anyway, she's gone from hardly ever chewing anything to demolishing two pig ears in as many days. Is this because she's desperate for something to eat? So this entire post is mostly just to say... What are signs that your dog is not getting enough to eat? Aside from the dog losing weight, or I suppose even hearing her stomach growl, what other signs of hunger should I look for?
When we started raw two weeks ago, we fed 2.5% of her body weight, or 8 ounces. About a week into it, I thought Mona was looking thinner, although the scales said she hadn't lost any weight. To be on the safe side, I bumped her meals up to at least 10 ounces, sometimes more like 12. A week later, and the scales still read 20 pounds. So far, she doesn't appear to be losing weight.
However, her behavior is causing me to rethink how much she should be eating. She has had several pig ears since we got her. In these past few months, she has not paid much attention to them. In fact, I'm not sure she'd ever chewed on a single one. She's just not a chewer. But last night, she ate an entire pig ear over the course of about 15 minutes. An impressive feat, considering I've never seen her chew on any one chew toy for more than two or three minutes. I thought it was a little unusual, but brushed it off. Tonight, she's eating another one. She's already eaten about half of it, and I expect the other half will be gone in a few minutes.
As a side note: I realize that, being raw fed now, Mona probably shouldn't have these pig ears. I suppose it's because she never chewed on them, but I just never thought about getting rid of them. And seeing how much she's enjoying them now, it makes me wonder... Is it really that bad to let her have a pig ear every now and again?
Anyway, she's gone from hardly ever chewing anything to demolishing two pig ears in as many days. Is this because she's desperate for something to eat? So this entire post is mostly just to say... What are signs that your dog is not getting enough to eat? Aside from the dog losing weight, or I suppose even hearing her stomach growl, what other signs of hunger should I look for?
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