My cavaliar will only eat our food he seems to have gone of dog food even though it is put down for him everyday. He has no fat on him at all and seems to be all bones,is there some sort of supplement that i could feed him to make him put on weight.

You could try him on your food
only give it raw,ideal for putting on weight is breast of lamb or tripe bit smelly but good.
This is all supposing there is nothing wrong with him
has he been wormed lately.
Could it be this bit of warm weather we are having
I am feeding my dogs later when its cooler.
So many questions I am sorry
maybe you could explain a bit more
there are tons of very informative people on this group.

hi yes he was wormed last week, i also tried him on tripe he would not go near it.He just seems to be to skinny for my liking. I dont think the warm weather helped either. I was just wondering if the pet shop sold anything to make them put on weight.

How old is the dogs? Is he normally active? What are his activity levels these days? Has he seen a vet? Are there any other pets in the house? Do they eat normally? How long do you leave the food down for? (I know - questions questions questions....)

Hi
He is 2 years old (just) he is still just as active, he is more reserved than the other two but has always been(i think because he is the oldest he thinks he has to be more sensible!!!) The other two are fussy eaters but will eat dog food. I leave the dinner down from about 4pm till the morning.

hi, has he been wormed for tapeworm or just roundworms? If any of mine "go fussy" I always feed them Aden Grange complete food - they love it. It might be worth buying a small bag to see. Also cooked de-boned chicken, with the biscuit soaked in the broth is never ignored by my fussiest ones. You could try sprinkling some grated cheese or very finely chopped baked liver (a couple of oz at most) into his food. One of mine would not start eating her dinner until I put a blob of plain yoghurt or evaporated milk on it first. One of mine will die for sardines or pilchards ( i drain most of the oil off though). If the vet has given him the all clear, I would offer him food at the normal times and remove after ten minutes and dont seem at all concerned. Sometimes a dog will see your distress and worry about his food and not eat because of it!! Only after 3 days of eating nothing, would I give in and give him something I know he will eat, even if only a little. Try and be tough for 3 days, most dogs if not unwell will eat enough, though its horrid when they are skinny, especially as other people probably thikn you are starving them!! I also use "Restore" and "Moor Gold" from Stock Nutrition for a poor appetite, it worked for my anorexic puppy like a dream. Good luck.

I had a picky eater and changed her diet actually due to health reasons on the advice of a homeopath and she has never looked back. She is fed raw chicken, brown rice, raw lamb plus I buy Naturediet which I can highly recommend! It smells and looks good enough to eat so your dog may well think it is your food anyway. You can get it at Pets at Home etc or order direct.

When your dog eats 'your food' is it leftovers? Do you get up and scrape your plates into a bowl for him or do you prepare it especially for him? Or worse! - do you let him eat off your plate? He MAY be waiting for this association so you could try and fool him by scraping dog food off your plate into a bowl for him and see if this works.
Alternatively, you could find a dry dog food with a reasonable sized kibble and feed it to him as training/treats a few times a day. This way you can sneak a whole portion into a dog without them realizing.
Some commercial dog treats require a reduction of the dogs food if you feed them - I think Pedigree Jumbones? may be one of them. You could feed one last thing without deducting the amount of food for extra calories.
Difficult feeders are real pains!

don't I know it. My four year old bitch had finally started eating most days and clearing her bowl. she is now in season and off her food. her weight had improved her from the show point of view, and I am off to Holland in under 4 weeks, and she is on hunger strike, and moping about!

I found with a picky dog nothing helps. leaving food down and trying to tempt just makes things worse. Put food down twice a day, and pick up after 10 minutes. If he does eat a portion, don't be tempted to add a bit more, as chances are he/she will refuse the next meal!

Unless there is a health problem, a dog will eat enough to stay alive, but not have enough on their bones to please us!

Her daughter and Grandmother are complete hogs, and her Mum was picky, but now eats well but not greedy.

My 7 year old was a terribly picky eater as a junior, so thin the vet gave her a vitamin injection!!!!

My cure was to buy the Value sausages and burgers from Tescos, cook some up, chop it into tiny pieces, let her have a piece or 2 to try and then stick the rest in a small portion of her usual food (Mixed well in). If that goes down, then give another similar size meal at teatime. Try Denes Gastric tablets too and Enervite paste. She loved toast too, so she got as many slices with butter on as she'd eat.

Now Miranda will eat anything and occasionally has to go on a diet!