Hi,

Sorry, I know I am often maybe over reacting, however, better to show concern than to show none.

For the past couple of days my dog has not touched his dinner, although he will eat a treat, if offered.

It does not seem normal to me for a dog not to eat anything all day.  There have been no changes to his circumstances, conditions, and routine.

He has not been sick, however, as a human being, if I had barely eating a thing for two days, I would feel ill by now.

Can someone please advise.

Thanks

Steve

Is there a chance that he is just not hungry ?? Do you change the amount of food that he gets to take into account the amount of exercise that he is getting, the weather etc etc ?? If he is taking a treat then he is possibly just not very hungry. Has he been pooing normally ??

Daisy

Well, I suppose there is a chance that he might not be hungry, but TWO days!

He is seven, he likes a walk, however, nothing else has changed, nothing at all.

However.

He would not go into the garden for his morning pee today either.

In fact, by 5pm, he still had shown no interest in going out for a pee, so I stuck him on a lead, he did do a pee when he was out, and when he came back, made his dinner.

His dinner has been lying there since 7pm.

Not touched it.

As for the poo thing, well he has not gone for a poo today.

However.

Of late, some of his poos have been normal, and others are a little unusual, like they have a slime on them, that is the best way I can describe it.

I mentioned this to the vet on the phone, and he did not seem that concerned by the slime stuff????

Of course you worry, Cain, we all do when something isn't right with our dogs.
My first advice would be to have your vet check him over, to make sure there isn't anything wrong. Like a sore throath, for example.

If there is nothing wrong, I'd think about a bitch in heat near you, or maybe he is a young dog that now has done most of his growing? Sometimes we overfeed our dogs for a while, before we realize they don't need as much food as before.
Good luck, I'm sure you will get lots of more advice and ideas on here. The age of your dog, and maybe breed, would help in trying to think of other reasons for him not eating.
Karen
Sorry, this was written after reading your first post only.
I would definitely have my vet check him over.
Karen

Well, he is 7 as I mentioned, and he is an English Bull.

I got him from Bullies in need, a good while back, and he has always eaten around about the 7-8pm mark, one meal per day, I suppose that is how his last owner must have fed him.

Other than that, I dunno..

Before you make sure it is the food and not just fussy eateing (Do not feed himANYTHING else inbetween meals) and get him vet checked. try him on something else. My dogs went off autarky dry(both dogs) I thought it was them copying each other but since I have found out that a few other dogs went off it at the same time. think it was a dud batch. OI changed the food and they have eaten the new food in 2 seconds flat(the same as before) for the last 4 months.
just an idea.
Lea :)

He never gets fed in between meals, as he only has one meal a day.

What I normally feed him on is veg, mince, and some dry mixer.

The slime poo residue thing also concerns me, but all I can do is have him vet checked tommorow, I suppose.

Thanks

Steve

x

re: slime poo
Could be colitis? If so antibiotics will sort him out.

Dee

What is that condition?

Inflamed colon.

It is a symptom not a disease.  It can be caused by many different conditions not all appropriately treated by antibiotics by the way :)  That would only be appropriate if the cause was bacterial. 

And if it wasn't...?

Depending on what you vet determines as the cause or most probable cause he might treat with a steriod to settle the inflammation or treat conservatively.

Don't forget, sometimes if dogs are dehydrated a tad, they will produce MORE bowel secretions that are mucus membrane...so they look slimey!!! Please don't worry too much...generally dogs that exhibit signs of colitis also produce frequent stools...so please don't worry too much until the Vet has checked him over ok?? All the best, Dawn PS If he has colitis it's not the end of the World...there are varying degrees of the disease, those that have severe cases are usually very miserable, sad and in pain...and exhibit these signs!

Would any of this cause him to lose his appetite, yet at the same time still take a treat?

Steve

Yes, I would say if he was only mildly uncomfortable something tempting might persuade him to have a go.  I would not give him any treats, though, because he will benefit best from either resting his digestion or getting back on his proper balanced diet.  The longer you give him odd treats the longer he will take to get sorted.  If he does not eat his breakfast, without any treats in between :), I would take him to the vets.

His doesn't do breakfast, just one meal a day in the evening.

Thanks for all the advice, I will call vets and report back

x

Any news?
What did the vet say?

Vet said thst he seemed to have some sort of bug, and that there had been a lot of it around.

Gave him some anti biotics, told us to just feed him rice and chicken for a couple of days.

Seems to be back to normal :)

Thanks for all the replies.

Steve