New dog not eating. Suggestions?

[i-need-a-martini]

Our new 'pup' (10 months) arrived a week ago and is settling in well. She seems happy and has stopped pining for her old family although every now and then there is a bit of wimpering if she can't see where we are. 

She is drinking water but she isn't eating. The only thing we have managed to get into her is small bits of BBQ chicken skin (vets idea). That is in 7 days!

We called the breeder and apparently her companion (another female her age) also stopped eating but was back on her food by day 4.

Is there anything I can do?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Our new 'pup' (10 months) arrived a week ago and is settling in well. She seems happy and has stopped pining for her old family although every now and then there is a bit of wimpering if she can't see where we are. 

She is drinking water but she isn't eating. The only thing we have managed to get into her is small bits of BBQ chicken skin (vets idea). That is in 7 days!

We called the breeder and apparently her companion (another female her age) also stopped eating but was back on her food by day 4.

Is there anything I can do?

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I haven't read all of this thread and this may have been covered and please don't take offence if you have already thought of this - but, when we place our pups we give the new people a bag of the food that the pup has been on, and a toy and a piece of their bedding - that way the pup is at least used to the food and the familiar smells. It's not unusual for a pup to go off their food for a few days when uprooted from their old environment and companions - especially since your pup is 10 months old.

Also, it may be the smell of the rabbit? Dogs have VERY sensitive noses as you will already know.

Good luck with the pup.

[freddie*rooster]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

freddie, Defintiley number 3,  at 4 paces standing on one leg wearing a where's wally beanie.

(If no one knows where I was going with it, that question does sound odd n funny. Oh well always glad to provide a laugh)

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Cheers Kopes I needed a *giggle* this morning

[cat_mioux]

Here's my 2c for what it's worth.

I love dogs but because I work full time I will not adopt one. Dogs are pack animals. They need to feel part of a pack. Now Martini says the dog will be allowed inside in the evening then it goes back outside to sleep. I imagine 'the evening' will be a couple of hours at most. This means the dog will be a part of his "pack for 2 hours" out of 24.

So what is the dog supposed to do for the other 22 hours where he'll be relagated to the back yard on his own? I know what he'll do. He'll start chewing the outdoor furniture and the clothes hanging on the line. He'll bark. And bark. And bark. And bark. This is what dogs do when they are bored and lonely. Lucky neighbours.

Exercise and stimulation. Is martini going to take the dog for a walk in the morning (before they all rush off to work) and in the evening (after they all come home from work)? Or will the novelty wear off real quick? Why can't the dog sleep with one of your kids? Why can't it have a bed/mat in the house?

Why even adopt a dog if you are only going to spend 2 hours a day with it??????

[j*oono]

I think we should change the topic of this thread from dogs to high horses.

[cat_mioux]

So you believe people who advocate for animal rights need to get off their 'high horses'?

I'll speak from the top of Mt Everest when it comes to protecting the rights and well being of animals.

PS I'm curious as to why martini would want to buy a dog (and pay quite a few $$$ for a basset from a breeder) in the first place if it's going to be on it's own for 22 hours a day?

[imastawka]

From julia's link,  way up there somewhere  -

A Basset Hound may not be right for you.

If you don't want to deal with...

• Slowness to learn and an independent "what's in it for me?" attitude toward training
• Running away, oblivious to your calls, when an interesting scent catches his attention
• Slowness to housebreak
• Baying and howling
• Slobbering and drooling
• Snoring
• Heavy shedding (yes, even though he's shorthaired!)
• A distinctive houndy odor
• Gassiness (flatulence)
• Chronic health problems

Indeed, Bassets are not eager to obey many commands. Stubborn and slow to obey

I'm worried about that rabbit now.   I don't think  'leave it'  is gunna work

[cat_mioux]

As long as owning a Basset Hound is on trend in suburbia why care about suitability?

[j*oono]

High horses indeed.  I thought Martini said the dog was taken in because it had been given up by another family but I can't find that now.

It seems to me that Martini has been doing everything possible to settle her dog into a new family and is doing it very well.

Good doggie 🙂

[Anonymous]

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@imastawka wrote:

From julia's link,  way up there somewhere  -

A Basset Hound may not be right for you.

If you don't want to deal with...

• Slowness to learn and an independent "what's in it for me?" attitude toward training
• Running away, oblivious to your calls, when an interesting scent catches his attention
• Slowness to housebreak
• Baying and howling
• Slobbering and drooling
• Snoring
• Heavy shedding (yes, even though he's shorthaired!)
• A distinctive houndy odor
• Gassiness (flatulence)
• Chronic health problems

Indeed, Bassets are not eager to obey many commands. Stubborn and slow to obey

I'm worried about that rabbit now.   I don't think  'leave it'  is gunna work

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and:

Basset Hounds should never be left outside in your yard, unsupervised. Their deep voice carries a LONG way and the mournful baying and howling will have your neighbors calling the cops to report the nuisance -- or quietly letting your Basset Hound out of his yard so he'll wander away.

[imastawka]

They always look so depressed though.   How do you know when they're happy?

I think this one has a happy face  -  hard to tell.......lol