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Hello all, I have a year old male GD who is not eating. Here are a list of issues.
1. He was free fed as a puppy by the breeder.
2. We have a 5 month old baby in the house that was brought home after the dog.
3. We have another dog. Lab. But they get along great and cry when they are not together.

If anything happens during feeding time, he has to check it out and then won't go back to the food. If a car drives by, if you shift positions in your chair, if someone else walks into the room. He is down below 100 lbs now. The vet has checked him multiple times, ran blood tests etc and nothing found. The dog is still happy, just won't eat. He is more interested in evrything else.

Any suggestions. I have changed food, tried to feed him alone, get everyone out of the house. Nothing is working.

>>Hello all, I have a year old male GD who is not eating. Here are a list of issues.
>>1. He was free fed as a puppy by the breeder.
>>2. We have a 5 month old baby in the house that was brought home after the dog.
>>3. We have another dog. Lab. But they get along great and cry when they are not together.
>>
>>If anything happens during feeding time, he has to check it out and then won't go back to the food. If a car drives by, if you shift positions in your chair, if someone else walks into the room. He is down below 100 lbs now. The vet has checked him multiple times, ran blood tests etc and nothing found. The dog is still happy, just won't eat. He is more interested in evrything else.
>>
>>Any suggestions. I have changed food, tried to feed him alone, get everyone out of the house. Nothing is working.

>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'd try having the dogs separated but able to see one another during meals. Meals, not free-feeding. Put the food out, give him 15-20 minutes to eat, and then take it up. It's okay to feed up to maybe four small meals a day, but have a schedule rather than just constantly trying to tempt him. Don't fiddle with the food and add new things to make it more interesting, because that teaches a dog to "hold out for something better."
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series articles at http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=47