Do they do it just to worry us??

[Slinkyunicorn]

St Sweep is 12 and is starting to show his age - he is totally deaf (not just tactically!) and is slowing up. He hasn't jumped in the brook all winter - maybe has more sense than I give him credit for - and is getting reluctant to go for walks and just toddles around now but to be honest would be happy to spend most of his time snuggled up asleep.

Anyhoo this morning he refused to eat - even after I added his favourite of sardines in tomato sauce and then sat there and watched The Moo eat it without so much as growl!! I went off to work and have been upset about him all day (my old cocker was 12 when she went off to chase bunnies) and went and bought him some Butchers older dog food to see if he would eat it. He has troughed it down and is now snuggled up next to mne on the sofa.

So anyone got any bright ideas of different food to tempt him with - normally has Skinners - he is also booke din for a haircut next week as I think he is really feeling the heat in his winter woolies so maybe that isn't helping.

Sorry for the ramble but I am so worried about my little old man.

 

[Spudlet]

Oh Sweep, stop worrying your mum!

Maybe he just wasn't feeling peckish this morning? Barney used to have times when he just didn't seem to fancy tea (he ate it anyway mind you - labrador!) and times when he was more enthusiastic.

I'm sure he's fine ((((hugs)))) I know how sad it is when they start to slow up a bit

 

[mattilda]

Mine get a sausage chucked in with their breakfasts (spoilt I know). My first rott had little to no intrest in food so I used to buy turkey thighs and shred some of that in her food.
Don't forget it has been a long hard winter so he may just be feeling his age a little more at the moment. Hopefully he'll buck up when the weather starts to pick up.

 

[Patches]

Awww poor you and poor St Sweep. We never really experienced old age with Jasper. He was 14 when he died but was claimed by a stroke. He never took a slow step his entire life. People refused to believe he was such a grand age for a Cocker.

However, he would occasionally go off his feed. I used to find that mixing a very weak gravy solution over his kibble for a few days really helped to improve his appetite. He would also get some scrambled eggs mixed in to it.

Just before he died, when his stroke had really knocked him for six, I bought him a couple of those foil trays of Cesar Select Cuts. Infact, he ate three before he was PTS at the vets! (Well I had no need to keep them....) He couldn't even rise from his basket, hadn't had a wee/pooh for over 15 hours, but he wolfed them down and managed a wag of the tail.