Ravenous After Season

[Dunton4]

Tilly has just had her season and both during and post-season she has appeared to be ravenously hungry.  Previously she has always been an indifferent eater and on the slim side.  I have been careful not to increase her food despite her entreaties and she has only actually put on 0.2kilos and now weighs 10.2 k.  She is on the petite side   and has consistently weighed 10 kilos for at least the past 6 months (she is 19 months old)

She always has about 160g Nutro split into two meals but now she wolfs everything down in seconds and is constantly asking for more.  She stands next to the cupboard where her food is and cries and cries     .  I don't really want to increase her food as I am worried about her putting on weight, but she is so pitifull and I am concerned that she may be hungry. If it is just hormonal I know I should just harden my heart and ignore her in her best interests  :: .

IS it normal for bitches post-season to want more food?  Would be grateful for advice (and Tilly hopes you say feed her more      and wants you to say sausages are a good idea for hungry girls :: )

Thanks

Sue and Tilly  

[Magic Star]

IS it normal for bitches post-season to want more food?  Would be grateful for advice (and Tilly hopes you say feed her more      and wants you to say sausages are a good idea for hungry girls :: )

Thanks

Sue and Tilly

Hi Sue

I can only go off my experience with Indie, she had always been such a fussy eater, i'd had terrible trouble getting her to eat!  But after her first season, she too has got an appetite   I increased her food, but thats only as she needed the weight, I think its pretty normal for a bitch to gain an appetite after a season, even if its only shortlived   Can't advise on what you should do though about increasing her food, I guess thats your call

[Dunton4]

Thanks for that Emma, it is reassuring to know that increased appetite is not unusual after a season.  I don't think Tilly needs the extra weight, so as she is not losing weight I think I should just keep it as it is and hide the sausages  ::  !

Oooerr, having just read another thread I am now worried that I am being precious and mollycoddling Tilly too much     !

Sue and a disappointed Tilly

[Magic Star]

Thanks for that Emma, it is reassuring to know that increased appetite is not unusual after a season.  I don't think Tilly needs the extra weight, so as she is not losing weight I think I should just keep it as it is and hide the sausages  ::  !

Oooerr, having just read another thread I am now worried that I am being precious and mollycoddling Tilly too much     !

Sue and a disappointed Tilly

    No problem Sue!

Message from Indie to Tilly

Tillie if ya is ungry an ya mam won't giv ya som sasages then, jus luk at wiv them big eyes  dat we got, cos it wurks on me mam an if she not lukin, mi sista ellie, sneeks me sum under da tabel        

[Mary]

I recently enquired whether they are inclined to put weight on during the lead up to their season and was told that it's more usual for it to happen after their season as they have an increase in appetite then.

How about giving Tilly some fruit or veg (Lottie loves carrots) when she seems to want extra?
 

[Dunton4]

How about giving Tilly some fruit or veg (Lottie loves carrots) when she seems to want extra?

Thanks for this advice Mary.  Tilly has just snacked on some carrots and broccolli left over from Emily's tea and they barely touched the sides     .  

Message from Indie to Tilly

Tillie if ya is ungry an ya mam won't giv ya som sasages then, jus luk at wiv them big eyes dat we got, cos it wurks on me mam an if she not lukin, mi sista ellie, sneeks me sum under da tabel     

Indie, you rascal     !  

Cheers folks, it's veggies all round for all of us from now on!  

Sue and Tilly  

[tracey]

Hi Sue
It's perfectly normal As Tilly is on the slim side she could probably carry a bit more weight without her looking podgie
I cook vegetables most days for the dogs. Cockers are always hungry, well mine are  Veg is a good way of bulking up their food and it makes them feel a bit fuller when they have eaten.

Tracey  

[cindere528]

I was going to suggest giving her fruit or vegetables as snacks but I see other people have beaten me to it.  

All the cockers I've had have loved raw carrots.  Bess & Dillon also love tomatoes & cucumber, although too much cucumber has been known to make Dillon sick. Apples are usually popular too as is melon.  Bess also likes pears, but Dillon doesn't.   I've never yet had a cocker who would eat bananas or grapes though   It's a good way to give them snacks without piling weight on them, so that you don't feel like a bad mummy.  Tilly won't know that they're healthy snacks, she'll just think she's won    

[taniac]

I've never yet had a cocker who would eat bananas or grapes though

And of course grapes/raisins shouldn't be given to dogs as they are poisonous in large enough quantities.

[Dunton4]

Thanks everyone for your helpful advice.

Tilly seems much happier now on her extra vegetables, although nobody mentioned the side-effects   !  Tilly has always been a pleasantly-fragranced girl, but for the past few days she has been silently making her presence felt    :: .  she is making her own contribution to the Greenhouse Effect       Maybe this will settle down as she gets used to the veggies!

Sue and Tilly SBD

[kookie]

Tilly has always been a pleasantly-fragranced girl, but for the past few days she has been silently making her presence felt    :: .  she is making her own contribution to the Greenhouse Effect  

           

[suki1964]

Ive been feeding Alfie on veggies, both cooked and raw since he went on the Burns and I know what you mean about the side effects  ::  But it either settles down or else I've become immune

BTW hes at his worse after brussells (he scoffs them raw while Im preparing them)  

[Dunton4]

BTW hes at his worse after brussells 

Aren't we all?        

Sue