She is 11 weeks old and I’ve had her for 2-1/2 weeks. I bought her from a pet shop and was given Nutri-cal (3x daily), Nutra-drops (2x daily for 10 days), Sulfa-metro (anti-parasitic meds (2x daily for 10 days) and Clavamox (antibiotic, the vet said that it may be because shop may have had a kennel cough outbreak). She has finished taking meds and nutra-drops. I am still giving her Nutri-call but now she won’t eat and seems to crash a lot, I am very concerned. I brought her nutra-drops and she becomes lively again and began force feeding her with dropper. I want her to be as lively as she was the day I got her, I am really scared. She has a vet appt. on Saturday but I will go sooner if symptoms get worse. Is there anything else that I should do? Is this normal, and will she outgrow this? She was eating Mighty Dog Gourmet dinner and Eukanuba but switched to Vet’s Choice chicken can and dry but changed food once she wasn’t eating the Mighty Dog.
I do have paper work stating breeder’s name & state plus license # from NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets Division of Animal Industry as well as puppy’s mother’s & father’s name and ABA #.

I just adopted a 4yr old Maltese and I got him some pedigree but he wasn’t eating that one so we went to petco to get him another kind so they recommended this brand. So is it a good one for a Maltese or should I get another kind? What dog food do you recommend?

I got a 7 year old Maltese a few weeks ago and she is wonderful….except for the fact that she is picky about food. The former owners fed her only IAMS dry mini chunks. She didn’t seem to be eating this though so I was getting worried. I thought she would settle down and eat it by now but she’s hardly touched the stuff. I tried wet food and she likes it better, depending on the brand.

She seems to like the wet Beneful best, the kind in the small plastic tub with the reclosable lid. It’s convenient and affordable and she doesn’t turn her nose up to is like she has with some ‘gourmet’ or ‘organic’ food. I am worried the Beneful may not be the healthiest dog food but I figure at least she eats it up…most of the time.

She doesn’t seem very hungry in the morning, I feed her twice per day, morning and night. Someone suggested feeding her once per day at night. Is this healthy for a small dog?

Also, should I try switching her dry food? The former owners said she has been eating IAMS for years! Should I try a different dry food and leave some out for her during the day? The IAMS chunks seem a bit to large and hard for her. Is there a softer dry food? How much should I be feeding her?

She is 6.9 lbs and the groomer and other dog experts say she isn’t underweight. I also have all her vet records saying she is a healthy dog. She is energetic and active, like a puppy sometimes.

I just want to do what is best for her. For now I am feeding her the Beneful twice per day. I tried mixing it with the IAMS chunks and she just eats the wet food and leaves the dry behind. Should I just let it be and give her what she likes? Or should I keep trying other foods and see what works? Does anyone else have a Maltese? What food do you feed him/her? I read that they can be picky eaters but nobody seems to have a solution for this. What should I do?
The former owner admitted she was fed ‘people food’ a lot. I didn’t want to get her begging so I never do. Could this have ‘spoiled’ her? She doesn’t beg (now that she knows she can’t have people food she doesn’t try) and she doesn’t have any food aggression problems…It just seems to me, this dog isn’t very into food! She likes soft treats but not hard ones so I am thinking maybe a moist dry food would work. What brand makes this for dogs?
To Laura W…I agree with you about NEVER giving dogs people food! My mom did this with her dogs since I was a kid and even when I was 8 years old, I saw the problems with ‘people food’ long ago. She always ends up with a spoiled, begging, bratty, fat dog! Every time I go to her house I CRINGE as she says "Does da’ cute baby want a potato chip?" as she feeds her dog. I REFUSE to feed her fat, begging dog! Mom thinks the begging is ‘cute’ but it’s her dog so I can’t say anything. I’ve told her for years and she doesn’t get it. I always vowed to NEVER do this to my dog! Dog food is for dogs, people food is for people! I seriously think my little Chloe was spoiled with food. I hope that over time I can find the healthiest food and get her taste buds used to having DOG FOOD ONLY! For now, it’s just hard to get her to eat anything so I am sticking to the IAMS and Beneful until I learn more.
Oh yeah, I did some research on ‘healthy’ brands and I am aware Beneful isn’t the best brand health-wise. I tried some of the high end, ‘healthy’ wet foods and she pretty much turned up her nose and walked away. I was thinking too that Beneful LOOKS like ‘people food’ with veggies and a rich gravy so maybe it’s a good food for now to ‘wean’ her off of people food until I can learn some more!