How can I tell if my 7yo havapoo is hungry?
I am a 28 year old whose worked with dogs for years, but I never actually took classes or truly know the science of dogs:
SO my dog has always been funky with food, I’ve free fed her all her life. Up until a year ago I was doing kibble and now she’s eats Stella and chewy freeze dried patties (only the duck flavor tho :-) ) because she would constantly spit the kibble out. She also gets bored of her food so I have to give her jerky treats or those kabobs in the white and orange package (I don’t think they are very good for dogs but she’s obsessed with them….)
I started giving her sundays for dogs, she didn’t like it, I went back to patties. Time passes blah blah and now she’s not eating really and I tried out the sundays for dogs jerky and she ate it. Now for dinner she won’t eat it.
I don’t know how to tell if she’s hungry (besides low energy and the obvious signs) if she has free feed choices available, yet she’s avoiding it to the point she’s hungry because she knows I will give her something better if she doesn’t eat.
TLDR; if my dog has food available to her, will she eat it before she goes hungry?