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A Mom Anon8/11/2013 3:06:15 pm PDT

OT and weird, but my dog won’t eat. I have been through 4 different kinds of dog food and she won’t eat any of them. This started about a month ago, she completely refused to eat the food she had been on since she was little, she’s almost 4 now. She used to love salmon based food, now I can’t even get her to take salmon oil off a spoon which she used to do without any coaxing.

She has allergies too, to wheat, corn, soy, grasses and pollen and perfumes. I think this comes from the mess we rescued her from, she was pretty close to death when we got her, she had all kinds of parasites, was dehydrated and weak, she had mange and some sort of eczema. She got better, but now her skin is a wreck again and I cannot get her to eat. I just spent 300 bucks at the vet to have them tell me they can find nothing at all wrong with her. She’s biting her feet, scratching at her ears and shaking her head a lot(signs of food allergies). I just got back from PetSmart, AGAIN, this time with a duck based dog food that’s grain free and a venison one for sensitive stomachs.

She’s acting fine except for the biting and scratching, we’ve been doing 2.5 mile walks every morning before it gets hot, she’s drinking plenty of water and peeing, but the most she’s eaten in one day has been around a cup of food(she weighs 75 lbs, a doberman and german shep mix, 50/50) and she’s lost 5 lbs. Does anyone have an idea of how I can stimulate her appetite? This is getting ridiculous, thank god I know the people at PetSmart and they’ve been really great about taking back all these open bags of food while I try to find one she’ll eat. I even tried canned food and she wouldn’t touch it. I know a lot of people here have dogs, I was hoping someone had an idea I haven’t tried yet.