Why won't my poodle eat?
Ty, our 9 (?) year old miniature poodle has been refusing to eat for a whole day every couple of days for the past week or so. No matter what we offer him, whether it's a different dry dog food, or steak, chicken breast, or whatever, he refuses to eat it. He has regular vet checkups and has always checked out fine, but sometimes he won't eat for 24 hours or so. Our vet is the only one in town and she is gone until Tuesday. The nearest vets are 35 - 60 miles away. I'd take him to one of them if I thought he was really ill, but he plays energetically and shows no signs of being sick. When we play fetch several times a day he does his usual gymnastics chasing and fetching, and he chews on his toys too with no signs of having dental issues.
Mr. froggy and I are worried. We just lost our little Abby a month ago to old age, and we don't want to lose our Ty too.
Any comments or suggestions? Please?
Edited to add: Because Abby was ill the last months of her life, she and Ty didn't interact much, and he's always seemed to accept her absence with no outward signs of grieving. That may be because she spent most of her final days sleeping in her bed in the laundry room, away from all of us. There's nothing different about our home atmosphere since the day we had Abby euthanized - no new pets, no company, no anything that could be upsetting Ty. We're baffled.
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