Originally Posted by
stitch413
hello there,
We had this exact same problem with Darby... the vet told us to leave him go hungry and he would eat it eventually! well he did'nt and lost 5kgs... we switched vets (especially when our Darby came home limping)!
We had him on Hills science plan at 1st but he went off this at around the same age. we then learned that hills wasn't great and so began the long process of trying to get him to eat!
Nutrition for growing berners is critical to avoid health/joint problems in the futur. we tried everything on the shelf and darby wouldn't even touch it. so we started to add 1/2 can of wet food to dry nuts and he began to eat.
we put him in with his brother (who will eat anything!) and he started eating again... i think this was due to the competition for food between them, if Darby didn't eat it his brother would!
now darby is on Royal canin giant junior and he loves it...
Giant Junior Dog Food | Royal Canin
I think the size of the nuts is a really relevant factor as darby seemed to alway leave the small nuts and loves crunching the big ones! I hope this helps