| Beagles are
sometimes found to display bizarre eating habits. These are not
normal and can alarm the concerned dog owner. Such eating habits
can endanger the health and life of your precious Beagles. Here
are some examples of such bizarre eating habits and the procedures
that an owner can do to help his friend. 1.
Gulping all the food at once.
When the Beagle quickly eats his food as if the end of the world
is near, he becomes vulnerable to choking.
What the owner can do:
- Spread his food over a wide eating bowl or cookie sheet
- Place a large ball of similar object at the center of his
food dish so that he will be forced to navigate around the ball
to eat his food.
- Feed the dog by hand so that the dog’s eating pace is controlled
by the owner. This will make the Beagle realize that whether
he eats fast or slow, he still needs to wait for his master.
2. Taking the food to various areas in the
house.
Bringing the food to different places around the house can create
a lot of mess and the cleaning of such can seriously take up
much of the owner’s precious time. If some places are missed
or remained unclean, these can become breeding grounds for harmful
organisms that can make your Beagle sick.
What the owner can do
- Find out the places where the dog carries the food so that
his reasons for taking the food there can be figured out.
- If your Beagle brings his food to wherever the owner goes,
your Beagle simply wants to eat with his master. Thus, the owner
must accept the imminent fact that the dog will always eat with
him
3. Eating too frequently.
Snacking too often may or may not be a problem for your Beagle.
For dogs that have no weight problems, that is, they can eat
as much as they want without suffering obesity, snacking all
day is fine as long as the owner’s pockets don’t suffer much.
But some dogs become prone to obesity and other related diseases
when they snack all day.
What the owner can do
- Restrict his access to his food
- Set specific times for giving his food.
- Limit the duration of his eating time. That is, give him the
food dish at a certain time, wait for thirty minutes, and then
take the food dish away.
4. Snubbing the food.
The commonly assumed reason why a dog refuses to it is that
he is not hungry. But this is not always the case. A Beagle
who keeps on snubbing his food will eventually become weak and
sickly.
What the owner can do
- Find out the reason why your Beagle snubs his food, such as
a new home, new environment, another dog, etc.
- Entice him with a variety of foods because he may only be
choosy about the taste.
- Bring your Beagle to the veterinarian for a check-up because
refusing the food may be a symptom of a more serious health
problem. |
