Water and food advice if you please.

[Albert01]

Hello Folks, I have a happy healthy 5 month old chiwawa x jack russell that I picked up the other day. It weighs 3.84 kg.

 

My problem is that it doesnt seem to want to drink water. Not a lick. It will drink it with a splash of milk tho. So does anyone know whats going on there?

As for food, it seems a bit fussy, likes to be hand fed roast beef at $45 a kilo, but maybe half a matchbox full at a time. Doesnt seem to like dry food, mince and rice, canned puppy food.

 

So overall I am not sure how much such a dog should be eating and drinking. I can only leave food and water there, hes not skinny by any means.

I would appreciate some guidance, I have had pups before but none that wont get much bigger than it is at 5 months.

 

I can only add "it is the runt of the litter and its siblings picked on him".

[Albert01]

Bewdy, he just had a drink of water. I think I might have worked it out, hes used to eating and drinking last. My other dog is a big dog and drinks out of a bucket, the lil one drinks out of a bowl. The big dog drank out of of the bowl so the lil one did. The big dog dropped some crumbs, the lil dog ate them. He watches the big one eat but wont eat himself, now I know why, hes expecting the scraps. How did I go?