https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 12:30:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1662815 Wed, 28 May 2014 13:18:46 +0000 Littlebit 1662815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dog was doing this and was overweight. It was getting ridiculous! We ended up putting her on a new prescription food that changed her metabolism. It's been great for her! She isn't waking up at 3am whining for food, and she's losing weight. Total game changer for us. </p> <p><a href="http://www.hillspet.com/products/pd-canine-metabolic-prescription-diet-dry.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hillspet.com/products/pd-canine-metabolic-prescription-diet-dry.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1662749 Wed, 28 May 2014 12:58:33 +0000 kjpugs 1662749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would suggest not upping the food portion without checking with the vet. You can also mix other things in. Our pugs get their food, plus one gets rice in it (sensitive stomach) and chicken and pumpkin, all mixed in. You can also do peas, carrots, green beans, etc. They bulk up the food, add fiber and other good nutrition, and can help keep them fuller.</p> <p>Do you feed them once or twice a day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1662622 Wed, 28 May 2014 12:18:51 +0000 alohaorchid 1662622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. tictactoe: Aww a puggle!! We have one too :) That's not the one who is crying for food everyday but our puggle does really, really love to eat.</p> <p>Lol both of my dogs ate their own poop when they were puppies. So gross! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1662620 Wed, 28 May 2014 12:17:40 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1662620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two dogs and one could care less about food, but the other is the same way. She wakes up early whining for food and starts begging to be fed dinner everyday at 4pm. It's soooooo annoying. She actually is overweight (she's a puggle and it's common for them to be overweight), so we can't up the calories, actually, she should be on diet food, but we've tried that in the past and it's sooooo much worse. She also sometimes eats her own poop... GAG! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1662609 Wed, 28 May 2014 12:14:18 +0000 alohaorchid 1662609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Happygal: thank you so much for this post! I checked the calories on her current food to her old food and the new food is definitely lower in calories than her old one. So I upped the amount of food we give her and hopefully this will make a difference.</p> <p>If that doesn't work then I think I will try the bone thing too, anything to distract her!</p> <p>I'm sorry you're going through the same thing. It's so frustrating sometimes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1660947 Tue, 27 May 2014 15:31:17 +0000 Happygal 1660947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First, I would check out the calories to compare her old food with new and make sure she's getting the proper amount. I think I might also experiment with breaking up the meals to give a little more at night than the morning feeding. There are online dog calorie food calculators that can let you know how much food she should be getting. (I don't have a cocker spaniel, but this was recommended to me by a dog pro: <a href="http://mycockerspaniel.com/feed.htm)" rel="nofollow">http://mycockerspaniel.com/feed.htm)</a></p> <p>If she is getting enough calories, and it really is a behavioral issue, then you must stay strong! Every time you feed her at 5, you're rewarding her behavior. Does she like to chew bones or anything like that? I'm wondering if you can distract her with something else. It might stink for a few mornings or so, but hopefully she'll catch on quickly that her drama doesn't help her get her way.</p> <p>By the way, we're dealing with the same sort of thing with my dog right now. :bummed: Sometimes we prevent her from having full access to our house with a baby gate. She'll stand at the gate and whine and work her way up to barking. So naughty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dog-crying-for-food#post-1660061 Tue, 27 May 2014 10:57:13 +0000 alohaorchid 1660061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two dogs, one of them had to get their food changed about 6 months ago to a speciality vet food. The other one was fine on her regular food but once she tasted his food (by accident), she refused to eat her food and wanted his from now on. We talked to the vet and he said it's fine for her to eat it as well so now they're both on that food.</p> <p>Before we switched their food she liked to eat but it wasn't a huge deal, but now she LOVES to eat! It's to the point where she wakes up at 5am every single day whining for food. It starts with whimpering, then crying and occassionally she will jump around while crying until we feed her. I try to ignore her because I don't want to give into her and make her think that 5am is ok, but my husband usually gives in. </p> <p>Does anyone have any experience with this? Any tips to make the 5am whining stop?</p> <p>ETA: She's 8. </p>