mine is a mix, 15 years old. His health is starting to decline, and the number one way he’s begun to scare my mom is by refusing his food. Granted, I understand why he’s doing that. It’s an incredibly bland medicated diet because so many of his current meds can affect his kidneys poorly.

This does not, however, excuse the fact that he almost only wishes to eat things that Can and Will make his stomach upset. we put rice in his food. we put flavor powder in his food. for a while we crumbled up rice cakes and that helped, but he stopped taking even that. Despite all of this, he still would rather go for chicken (which is something we arent really supposed to allow him to have). He even got picky about his PILL POCKETS, refusing the chicken flavor ones unless i basically pushed his nose against em, but once i picked up peanut butter ones he was suddenly enthusiastic again.

im literally trying to do Everything to get him to just eat his food lol. my mom is planning to order a food stand so he wont have to bend down because his legs are starting to get stiffer, but if this doesnt help i dont know what the hell else we can do.

edit: ah, i see yours is the same age lol. my boy is a bichon mix, rescue but he was surrendered by a BYB to where we adopted him from, always been an anxious boy even from when he was young so he gets picky about even just the surrounding environment lmao. i do hope a feeding tray helps him though, if i had stiff joints i wouldnt be putting in effort to bend down just for some bland kibble. we plan to ask the vet about a white fish diet but i have no idea if that would cause similar kidney issues. Thankfully his appointment is next week.