I was noticing too in my kennel everyone is basically off their food, wheatens, norfolks, shepherds, and waterdogs. Even my housepet, CeCe left 1/2 her food in her bowl last night (and this the bitch who will eat the bowl if it had a beef flavoring). I think its a combination of the heat here in northern California valley area. Its been oppressively hot and dogs arent really interested in chowing down. However, my wheaten specials dog is now a specials and while I will allow one night with him not eating, on the second night, he is stuffed (wheatens are notorious about not eating and racks of bones under that glorious wavy coat). Tonight it was a bit cooler and everyone seemed to eat well. Although its relatively simple, a dog usually wont eat if he (1) isnt hungry or (2) is in some type of discomfort and trying to "tell you something". Some dogs never will be voracious eater and some will have to watch their portions each night. I usually feed later at night when its cooler anyways and notice fairly good results. on sundays I feed "lighter" as I found I was wasting over half of my mixed food. Usually if a dog gets 4 cups, I will feed 3, and so one and by monday night, they are back on feed schedule. Try it, hopefully it works. Mike Michael Lynch BlackHawk Farms,LLC www.BlackHawk-Farms.com --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================