Our current pregnant bitch (her first litter) stopped eating her regular food about a week ago!!!!!!! We have tried everything....but she will not eat two meals in row of the same food! We have gone from; Iiams, Bill Jack, Purina, puppy canned food to, scrambled eggs, pork chop, cottage cheese, roll over, or hamburger, We make sure that she gets her vitamins and Nutri Cal each day, and have a free feeder (kibble) on the floor at all times.We assume that once she whelps she will once again become a bottomless pit and will eat what we put down for her. We also have a Griff bitch that has a liver shunt that should have been operated on 6 years ago, but the procedure was new and she was not a candidate, at the time, she was 4 months old .We feed her Purina N.F. perscription dog food (dry and canned). When she goes off her food, about twice a year, we take her to the Vet and he loads her up with antibiotics which keeps her going until next time. It should be noted that the surgery costs about $2000. now and we have about $4000 in vet bills blood tests and special food invested in this litle girl, The cost was never a consideration. Harlowe Jahelka Belleterre GSDs and Brussels Griffons ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================