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Dog Lovers...I've Got a Question For You

Story Created: Jul 23, 2008

Story Updated: Jul 23, 2008

Dog Lovers...I've Got a Question For You

Craig Koplien

email:  ckoplien@todaystmj4.com

We've got a 5 1/2 year old Golden Retriever named Maggie.

We feed her first thing every morning...Purina Dog Chow, I think.

And for the first 5 1/4 years of her life, she ate first thing in the morning.  Sometimes within minutes, but always within an hour, of her food rattling into her bowl, she'd eat.

But several weeks ago...she switched her mealtime.

We didn't...we still feed her first thing in the morning.  But she doesn't eat in the morning anymore.  She hasn't been touching her food until the afternoon.  Sometimes not until late afternoon.

What's the deal here?

Is this a problem?

Could she be sick?

It's not that she's not eating...she eats her food just fine.  But over the last several weeks, she's been doing it 9-10 hours later than she had most of her life.

If you've had this happen with your dog...or if you know what's going on...could you drop me an email?  ckoplien@todaystmj4.com

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