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lighter:
I mean... she's whining and barking for food... day and night.  Typically, she doesn't do more than whine a time or two toward her bowl.   Now... she's escalating before we can get to her food, and give her some.   

She's also used to eating in the evenings.  We're used to her not asking for good until then.

I've been mixing green beans into her food for the last 3 days, btw.  I mean.... I almost went through a 28oz can this afternoon AND her entire daily ration of grain free dry food. 

I gave her FOUR plates of beans and Canidea.... one after the other with her devouring them, then whining and pushing her plate around and biting at it and barking hungrily for more.  I gave her 4 plates, today only, just to SEE how hungry she feels she is.  To see how much her stomach could hold... to get more information. 

The vet said she's not overtly concerned.  She wondered if Pug's been more active.  Definitively not, since she's been put on a bit of bed rest, bc of the paralysis that's doing better, btw. 

After the pug ate today, she was super frisky and playful...  just tore up her toy.... I mean she thrashed it around like a shark with a fish.  If I ate that much, I'd have been in a food coma.   

So, any ideas or experiences with increased appetite in a canine best friend?

I'm concerned it could be parasites, frankly.

Lighter

lighter:
Yes, trying to put her on a diet... or rather... stop her from eating all kinds of human food, and cheap dog food and other dog's food around the clock at the permissive neighbor's house. 

 

Will see at her upcoming check up.  We're moving it ahead a month. Thanks for the comment, CB.

Lighter

Hopalong:
I got nothing to suggest Lighter, except a Google search for terms like:

sudden appetite increase pug

appetite increase in dogs

This vet's post about it says you should not delay going to the vet:

https://www.animalemergency.net/why-is-my-dog-eating-more-than-usual/

Good luck to you both,
Hops

lighter:
Ok, Hops.  I'll move the appointment up as quick as I can.  Pug gets her summer shave on Friday and a nail trim too.   

So.... Pug ate an entire 28oz can of French-style green beans AND about a cup of her dry food. 

I won't give her anything else, but I wanted to know just how hungry she was.

Every single bite she ate was like she was starving.

Lighter

 

Hopalong:
Hmmm.
I think since it's been 3 days, I'd make it happen tomorrow.
Most vet offices will work in urgent care visits and she's a small dog of a vulnerable breed....

Just wouldn't wait until Friday, fwiw...could of course be wrong, and likely am....

hugs
Hops

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