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My puppy won't eat her food, only the cat's or adult dog's. Help!

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Yorkipoo | Female | unspayed | 3 months and 28 days old | 3.4 lbs

My puppy doesn't eat much of her food but will eat my adult dogs food and cat food. How can I get her to eat her food?

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Answered By Maria DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 29th, 2017

I would recommend separating Cookie from your other animals while they are eating. I would not leave the food out all day, instead I would meal feed them. With regards to the cat food I would recommend keeping the food up high somewhere your cat has to jump to get too. That way Cookie cannot have access to the cat food at all. I hope this helps and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

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