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My dog won't eat her dog food. Is she starving herself? What to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | 5 years and 9 months old | 50 lbs

My dog want eat her dog food but she will eat table scraps and she’s basically starving her self what can I do to get her to eat ?

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Answered By Maria DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 3rd, 2018

If Sam has never done this before then I would recommend taking her to a veterinarian to have her evaluated. If this is normal for her and she just doesn't want her dog food I would make sure no one else is feeding her human food and once she is hungry she will eat. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

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