<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31737"> Rescues get a lot of dogs in and many of them are scared and overwhelmed at first. Although it is hard for us to believe - sometimes they are too overwhelmed to eat. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31794"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31795">Unless a dog is emaciated, I do the following: I find a nice, secure place to feed them so they don't have to worry about what the other dogs are doing. I put the food down for 15 minutes. I pick the bowl up and put away until the next meal. I don't fuss over them or try to encourage them. I just let them be.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31796"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31797">I have rarely had one that took more than a day to start eating. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31798"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31799">If they are emaciated then it could be that their sense of hunger has shut down. In these cases I cook up some ground turkey and feed them a bit every 30 minutes and then after they are eating that bit, I increase it to two bits. Basically you are "priming the hunger pump".</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31800"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31817">Good luck!</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31801"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31802"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31816"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31708" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31808"><em><strong><font size="4">Pam Farris</font></strong></em></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31807"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31806">Basset Rescue of Florida, Inc.</strong></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31805"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31804" href="http://www.bassetrescueflorida.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31803" color="#0000ff">www.BassetRescueFlorida.com</font></a> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427395083867_31818"> </div></div></div></body></html>