Jewlieee
Posted : 5/4/2011 9:03:54 PM
I suspect this is behavioral and nutritional issues. My senior dog started barking for food too eventually but she was near 16. It was when she started to really go downhill from pain, and we suspect cancer (but that was never verified). I'm not trying to say your dog has cancer. I'm suggesting that your dog is probably going through physical changes which is causing new behaviors to come out. It sounds like your dog might be anxious at night. There's a lot of things you can do to deal with that: phsyical and most importantly at this age, mental exercise. Before bed, have the dog run through some obedience skills, do some tricks, do some free shaping, etc. Corgis can get fat quick so use kibble for treats, or frozen green beens, carrots, etc.
For food, I would switch from eukanuba to something with more protien so the dog feels full for longer and you can feed less. Its the same concept with humans. If your diet consisted of all carbs and emtpy calories, you are going to be hungry all the time. Eat more protien and fiber and you are fuller longer. Check the ingrediants on the food you are feeding. Are the first 4 - 5 ingreds corn and some carbs? Maybe 1 meat? You should find something that has a meat meal as the first ingred. And again, go for higher protien. 26 to 35 percent or so. (All this is assuming your dog is healthy)
You can also add some frozen veggis to your dogs meal like green beans or carrots. Dogs don't get a lot of nutrients from these but it helps fill them up and slows down their eating
For sleeping arrangements, I'm guessing a kennel probably won't do unless the dog has been trained that way at this point. You can have it wear an anxiety wrap at night, like a snug t shirt, a thundershirt etc. Something it can snuggle up and curl up and relax. Don't give in to the demand for food. That is just making the problem worse.