
- Increased appetite
- Increased thirst
- Frequent and increased urination
- Weight loss or gain
- Panting
- Change in behavior
- Pot belly
- Vomiting
- Behavioral issues - Learned behavior due to being overfed or not being fed enough food
- Stress and anxiety - A recent move or new pet may be causing anxiety
- Poor quality dog food may be leaving your dog hungry
- Pregnancy or nursing
- Parasites in the dog’s intestines, which then cause malabsorption of nutrients
- Inflammatory bowel disease is a condition which causes the intestine to be intruded by inflammatory cells
- Cushing’s syndrome - Also known as hyperadrenocorticism, this occurs when your dog’s adrenal glands produce too much cortisol hormone
- Diabetes mellitus - Sugar diabetes occurs when the pancreas no longer manufactures enough insulin
- Hyperthyroidism can cause an increased metabolism, which then leads to excessive hunger
- Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency - This condition causes food not to be properly digested; therefore, nutrients are not absorbed by the dog’s body
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