My Angel who is not a bully, she is a shar-pei and is 10 years old. has been very picky with her food over the past few months. She will eat for awhile then she will not eat unless I hand feed her the food and then she decided that she didn't want the dry food only wet, so I complied. I took her to the vet and her thyroid was off, then she had swollen hocks, alot of things going on all at once. I kept telling the vet there is something wrong, but couldn't figure it out. Her eyes were dull. Now I know what was wrong. I took her in the other day, complaining that I wanted her on her thyroid meds again, because she just looked depressed or said, she NEVER cried or seem in pain, no panting, etc. Just sad eyes. Well, she had FIVE abcessed teeth which had to be pulled out today. One was so bad that it had infected her sinus cavity, my poor baby was in pain this whole time, that's why the finiky eating patterns. I feel so terrible, she is on heavy duty pain meds for the next few days, she did want to eat tonight when she came home from the vets, but is sleeping comfortably now, but she is still bleeding some.