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10-06-2016, 11:54 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker | Eating Bowl problem Hi, I have a 3.5 pound Yorkie. She is very sensitive as all of them are. She is scared of her eating and drinking bowls. The ones she has now are 5 inch in diameter (with 0.6 inch trim included) It is the smallest bowl I found. She is still afraid. She might be afraid because of the trim maybe. But also the color is pink. You think the color repels her? She is 3 and a half years old and still eating from my hand two or three times a day. What are your suggestions? Any suggestions where I can look for alternative bowls. Thank you so much... |
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10-06-2016, 12:12 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: the land of high taxes
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| I have a 3.75 pound yorkie and a 4 pound Biewer. I bought several types of tiny bowls that they both refused to eat from. I finally put their food on a 5" flat plastic plate - success!!! For the past 3 years have used nothing but plastic disposable plates. I do use them for as long as possible before I toss them. It can get expensive, but they love them and gobble their food up. Call me a crazy dog person |
10-06-2016, 12:28 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| Piper eats from a shallow, stainless steel, oval-shaped dish; prior to that she ate from a shallow, ceramic bowl (ear-marked for cats). Giving her a meal in/on anything else is a no go! It's a tricky business this feeding thing...!! |
10-06-2016, 12:28 PM | #4 |
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| My Riley is 3.5# & not a great eater & also has issues with bowls. He has issues with stainless I think due to his reflection and/or the noise it may make when he eats (he doesn't wear a collar where it clangs but the eating process does cause "sounds".) With him, I think it has to do more with the rims on bowls/putting his head "inside" the bowl. I could be wrong, but that is what it seems like to me. He sometimes won't eat if I am not in the same room with him/can't watch me while he eats. (I think he is just afraid he will miss out on something. Lol) I too have to hand-feed him sometimes if it has been too long since he ate last. I am going to try a kitty saucer next.
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10-06-2016, 12:46 PM | #6 |
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| I saw one at our local Petsmart. I would search online pets stores, in the cat department. HTH
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10-07-2016, 12:04 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: U.K.
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| I had similar problems and finally bought a baby dish online that is flatish but has 2 divided sections and my little girl is very happy with it. She will sometimes hold out for being hand fed just because she likes it I think.... if it comes to that, I'll hand feed a couple of pieces and then she will carry on. |
10-07-2016, 03:22 AM | #9 |
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| Try putting it on a paper towel. I have one that will only eat her food that is on a paper towel.
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10-07-2016, 07:41 AM | #10 |
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| I sort of have this same problem. I use a Corelle brand dish. It is really small. I think they call it a vegetable side dish. I also use a puzzle feeder. I think it is designed to give treats, but food works great in it. It also gives them a mental workout. This is Lexi's preferred way to eat. She seems to like working for her food. I can put food in a small dish and it will just sit there all day. If I transfer it to a puzzle, she gobbles it right up. I also put her kibble or dehydrated raw food in a plastic bottle. She loves to play with that bottle and when the food falls out she loves it. The crazy things we do! |
10-07-2016, 09:53 AM | #11 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Harrisburg
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| Ginger will not eat from a bowl either. She only eats from a plate or the floor. |
10-07-2016, 11:35 AM | #12 | |
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I have actually resulted to spoon feeding her. this is the only way she will eat | |
10-08-2016, 06:29 AM | #14 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: GA, USA
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| lol my girl will drink from her bowl but normally she prefers being handfed not that she's scared or anything, just prefers it >_<;; We still have the larger steel bowls from when we had our two other JRs been thinking of getting her something smaller for her food.
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10-08-2016, 09:12 AM | #15 |
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| Try a kitty dish as they are shallow compared to dog bowls. I have the stainless kitty bowl with the blue rubber skid ring on the bottom from Petco & mine do very well with them. I do have 1 that prefers a plate. I bought a saucer from Goodwill & he loves that little plate. Dogs do not like for their faces to be covered by deep dishes as it makes them feel vulnerable so the more shallow the better. |
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