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debbiect · 04-03-2007, 05:24 AM

Sonysw, I have the same problem with mine being picky. He is 5 months old and has about driven me to pull my hair out. I've been told by my vet tech that has owned and does own numerous Yorkies. She told me they were very finicky about their food. She said that it teaches them to be more finicky when we cater to them and change their food on their every whim. But I've read the posts on here and many people have switched around trying to find the one their furbaby likes the best. Many have done wonderfully and had no problems. But not me! Some have even switched their baby to home cooking. That's what I did. I've been doing it about a week now and I'm back to square one. Sparky is picking at his food, only eating a little here and a little there. I give him yogurt (he now refuses it), cottage cheese, egg (he'll eat a little scrambled), chicken, beef, pork, mixed veggies (he loved in the beginning, now turns up his nose), carrots, pasta, brown rice. I don't know what to do. I leave kibble down (Merricks and Solid Gold Wee Bits) and he may eat a bite here or there. I have tried Merricks canned and he won't touch it (Pupply Plate). I got some samples a few months ago from Natural Balance and he liked the rolls, so I went out and bought one of each. Now he turns his nose up. I got some samples of Canidae and he liked the chicken and rice. I may go try that. I don't know how to deal with this either. I've had dogs all my life and I always free fed them (left a bowl of kibbles out and they ate when they were hungry) but I heard all these horror stories about hypogycemia with Yorkies and was petrified. Sparky has never had that happen, and of course it may be due to his bigger size. He's over what I've heard AKC says is the standard 7 lbs. He weighs 7 lb 8 ounces. So if anyone out there can give us some pointers, I'd love to hear. I'll be going out of town the 29th of this month and leaving my daughter in charge of Sparky. I worry that he will go through one of his picky stages and not eat much. So Yorkie yakkers.........help us! Will they starve themself or will they break down and eat what's available? Yorkies I have heard are very stubborn.

04-03-2007, 05:24 AM	#6
debbiect Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NC Posts: 107	Sonysw, I have the same problem with mine being picky. He is 5 months old and has about driven me to pull my hair out. I've been told by my vet tech that has owned and does own numerous Yorkies. She told me they were very finicky about their food. She said that it teaches them to be more finicky when we cater to them and change their food on their every whim. But I've read the posts on here and many people have switched around trying to find the one their furbaby likes the best. Many have done wonderfully and had no problems. But not me! Some have even switched their baby to home cooking. That's what I did. I've been doing it about a week now and I'm back to square one. Sparky is picking at his food, only eating a little here and a little there. I give him yogurt (he now refuses it), cottage cheese, egg (he'll eat a little scrambled), chicken, beef, pork, mixed veggies (he loved in the beginning, now turns up his nose), carrots, pasta, brown rice. I don't know what to do. I leave kibble down (Merricks and Solid Gold Wee Bits) and he may eat a bite here or there. I have tried Merricks canned and he won't touch it (Pupply Plate). I got some samples a few months ago from Natural Balance and he liked the rolls, so I went out and bought one of each. Now he turns his nose up. I got some samples of Canidae and he liked the chicken and rice. I may go try that. I don't know how to deal with this either. I've had dogs all my life and I always free fed them (left a bowl of kibbles out and they ate when they were hungry) but I heard all these horror stories about hypogycemia with Yorkies and was petrified. Sparky has never had that happen, and of course it may be due to his bigger size. He's over what I've heard AKC says is the standard 7 lbs. He weighs 7 lb 8 ounces. So if anyone out there can give us some pointers, I'd love to hear. I'll be going out of town the 29th of this month and leaving my daughter in charge of Sparky. I worry that he will go through one of his picky stages and not eat much. So Yorkie yakkers.........help us! Will they starve themself or will they break down and eat what's available? Yorkies I have heard are very stubborn.