Wow!! Thanks to all of you for your advice, opinions and advice.
Lorraine, your decreased concerns gave me a huge sigh of relief.
Tyke's breeder warned me several times about the hypoglycemic issus...which is why I force fed him over that first week end.
I'm really sorry the other "new mom" had to learn that the hard way.. you must have been terrified.
Now when Tyke goes longer than I'm comfortable with, I'll syringe feed him (which is always a fight) some a.d.... which OFTEN seems to stimulate his appetite enough that he'll take SOMEthing at least. After living with him and worrying about him for over a year now, I've become good at recognizing the pre-hypoglycemic signs. He becomes quiet, and disinterested. If it progressed, he'd then become lethargic... but I never let it go that far.
He won't touch dry food, even if I smash it up with a hammer...in fact, untill a couple of months ago, he wouldn't eat kibble of any description, soaked, dry, ground,... even soaked and mixed into his homecooked. He's SO picky, that if I didn't remove the kibble from the homecooked, he wouldn't eat at ALL. I MIGHT get away with grinding it to a powder in the food processor and sprinkling a little on his homecooked, but even that wasn't always accepted.
I've FINALLY persuaded him to eat it soaked, but only if it's less than 50% of the meal and mixed with either homecooked ...or tinned (which I try to avoid using) Hopefully, in time, I can increase the kibble ratio, it seems to be a work in progress.
His dental health is a concern for me because he won't eat.. or chew ANYthing hard. I've tried rawhide, raw beef bones, greenies, bonz, hooves, dried salmon rolls, pigs ears, regular dog biscuits.. you name it. The toys he enjoys playing with are always plush ones.
Brushing his teeth is absolutely out of the question... even his dental surgeon laughed at Tyke's "bounce" levels.
He's actually VERY difficult to work with because he just NEVER stands still. None of my friends or family will even pick him up because he bounces, or "happy wriggles" with such enthusiasm everyone is afraid he'll slip.
He's SO happy and enthusiastic...and active that if he was human I'd be suspicious he was taking something.... or at least overloading on caffeine.
I wish I had even the tiniest portion of his energy levels