Hi,
Are you trying to get your Yorkie to switch to dry food for better dental hygiene/easier dispensing&storage/cost?
If you really want to eat dry food, you can mix a little chicken broth or water into the dry food. Let it stand for a few minutes and it will become moist. Once your Yorkie is eating this regularly, mix a little less chicken broth or water into the dry food week by week until you are comfortable with the consistency. On another note: you're going to have to mix whatever you're giving your Yorkie now with what ever dry food you want to start giving her for a while also, because you don't want to make abrupt changes in the diet. That could cause your Yorkie to have digestive problems.
So in short: 1st week
1. start with 3/4 of whatever moist food you use
2. add 1/4 of the new dry food that you will add chicken broth or water
2nd week
1. 1/2 whatever moist food
2. 1/2 dry food mixed with chicken broth or water
3rd week
1. 3/4 dry food mixed with chicken broth/water
2. 1/4 whatever moist food
4th week
1. all dry food mixed with chicken broth/water
5th week and so on adding less and less chicken broth/water
This is tedious yes, but if your Yorkie is picky like you say, the pooch won't fall for anything unless it's subtle.
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Originally Posted by lovenmyyorkie  My baby, Sydney, seems to hate every dry food I have tried. She came to me a couple of months ago (she is 3 yrs). Was told she ate Royal Cannine but wouldn't once she got here. I have tried Chicken Soup for the dog lovers soul, Eukanaba Yorkshire blend, Science Diet. My husband went out and got her some Purina moist and meaty. She wouldn't eat any of it. didn't eat for days when we first got her. I started buying Fromm Family canned after I checked out the grading scale for foods. Best one I could find within an hours drive. It's getting quite expensive driving that far every couple weeks and the cans are almost $3.00 each.
Any suggestions on how I can get her to eat dry? She won't eat the canned if I mix any dry with it. She's a bit stubborn! lol |