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Never in a million years would I ever dream any living creature in my house would not like treats! As cute as our puppy is, I almost feel like she has some kind of alien strangeness...LOL

I cannot get her to eat a treat. (That leaves me totally confused about how to reinforce her good behaviors!) She is so wonderful and loving and cute and spoiled and just plain old precious. I feel really strange asking about this since it is such a strange "problem" but I need someone's ideas.

She literally will not take anything out of my hand although she loves to lick "whatever" scent is on my hand. She will motion with her head toward the floor several times as in telling me that if I want her to eat it, I need to drop the treat! I feel like I'm the one being trained...LOL

Unfortunately, then she will sniff and maybe lick the treat but she doesn't eat it. I think if she was a child, she'd not like junk food...it's just un-American...LOL The only treat I have found that she will deign to eat are those mini carrot sticks. (I do know that our breeder made homemade treats and included a recipe and cookie cutter in her suitcase.)

Perhaps I should mention that any cooking I do is done "as the spirit moves" LOL It's just my husband and I (and now our Yorkie) and I cook when I'm in the mood. We are fortunate to have several good delivery sources and/or curbside restaurants and frankly, we can almost eat as cheaply as my cooking. If there is any solution other than my having to personally cook her treats, I would like to try that first!

I also cannot get her to eat her kibble. Forget this "she'll eat when she gets hungry" business...it doesn't work! As wonderful as she is, she is only eating real, cooked chicken...and the carrots as treats. I've mixed kibble, ground it, etc. but she just sniffs and struts off. She really has the cutest little prissy strut you could imagine!

Then there's the potty business. For the first 3-4 days home, she used the pee pads every time with no problem. We clapped and celebrated and just generally made fools of ourselves because she peed or pooped in the right place. Now.....well, can we just say I bragged to the breeder too soon...LOL

She is so wonderful but I stay so freaked out over her not eating well (although she scarfs down the chicken) that I give her some of that NutriCal a couple of times a day...not much but a little bit. I'm so afraid of the situations I've read on here. (Her gums have always been pretty and pink but she likes to sleep when she's not going at full speed ahead.)

She's 14 weeks and weighs 3 lbs. 7 oz. Good natured doesn't begin to do her personality justice and if her tail wasn't attached, she'd wag it off. We haven't even taken photos yet because we don't want to stop long enough to get the camera! She really is that entertaining...LOL

I've read here for months and know that with all the Yorkie owner experiences on here, someone can surely help or suggest a solution. (Did I mention she traveled the 6+ hours home with no problems at all?) I know...I'm quite prejudiced but she is magnificent even if I am worried (really worried) about her diet.

I guess in the spirit of full disclosure I should also admit that she sleeps so soundly that I keep bugging my husband about being afraid she's dead. I'm becoming the nervous, spazzo owner that I didn't want to be!