Thanks so much for your response.
I stocked up on Yorkie Yummies (all flavors!) and I've tried the yogurt drops, Cheerios, blueberry cobbler bites, real (human) fruit, and some expensive liver soft chewy treats. Oh, and cheese cracker type treats for dogs. Those are just off the top of my head. All of them eventually got thrown away or vacuumed away for lack of interest. (I did not use them all at once.)
She does like shredded cheddar cheese but I had to call the vet's office about constipation. I was so excited about the cheese, I think I overdid it. She also ate a couple of bites of cottage cheese once when I was trying to get her to eat anything. She wouldn't even go near the natural applesauce.
I'm beginning to think that it must not be a natural response to take a treat. However, if it's a learned response, I'm not having much luck teaching it.
Very limited experience, I admit, but I don't think it's the taste of the treats as much as she doesn't know what they are or what to do with them! She's not shy or skittish so it's not like I'm having to lure her to me with treats. She does like the attention and praise she gets from us but it just seems like training would be so much easier if I could get her to like edible rewards!
She's very smart. I'm beginning to wonder if her mother warned her about taking food from strangers...LOL. I did think today that I would "hide" some bites where she might find them. She's interested in eating bits of paper she finds dropped on the floor when she shouldn't eat it at all. (Thing is...after much debate, I purchased some of those expensive Nina Ottosson's interactive toys which involve hiding a treat. Now I'm wondering if I should have purchased them!)
She's very mannerly, too. She was not allowed to beg and will sit and watch us eat without the hint of a whimper so it's not as though she's wanting our food. |