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Ziggyx3 · 06-16-2009, 10:09 AM

Hi!

I recently got a yorkie that my father bought from one of his friends.
The yorkie showed up at his friends house about three weeks ago, and wasn't in good condition. He had either been lost for a long time or abandoned.

They told my dad they couldn't get the yorkie to eat anything but table scraps.

Once he would get the table scraps, he'd eat some and then hide the rest.

Now that I have him we immediately got him dogfood.
Beneful, and some other brand thats really soft.
We also got him milk bones.

He will NOT eat the dogfood at all. However, he will eat the milkbones if i crunch them up small enough. [ I'm assuming because they don't smell like dogfood ]

I had been feeding him ham lunchmeat, but the lady at petsmart told us that pork would give him heart worms so I've fed him cooked haburger meat.

We believe he is about three years old, maybe 2.

I've tried mixing it with other food, nothing works.

Any ideas?

Is there any dogfood that doesn't actually smell like.. dogfood?

Please help, ASAP.

06-16-2009, 10:09 AM	#1
Ziggyx3 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pearl, Mississippi, United States Posts: 11	My yorkie won't eat anything that smells like dogfood !? Hi! I recently got a yorkie that my father bought from one of his friends. The yorkie showed up at his friends house about three weeks ago, and wasn't in good condition. He had either been lost for a long time or abandoned. They told my dad they couldn't get the yorkie to eat anything but table scraps. Once he would get the table scraps, he'd eat some and then hide the rest. Now that I have him we immediately got him dogfood. Beneful, and some other brand thats really soft. We also got him milk bones. He will NOT eat the dogfood at all. However, he will eat the milkbones if i crunch them up small enough. [ I'm assuming because they don't smell like dogfood ] I had been feeding him ham lunchmeat, but the lady at petsmart told us that pork would give him heart worms so I've fed him cooked haburger meat. We believe he is about three years old, maybe 2. I've tried mixing it with other food, nothing works. Any ideas? Is there any dogfood that doesn't actually smell like.. dogfood? Please help, ASAP.