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Hedley · 01-04-2010, 01:25 PM

I know what Im supposed to do, I do it, it still makes no difference.

I have a fussy little Yorkie. At first I had to try several different foods as he had a senstive stomach and had a lot of diarrhoea. At last I found a food that suited him, Orijen. He ate it at first. Now he wont eat it. I have tried putting it down leaving it for 15 minutes, taking it up and putting it in the bin, he doesnt eat it. I tried a gravy topper (Gravy Works) he licked up the gravy and left the kibble. I tried adding some wet food to kibble (canned Chappie, Fish4Dogs salmon mousse or sardines) and what does he do? eat the wet food and leave the kibble. I even tried a week of substituting one meal with raw. The first few days he ate some of the raw, but then went off that too. This weekend he turned his nose up at a fresh oxtail which was really meaty . I know that at 4 and a half months its likely he is cutting his adult teeth so maybe thats an issue with the raw and the kibble, but I get the impression that he is just playing me up.

So again, I tried putting the kibble down on its own, leaving it for 15 minutes, then taking it away. Im tired of throwing expensive food away. How many days do I keep this up for???

01-04-2010, 01:25 PM	#1
Hedley Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: YORKSHIRE, UK Posts: 88	I put the food down, he doesnt eat it ... I know what Im supposed to do, I do it, it still makes no difference. I have a fussy little Yorkie. At first I had to try several different foods as he had a senstive stomach and had a lot of diarrhoea. At last I found a food that suited him, Orijen. He ate it at first. Now he wont eat it. I have tried putting it down leaving it for 15 minutes, taking it up and putting it in the bin, he doesnt eat it. I tried a gravy topper (Gravy Works) he licked up the gravy and left the kibble. I tried adding some wet food to kibble (canned Chappie, Fish4Dogs salmon mousse or sardines) and what does he do? eat the wet food and leave the kibble. I even tried a week of substituting one meal with raw. The first few days he ate some of the raw, but then went off that too. This weekend he turned his nose up at a fresh oxtail which was really meaty . I know that at 4 and a half months its likely he is cutting his adult teeth so maybe thats an issue with the raw and the kibble, but I get the impression that he is just playing me up. So again, I tried putting the kibble down on its own, leaving it for 15 minutes, then taking it away. Im tired of throwing expensive food away. How many days do I keep this up for???