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JangMi · 09-21-2010, 08:13 PM

My yorkie Shadow is 2 years 3 months old and weighs 12 pounds. Is he big for a yorkie? All the ones I've seen are tiny. Anyway, he was eating Eukanuba Puppy for small breeds when we first got him but he stopped a few months later so we switched to Royal Canin for Yorkshire Terriers but he doesn't seem to like it anymore. Sometimes we even have to put treats with it to get him to eat but most of the time he just picks out the treats and doesn't eat his food. He just refuses to eat probably because my dad keeps giving him human food and regular chicken daily. It's very frustrating because both my dad and Shadow aren't cooperating. He's picky and spoiled and I'm getting tired of it. He also has a problem with chewing, he doesn't do it! Most of the time he chews one or two times and just swallows which he ends up throwing up whole pieces later. He also got into the habit of being hand fed. If no one hand feeds him, he will not eat and just lay there waiting for us to give it to him. Is anyone else having this problem or has had it before? I was thinking of trying to cut down the human food to every other day as a start. I don't really know what to do. And if it's not too much trouble, maybe list some better quality dry dog food?

09-21-2010, 08:13 PM	#1
JangMi YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New York Posts: 3	Poor eating habits? My yorkie Shadow is 2 years 3 months old and weighs 12 pounds. Is he big for a yorkie? All the ones I've seen are tiny. Anyway, he was eating Eukanuba Puppy for small breeds when we first got him but he stopped a few months later so we switched to Royal Canin for Yorkshire Terriers but he doesn't seem to like it anymore. Sometimes we even have to put treats with it to get him to eat but most of the time he just picks out the treats and doesn't eat his food. He just refuses to eat probably because my dad keeps giving him human food and regular chicken daily. It's very frustrating because both my dad and Shadow aren't cooperating. He's picky and spoiled and I'm getting tired of it. He also has a problem with chewing, he doesn't do it! Most of the time he chews one or two times and just swallows which he ends up throwing up whole pieces later. He also got into the habit of being hand fed. If no one hand feeds him, he will not eat and just lay there waiting for us to give it to him. Is anyone else having this problem or has had it before? I was thinking of trying to cut down the human food to every other day as a start. I don't really know what to do. And if it's not too much trouble, maybe list some better quality dry dog food? Last edited by JangMi; 09-21-2010 at 08:15 PM.