Oh my yes!!! Have found from having 4 Yorkies that they do indeed love control! My newest, Little Bit, age 19 months, and 4 1/2#'s is the pickiest eater. He is on a special diet, ZD only. Never gets treats - yet he will pick and ignore his food - and what a disaster if I change time, bowl, or place and EXACT feeding routinel! I did find that if I cut his amount of food back for breakfast that he would not be quite as demanding for dinner!! Sometimes it takes two or three meals of cutting the amount he normally gets back until he just eats as a normal dog should!! Yes, spoiled..and I can not let him miss a meal, but it sure helps to cut him back. Worked for my spoiled baby - but honestly, he will probably find a way to manipulate me again with his food! They are smart - and love to control EVERYTHING they can get away with!! |