 Yorkie won't chew his food!
I adopted a male Yorkie a couple years ago and he had absolutely no manners because he was left alone all the time to do as he wished, he was left alone for many hours at a time and I think they didn't seem to have him on very good food, he was always starving!
Well I have him on a regimental schedule with really good food, and he has no need to act like he's starving.
My main problem is " He does not chew his food" , he just guzzles it all down in about 6 gulps!, my Shi-itzu takes his time and eats one crunchie at a time( he's very methodical), the Yorkie is done and licked the whole floor and bowl clean by the time I put the rest of the food away, then he sits in the corner waiting for his brother to finish hoping to get a few crumbs (which I don't allow because of different diets). I've hand fed him, one crunchie at a time, didn't work, I went to plan B: praising the Shi-itzu when he crunch's a crunchy as a treat, the Yorkie might crunch the first 2 then that's it!
This is why I feed him digestive enzymes with his food, hoping they will do the work he doesn't.
Anyone else have this problem? and worried about it??
My Yorkie is about 10lbs,( 5kg ) he is very tall and very long( he's not a tea cup that's for sure!) |