My Duke would never eat out of a bowl. If I put the food in his bowl he would play hockey with it around the kitchen and bang it off the walls until the food landed on the floor. We tried paper plates, same thing. I used to put it on the floor but that was messy. We got one of those pet placemats from Walmart ($5). I would just dump his food on there (had to spread it out too) and he would eat it from there. I guess its just a Yorkie thing, but we love them just the same.