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Originally Posted by Brewfilek  Hi Everyone!
i'm so excited to finally post and get involved.
i have a 4 month old Yorkie male that i just adore with every bone in my body.
He's going to be a big boy from what i've been able to esimate from other postings on here. He weighs in a 6 lbs now, although he is a super fussy eater.
my question is: what does your Yorkie love to eat for dog food?
Brew seems to tierd of his food very easily. I've bought 5 or 6 different types of kibble so far (acana, royal canin yorkie puppy blend, natrual food, medical (vet brand), and beniful puppy blend...off the top of my head). and he seems to like it for anywhere from 3 - 9 meals and then gets sick of eat and doesn't eat anymore. I've tried to add in the wet food to tempt him, but he won't go for the wet at all.
I've just been switching them around to keep him interested. He loves the beniful crunchies, but they are crap, so i mix it with about 75% of the better kibbles. this morning even that was seeming like old news to him.
He never has any problems digesting the new kibbles, and i'm figuring that dog food is better for him to eat the "people food".
i had a yorkie/teacup poodle cross that lived to 14 years. All she would eat for the last 4 years i think was human food, so i'm really trying not to have that with Brew.
Now i totally get the whole "he'll eat when he is hungry" advice. but we have had 4 hypoglycemia episodes with him from not getting enough food into him, so i've had to cave a bit to get him to eat. Vets have run mulitpul tests to rule out anything medicaly wrong with him.
I'd love to hear your thoughts!!!  |
Ok here are my thoughts. Hypogylcemia from not eating on a 6lb pup is pretty rare. Usually hypoglycemia is with very small under 2lb pups. So in my mind this is concerning to me that your large pup is experiencing not one but 4 episodes of hypoglycemia, from not eating. Perhaps he didnt' eat for days?
I have never ever had an hypoglycemic episode on my dog, he was just under 2lbs and just under 3months old when I picked him up.
He is now as an adult 6.5 lbs. He has gone easily overnight since puphood without eating. Gone 8 hrs easily without eating sometimes when we are travelling.
In my opinion something is wrong in "denmark". I'm not sure exactly what multiple tests have been done; but has a full blood panel been done;LS testing; thyroid expanded function profile, hyperuricosuria genetic test?
Some food for thought here.
On the topic of food; I feed a raw diet and have never had a problem with appetite in my Yorkie. If raw diet seems a little extreme for you, consult a dog nutritionist and develop a cooked meat with vege diet based food.