Hi there,
My little mini-schnauzer was the very same way about her food. She lived to be 13 & I have only recently lost her. She was the very same way about her food & NEVER changed. Not sure where she got that habit---we adopted her at 12 wks. I always said she "inhaled" her food.
But, I definitely would not let my baby swallow anything whole. My vet's office says they have at least one stomach blockage case per week & I live in a small town (about 25,000)---area of about 60,000. I also know of at least one lovely animal that lost his life due to swallowing something whole. Don't know about Yorkies yet, but when my baby got older, my vet put her on a low-protein food (Science Diet UD) b/c the high protein was damaging her kidneys. Good luck on changing this baby's eating habits though---lol !! |