What did the breeder have this baby on when you brought him home? A lot of unnecessary stress is cr4eated for both the baby and the new owner, when the new owner brings the baby home and first rattle out of the box, you try to change his diet. This is NOT the time to try to change his eating program! If your vet has checked the baby over and there is no physical reason why the baby is not eating, he is just stressed out and confused. Start from square one. What did the breeder have him on? Go back to that. Get some Gerber baby food....chicken.....and let him lick that off your finger. You may need to syringe feed him that for a few days until you get him used to the taste of it. You may have to hand feed for a period of time, letting baby lick that off your fingers. Where did you get this baby? THAT probably has everything to do with the issues you are haveing now. Unless you bought from a reputable breeder, this puppy was more than likely pulled straight from momma and there was no effort put into weaning properly.....this is yet another reason NOT to purchase a Yorkie puppy before age 12 weeks. After this baby is eating the baby food, you can start adding Royal Canin canned puppy food, again you will probably have to let baby lick it off your finger. This is all work the breeder usually does so new owners are not faced with the dangers of a puppy that will not eat....you bought your baby with none of this having been taken care of, so now YOU must assume this responsibility and do whatever is necessary to get this baby to eat! When baby is about 12 weeks old, you can go from the baby food mixed in with the Royal Canin canned puppy food, to start mixing in some of the Royal Canin puppy starter kibble, softened with a little warm water, and some of the canned puppy food/Gerber baby food (chicken) mixed in with it....you will eventually be able to back off of the canned puppy food until you have the baby eating the Royal Canin puppy starter kibble. Stick with that kibble until the baby is a year old! When the baby is a year old, you can move on to the next step in Royal Canin dog food....or you can get all involved with that "Dog Food Dance", which I pwesaonally find so unnecessary if your baby is tolerating the TC formula, there is NO reason to be switching and swap[ping and driving yourself and the puppy crazy with the battery of all the dog food changes. Good luck with this challenge.....you are going to either syringe feed or let the baby lick baby food from your fingers, advance to the RC canned puppy food (either the mousse or the puppy food whichever he will eat) mixed with the Gerber baby food, then advance to the RC puppy starter kibble.....a lot of work that the breeder should have not saddled you with.....but you bought your baby right in the middle of weaning from momma to kibble, 8 - 12 weeks..... |