Just the very fact that most Yorkies are small, like 15lbs and under makes them more prone tho have digestive upsets. They can gobble up a lot of food that smells good to them in a short time and then suffer the consequences later.
Dogs in general to do not have the capacity to digest fatty, salty foods as humans would. Many kinds of dogs end up in the veterinarian ER on holidays due to eating too many things their bodies were not made to handle. Of course the smaller the dog the more likely to have issues.
We had a medium sized dog that ended up with Pancreatitis after eating some chicken skins. He was one sick guy for quite a while. Even after spending a few days on an IV he still had a couple of months of recovery time.
It is true that liver issues are quite prevalent in the Yorkie breed due to some bad breeding practices. |