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ColbyJack · 06-11-2015, 12:41 PM

Hello all!

First off I want to thank this community for providing a depth of knowledge that I simply could not find anywhere else. And apologize, this is a long one...

Colby is now just over 4 months old. By now I thank my lucky stars that my hasty decision to get a puppy from what I now know was a BYB didn't turn out horrible. Although I know that there is no way Colby can be 100% Yorkie. He looks like one but he is just to big. Already approaching 7lbs! I love him anyway. Always and forever. -But he's beginning to test our patience. He's gong backward in the potty training area. We take him out like clockwork but he's started this thing where he won't stop playing to go out. Just runs around, suddenly stops, pees, continues peeing and playing at the same time. Making a mess of the carpet. Trails of pee all over the place!!!! Anyone else encounter this?

He also refuses to eat, almost everything. He was eating a mixture of Wellness Small Breed Puppy and two spoonfuls of wet food three times per day. Slowly over the past couple of weeks he's gotten to where he'll look at his food. Smell it, look at me like i'm crazy and go running off. Free feeding him is not an option. We have an overweight Cocker Spaniel that will eat all of his food and more if we let her. Getting him to eat is becoming a nightmare. I know he needs to eat but I don't know what to do. I've tried different wet, he'll take a bite or two and stop eating. Sprinkling Parmesan cheese on it, works for 2 days then he was over it. I found a canned, no byproduct good food and he seems to like but he sucks it off the kibble and walks away. This morning I just gave in and fed him just the new wet. 4 bites. That was it. Mind you HE LOVES THE ADULT DOG FOOD. But only when he can steal it from the big dog. Feed it to him by himself and he wants nothing to do with it. He's got plenty of energy. Zipping around terrorizing the 2 year old cocker spaniel with his endless playing. His mood seems the same. Just add peeing everywhere when he hardly never had an accident and refusing to eat. Is this some sort of "terrible two" stage of puppydom that I am not aware of? I'm going nuts!!

06-11-2015, 12:41 PM	#1
ColbyJack Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: oregon Posts: 33	Is Colby rebelling? Hello all! First off I want to thank this community for providing a depth of knowledge that I simply could not find anywhere else. And apologize, this is a long one... Colby is now just over 4 months old. By now I thank my lucky stars that my hasty decision to get a puppy from what I now know was a BYB didn't turn out horrible. Although I know that there is no way Colby can be 100% Yorkie. He looks like one but he is just to big. Already approaching 7lbs! I love him anyway. Always and forever. -But he's beginning to test our patience. He's gong backward in the potty training area. We take him out like clockwork but he's started this thing where he won't stop playing to go out. Just runs around, suddenly stops, pees, continues peeing and playing at the same time. Making a mess of the carpet. Trails of pee all over the place!!!! Anyone else encounter this? He also refuses to eat, almost everything. He was eating a mixture of Wellness Small Breed Puppy and two spoonfuls of wet food three times per day. Slowly over the past couple of weeks he's gotten to where he'll look at his food. Smell it, look at me like i'm crazy and go running off. Free feeding him is not an option. We have an overweight Cocker Spaniel that will eat all of his food and more if we let her. Getting him to eat is becoming a nightmare. I know he needs to eat but I don't know what to do. I've tried different wet, he'll take a bite or two and stop eating. Sprinkling Parmesan cheese on it, works for 2 days then he was over it. I found a canned, no byproduct good food and he seems to like but he sucks it off the kibble and walks away. This morning I just gave in and fed him just the new wet. 4 bites. That was it. Mind you HE LOVES THE ADULT DOG FOOD. But only when he can steal it from the big dog. Feed it to him by himself and he wants nothing to do with it. He's got plenty of energy. Zipping around terrorizing the 2 year old cocker spaniel with his endless playing. His mood seems the same. Just add peeing everywhere when he hardly never had an accident and refusing to eat. Is this some sort of "terrible two" stage of puppydom that I am not aware of? I'm going nuts!!