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Originally Posted by Cookie_Paul Thankyou for the lovely replies. I don't know if anyone else's Yorkie does this?
Cookie will eat anything that I am eating, regardless of what it tastes like, texture or composition. When she was a tiny baby, on the advice of her breeder, I got her some Pedigree Chum puppy food. It was finely chopped up already and I put a small amount in her tiny bowl. She sniffed it and looked at me as if to ask "what the hell is this rubbish?" So armed with the knoweledge that she only eats what has been in my mouth (she was more like a baby bird than dog) I pretended to eat some and did all the "mmmmm...this is yummy, Cooks" so without thinking, I got distracted and when I turned to repeat the fake eating, I actually put it in my mouth............ever tasted that stuff?? Spitting like my mouth was on fire, I told her "daddy ate some and it tastes lovely - c'mon, Cooks, your turn" she looked at me as if I had three heads and gave me a "kiss my a$$" look. Even these hide chewy sticks that are pieces of hide rolled up into a long stick, she won't touch them, so just for giggles, I put it in my mouth (okay, now you are getting worried about me I can tell) and as sure as the sun rises, she started to chew it - of all the dogs I have ever owned, even my late Great Dane, I have never had to do anything like this.
I am glad to say that she at least likes Bakers puppy mix and no, I have absolutely no idea what that tastes like - thank goodness!!! |
To tell you the truth, I almost did the same thing. My 9 month old Yorkie Riley will eat anything a person is eating or puts in their mouth. Riley hates his heartworm pills! In the past, I have used HeartGuard with my other dogs that I don't have anymore and they loved it. They though it was a treat. When we got Riley, our vet put him on Tri-Heart plus. The pills are hard as a rock, unlike the soft heart guard. He wouldn't eat it, so I pretended to put the pill in my mouth. Well, it took a couple minutes for him to get interested, and during that time, I almost dropped the thing in my mouth! Hey, if I would've eaten it, I wouldn't have had to worry about heart worm! LOL! Well anyways, Riley eventually got interested and ate the stupid thing. LOL!