Ok, What The Heck Is Their Issue With Their Food Dishes?

[QuickSilver]

It's not just a yorkie thing. One of my coworkers complained a few months ago that his one-year-old lab had suddenly decided he didn't like his metal bowls.

I am travelling for work with Thor for the summer. I brought his travel bowls with me, which are little metal stackables. When we first got here, I noticed he wasn't eating anything, so I gave him some canned food. He wigged out. He desperately wanted the canned food, but he was afraid of the bowl, and the frustration of it almost made his little head explode. I had never noticed it before because I don't use these bowls often. He's okay if he doesn't have to stick his face in them -- he can drink out of them fine -- but he doesn't like the bowl moving around. I think maybe before when I've used these, they've been on carpet? Anyway, it was a new discovery. I'm using a paper towel at the moment, but I have to find either a little mat for him, or buy another porcelain doggie dish.

[ritapatt]

We joke about Ziva being to prissy to stick her face in a bowl- like her piggy big sister does!

[FidoTheYorkie]

Originally Posted by TinaLaSure

My Bella likes to carry her metal food bowls around and then hide them on me. Every feeding has become a game now. She gets excited and follows me while I search the house for her bowls. I have learned to put them up after she eats but it seems like feeding time isn't as fun to her anymore. Although it can be a hassle sometimes to try to find her bowls (she dumps the water bowl out and hides it also) I am tempted to go along with her game because she is so darn cute!

Get bowls that are so heavy she couldnt lift them

[yorkietalkjilly]

My Jilly hated eating out of any bowl - plate or anything flat was okay. Tibbe would eat out of anything that had his food in it. He just wants that food and doesn't care about the container.

[Monika]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I know plastic easily absorbs smells, and regular washing doesn't get rid of those odors unless you soak in a baking soda solution. You might notice an odor, but your dog can smell things you can't.

I've heard that as well but I don't use plastic.
"Plastic is actually just as bad for dogs as it is for humans. There are toxins in the plastic that leach into the food and water that is served to your pets. Most people have stopped using plastic dishes and baby bottles because of this problem, so why give your dog something you wouldn’t use?"

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Monika

I've heard that as well but I don't use plastic.
"Plastic is actually just as bad for dogs as it is for humans. There are toxins in the plastic that leach into the food and water that is served to your pets. Most people have stopped using plastic dishes and baby bottles because of this problem, so why give your dog something you wouldn’t use?"

I think there are some plastics that are considered safe, look at all the food that delivered to us in plastics, from milk to ketchup. I can remember having milk in glass bottles and it really did taste better, lol, of course, it was probably whole milk.

[My lil friend]

2-bits is 15 and weighs 70lbs (obviously not a yorkie) until last year he ate out of the same bowl for 14yrs. Suddenly he prefers the tile floor,in my foyer. At his age Im just happy that he eats. We scrub the floor when he is done.