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10-05-2015, 05:09 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Whittier, ca, us
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| Michi eats everything in sight!!! My lil Michi walks around the house with his nose to the ground sniffing all day long. He will eat any lil thing he finds. I vacuum and sweep daily but he still manages to find something. Am I under feeding him?? I feed him 1/2 cup a day divided in 3 meals. But he always seems hungry. P.s. what are some good healthy treats/snacks for him? Last edited by Debbiedeb514; 10-05-2015 at 05:11 PM. Reason: Misspelled word |
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10-05-2015, 05:11 PM | #2 |
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| How old is he? What does he weight?
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10-05-2015, 05:17 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Whittier, ca, us
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| He is 17 weeks today and weighs about 4-4.5 lbs Last edited by Debbiedeb514; 10-05-2015 at 05:18 PM. |
10-05-2015, 05:20 PM | #4 |
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| At that age they are just like human babies in that everything goes in their mouth. |
10-05-2015, 05:34 PM | #5 |
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| I have always free fed my puppies when they were little. Usually the puppy food will have a chart that gives an idea of the correct amount to feed. I personally would give him more if I thought he was hungry. |
10-05-2015, 05:43 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Whittier, ca, us
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| The bag says 1/2 cup a day and that is also what his vet told me. I have tried to giving him more a couple times cuz I felt bad that he still seemed hungry and both times he threw up his undigested food |
10-05-2015, 06:13 PM | #7 |
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| Well, I think I would go with what the vet recommended then. It's probably just an age thing. Peanut is 16 months old and doesn't pick up every little thing any more but Bizzie is 6 months old and I'm constantly checking to see what she is chewing on. |
10-05-2015, 06:23 PM | #8 |
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| Cookie was like that too. Thank God she grew out of it. Until she was 6-8 months old I had to watch her like a hawk.
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10-05-2015, 06:26 PM | #9 |
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| As for snacks, my Cookie Monster goes nuts over bell pepper, poblanos, and green beans. My previous yorkie Minnie loved chomping on carrots (they're so loud!) and loved green beans too. They both love banana too, though Minnie had my taste in bananas: if they hadn't just turned yellow she'd spit them out!
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10-05-2015, 06:28 PM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Whittier, ca, us
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| I'm glad to hear it's pretty normal. But man is it exhausting. I have to watch every move he makes and I'm constantly pulling things out of his mouth. (usually peices of carpet that he pulls up or the wicker hamper....I try to keep it blocked but he finds a way to get to it). It is definitely like having a new baby....and just as joy full. |
10-05-2015, 06:35 PM | #11 |
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| Yeah, it is. But it's so rewarding raising Cookie from a little 13.5 week old girl when I got her! But yeah, yorkies are a handful at that age between the potty training, the constant trying to pick up and chew everything, the naughty games they play, etc. Speaking of the games, before Cookie was old enough to jump up and down from the couch she'd ask me to grab her and bring her up, then she'd take her toy lion and sit right on the edge of the couch and drop it. Then she'd cry for me to get her toy, I'd give it to her, and she'd take it right back to the edge and drop it again. She'd do this 10 or 20 times in a row. Then there was making her eat early on. The first couple of days I have heard it can be tough to get them to eat, so I was smearing her food on my nose and getting her to lick it off. One funny poster here suggested I should start chewing her food up and spitting it into her mouth like a momma bird too. Oh yorkies are so much fun.
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10-05-2015, 06:40 PM | #12 | |
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10-06-2015, 03:19 AM | #13 |
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| With puppies you have to baby proof your home, be very very careful in the kitchen when preparing food, make sure you drop nothing on the floor as they will snap it up in a blink of the eye. Same thing outdoors, watch where you walk him as what ever is on the ground they will eat it. Puppies are like 2 y/o babies, everything goes in their mouths. Even as adults they will sniff around and pick things up. Cody is 4 y/o and adopted, acorns are now dropping from the trees, country living is new to him, he wants to eat the acorns, I am constantly removing them from his mouth. They need to be watched, they are just like babies.
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10-06-2015, 04:24 AM | #14 |
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| Wow, I am glad to read this post, I am having the same problem with Zoey......she puts everything in her mouth. I am constantly pulling something out of her mouth, any little thing she can find anywhere around the house. She doesn't chew any of my things ie.....shoes, socks, furniture, baseboards.....but any little thing she finds on the floor is fair game !!!! I vacuum constantly, watch her like a hawk and still she always manages to find something to put in her mouth. When will she grow out of this habit ? She will be one year old on Oct 9. I free feed her because she is so small (2-1/2 pounds) so I know it's not hunger, plus she gets her treats everyday. She also has a box full of toys she loves and plays with constantly, so what's with the " I have to put everything in my mouth " nightmare. LOL PS......She is a disaster outside !!!! |
10-06-2015, 04:46 AM | #15 |
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| My now passed girl Matese up until age 15 y/o when she started to lose her vision was always finding things, as careful as I was because I knew how she was, she would find paper clips play with them by putting them in her mouth, tossing them in the air, run after it and do it again. One tine she had a staple and was playing with it, this was in my home office where I was so very extra careful with staples when removing from paper, and paper clips. Matese was a very playful mischievous little girl. When will it stop lol, maybe never just like my girl Matese. My other pups stopped looking for things to eat at appox. 1.5 y/o I would say it depends on the dog. As for outdoor walking be very careful, age doesn't matter, if it's food in the street they will eat it no matter how old they are. This in my own personal experience.
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