Anyone with a freaky eater?
 

Hi all, I was wondering if any of your yorkies is a freaky eater? I am starting to get worried about Humphrey as he gets sick and tired of his food after about 2 days. I tried raising him with Science Plan but that did not last long, he doesnt like it anymore, and can go a whole day without eating. I've tried mixing in some chicken, carrots etc and he'll eat the chicken but not the dog food. Then we decided to mix wet and dry food, he liked it for about a day or two, then decided he only wanted the wet food and always left the dry food on the side.
He does not eat rice and chicken and the only foods he'll take (in treat sized protions) are: apple, pineapple, and smoked chicken breast (he wont eat any other kind of chicken!!!). I don't know what to do, he hasnt gone poo poo in 24 hours. Ive just had some tuna for lunch and he gave me those little eyes, I know I shouldn't feed him tuna but I just broke... he hasnt eaten today and just devoured the bit of tuna I gave him. What should I do?

I wouldnt give him smoked meat. If he likes canned it is fine to give him that rather than the dry. Canned is less processed and is actually better for them than dry. Mine eat canned everyday

Hi. I don't want to seem as though I am overreacting but we just had a pretty rough couple of weeks with some serious digestion problems My Maddie recently had a bowel infection and change in eating habits was her first symptom, followed by not pooing. I would get him to a vet asap just to make sure. I hope he gets better soon. Keep us updated!

Thanks MM, hope your yorkie is better. As for humphrey, he has been like this since the very beginning. He's done a poo already but his demanding eating habits are really getting on DHs nerves, not to mention all the dog food we throw away because he no longer feels like it... DH says I should give him the dog food and nothing else, but after 8 hours with no food I just break... maybe im just a push over and he is my little furry brat. He throws tantrums when I sit on the table and eat something he likes. It's very embarrassing when I have friends over.

I can relate with your feeding issue because I am going through that with my 13 week old baby.I have tried three different bags of dog food and also tried some canned food.She will take a bite and walk away and wont try it again.I even hand feed it to her(putting it on the palm of my hand).Sometimes I have to throw a kibble and make it like a game for her.She has been like this ever since I got her from the breeder.I will just keep trying and hopefully find the IT! food.

I have the same problem with JoJo. I mix a very small amount of canned food with his dry food and have tried 2 different brands and 3 flavors. I throw away more food than he eats. We've hand fed, played games, acted like we were going to eat the food, etc. and nothing seems to work well. Apparently, he does eat enough because he is very healthy and energetic. It's time to buy food again so I guess I will try something different. Maybe one day, I will make the right choice for the little prince.

Yorkies are famous for being picky eaters. Changing food too often can't be good for them either. If he likes canned food, there is nothing wrong with giving him that. Smoked chicken I don't think is a good choice either.

i was having the same problem with one of my babies...she would be excited about a food for about.....10 seconds :rolleyes: ... tried so many kinds, tried adding canned to it, tried adding low sodium broth to it, tried adding yogurt, tried adding cottage cheese, etc etc etc...she is just a BOOGER!

now i have her back on raw and she will eat it everytime...sometimes i think she holds out for a few seconds for a different flavor :p but within a minute, she eats it all...it is challenging finding something that our picky kids will eat, but keep plugging away...and remember, dogs WILL eat when they get hungry enough...i just think they are too smart for their own good and try and hold out so mommy or daddy will feel bad for them and give in ;) :D

If he likes canned than that's ok, it is better than dry, it has more mositure, and less processed. But be sure to do teeth brushing as well.

Have you considered Raw?

Nature's Variety makes a Frozen Raw food - might be worth a shot! He really may love it and then you don't have to play these silly games with him :p

I know how hard this is...I did it about a month ago and finally settled on a food. Try to choose a brand that has a few flavors of kibble. That way, when your pup gets bored of the flavor, change it. Many people change the flavor after every bag or every other bag. They can be so very fussy!! It is true...if you have the willpower, do not give in and eventually your pup will eat, but try to make whatever you leave out, something they will enjoy. I ended up using EVO chicken and have the Red Meat bites on hand just in case Snickers decides to strike and not eat for a day or so. I chose this food since he is not such a huge eater, whatever he DOES eat..it is super high quality and has alot of meat!! GOOD LUCK:)

I found this freaky eater thread, searching for pups with food issues. It was nice to see I am not alone in this battle!:)
Lexi is so picky her blood sugar lowers and we have a sick puppy! Anyway she was on Chicken Soup for the puppy. Then Nutri Source. She has a game of eating off the floor. We have tried several different dishes and she looks at the dish like she is afraid of it. The vet tech says feed 3 times a day leave it 1/2 hour then pick it up and wait until the next time. They won't starve them selves. Not true. She will and make herself sick. We have watered her kibble down, maybe she will eat it, maybe not. We just tried NV Instinct. Nope. Natures Balance. Nope. (kibble is to large)
I am going today to get EVO puppy. Do they have small bites? She is 5 mos, 5 lbs. Plus I am going to get canned for a supplement. I give her Nutrical every morning as a supplement. She will eat Yogurt but only off a spoon! She is like a bratty child wrapping me around her little paw! I have spoon feed, played games, threated to give her food to the cat! I tried what the vet said and she starved herself sick!

Is Tuna bad for them? I know onions and Mayo mixed in would be bad, but how about plain tuna? Is it the thing with the Mercury that is bad? Just curious.

OH MY Gosh, this is putting it mildly. I thought I had the pickiest eater! As a matter of fact, today is day one of the tough love. At one point I could have opened up a pet store with all the foods that I had bought that he would eat for 2-3 days and then stop! I am waiting on some samples of wellness. I have been making a gravy out of natural balance and pour over his dry innova and he and Maggie will like the pieces and leave on the floor! I bought some larger samples of Merrick and they actually ate it but once again, only for 2 days. So I decided that I was going to pick their food up after (begging) them to eat for an hour. I even mix some rice and baby food carrots in their food. Granted it is my fault as we give them a treat size of what we are eating for dinner if they lay quietly while we eat. So it is all our fault. So I am back to square 1 basically. Good luck with yours.

Ok too funny! We have never spoiled her with people food. My husband would but I told him we have enough to handle with her and she is just to young yet! I will sit by her to see if that gets her to eat. My husband says I should just show her how! Yea, I've pretended I will eat it if she doesn't. She was the biggest pup of the litter, I wanted the good eater! If she were just a bit older and bigger I would feel better about the tough love, but the hypoglycemia thing is not good. Good luck to you also, keep me posted!

Just an FYI, I've also received some sample from Wellness and the kibbles were pretty big. I gave them to Cassi b/c I though these kibbles weren't that much bigger than the Canidae kibbles. I gave it to her mixed w/ some wet Wellness food. I couldn't be more wrong b/c the next day I noticed that she was drooling a little bit and when I opened her mouth to look at her teeth, I noticed that her gums from one of her molars were red/swollen. I realized then that the Wellness kibble was probably too big and hard to chew on (also I think it has something to do with the shape b/c it wasn't round kibble). By the looks of her molar it appears that a piece of her teeth chipped off.

Oh no! I hope she's okay. I found a place that will order some of the wellness samples. The woman didn't say if the it was small bites or what. I told her that they were 4 lbs each so I am hoping it won't be to big. But, then again, I've been know to beat kibble in a baggie with a meat tenderizer! :D It worked on 2 levels-got the pieces smaller and I got some agression out. lol.

Oh trust me, I watch that very closely. Hot Rod has been given Nutrical on more than 1 occasion. Maggie May will watch him and pick up his habit. But I can usually give her a couple of pieces and she will wind up eating some. Maybe not a meals worth but at least she gets some food in her. Haven't had any episodes with her. I am just about ready to feed them so I will see if the gobble their food up tonight-I think they will. I do give them a teaspoon of cottage cheese for lunch from time to time, especially if they don't eat much in the mornings.

She's fine now, except she has bad breath. :rolleyes: It may be due to the change of food. Previously I only fed her Canidae mixed with Wellness wet food. However, since I brought Ori home (he's on Bil Jac pupp food), she won't eat her food unless I mix some Bill Jac puppy food in her meal. In addition, I've added in Natural Balance small bites as well so that she will have a more balanced meal and won't be able to pick-out the Bill Jac from Natural Balance small kibbles. Otherwise, she'll pick and spit out the Canidae kibble and will only eat Bill Jac. BTW, Cassi is 4.6 lbs.

I broke down and got her EVO Canned to mix with her kibble. I got the EVO small bites and she seems to like them they are still harder then her Chicken soup puppy. She loves the canned! Of course. "I will just brush better mommy"!
I am getting the feeling that her teeth are bothering her. I moisten the kibble with warm water and she will eat a few of that. I rub her teeth and she likes that. Possible teething issue?
She is still freakish about kibble in the dish! (but the canned food is ok in there!) I even got her a new bowl at the suggestion of Kim at the pet food store. She noses around the bowl like she wants to shove them out. She will pick one out and eat it a few feet from the dish. She will do this for awhile and then seems to get distracted or her teeth have had enough. She has never liked food or a treat in her crate or bed. She will nose them right out the door! Little miss personality!

Ori does the same thing, except that he does this nose thing with the blanket, where he practically covers his food with the blanket. Most of the times, I have to feed him with my fingers in order to make him eat. :rolleyes:

Has she been doing any better with the EVO?? Snickers is so weird about eating from a bowl as well. I finally got stainless steal shallow small dishes and he will eat out of them althought we still will sprinkle his kibble onto his placemat or a rug. He loves to eat on soft surfaces but WILL eat his morning dry/wet mix standing on the hardwood. Something about canned food I guess!! He eats so well now and will eat all his kibble off the rug and then out of his dish. It's working out well. Here is our schedule if it helps at all: Morning-2 tablespoons dry EVO with 1/2 tsp canned EVO Venison. Afternoon snack-fresh apples. Evening-4 tablespoons dry kibble our from 4:00pm-8:00pm and usually he will eat 75-90% of this. Snick would never eat when we would put his food down at certain times in the evening, he munches as the night progresses and is happy. I also give him sweet potato chews (no rawhide or bully sticks for us)-1 every day. Good luck!!

My picky George baby
 

So glad to read this thread, I have been really struggling with my 12 week old baby, he is so picky with food, cooked chicken is his favourite, turns his nose up at these vet recommended foods and sending me broke, getting advise from heaps of dog owners who don't realise yorkies are not like a normal dog, well my Georgie isn't anyway. He found a dead baby bird and eat that before I could stop him and it went through his system badly so now I have to go and check my section for weird things he might eat. Oh well luckily I'm as patient as he is beautiful.:aimeeyork

She loves the EVO canned and no soft stools. I have been mixing with the dry, but she seems to leave that. (because its in the bowl) When we were at the vet for her last round of puppy shots the vet tech insisted I should not feed her off the floor. Like I am making her freaky about the bowl! If we could only control their little personalities! Gosh, at least its not the wet stuff I have to serve up on the floor! You know, don't sweat the small stuff.
My hubby keeps threatening to "tell on me"! :D
How much does your snickers weigh and how old? I like your diet plan. And I haven't found sweet potato chews. Lexi likes plain no fat yorgurt and banana for treat. I will have to try the apple!

Cooked chicken and dead bird, quite the diet! I am sorry you had to worry about him over it. And you are right they are too cute! I just say I am not spoiling her just keeping her heathy!:)

Hahahah, yes serving the wet food off the floor would be something esp in my case as the Venison does not smell good!!! Snickers is 7.5 months and is 3.3lbs! He's a little guy and has been on EVO for about a week and a half. His poops are remarkable-1 itsy bitsy poop in the morning, and then will have a normal sized in afternoon and thats it!! I am hoping he will gain a little weight but since being on the EVO he has had alot more energy insisting we play fetch alot and running/chasing around the house about every hour, so he's getting alot of exercise in the house while it's still 20 degrees outside. The Spotato chews are by a company called Sams Yams, if you google it, you can find their website and see a store that may carry it near you!! We use the berry yammy cookies which are hard and Snick has to work at em to break which helps his teeth alot. They are grainless and all natural. I also use Natural Balance Venison and Spotato biscuits which are also grainless and now made for smaller breeds. Snick eats everything now and seems to have become a cow. We are thrilled...lets hope it stays this way!! We were giving him cottage cheese with his apples, but his farts were deadly:p so we cut that out andno more farts!.

Smiles--

If you email Wellness Customer Service from their site they will send you samples. I did this when I wanted to try the Wellness Small Breed food. They had 2 sample packs to me in just a few days (fast).:thumbup:

Thanks, I'll do that, it will probably be quicker!

Hey Maria 85,

I feel your pain... I have been going thru this for more than year... The member shere gave me good suggestions about it... You can read my Thread about it...
You are subscribed to this thread Cry for help... Ready to give up....

Hopefully everythings works out... right now I am only feeling her Solid Gold Wee bits and have told everyone in my house they are not allowed to give her anything they are eating... we are on day 6 of that and she is actually eating her food because she has no choice.... I will keep at it as it takes a lot of strength and will from our part....