5 month old puppy won't eat her food unless I put out each piece for her! It's ++ - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Yuna · 06-15-2010, 12:55 PM

getting irritation because sometimes I am not home and she isn't eating. Her bowl is still full when I come back. Is there a way to fix this? I have tried a variety of different foods and this is the only one she will eat.

dogbert · 06-15-2010, 12:59 PM

Have you tried mixing in a bit of something she can't resist? Then if she eats it when you are gone praise her when you get home. Slowly phase out the mix in.

Yuna · 06-15-2010, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dogbert

Have you tried mixing in a bit of something she can't resist? Then if she eats it when you are gone praise her when you get home. Slowly phase out the mix in.

I tried putting her favourite treat with her food and she just eats the treat and leaves her food! She useee to eat her food also, but I guess she got clever lol

dogbert · 06-15-2010, 01:09 PM

My rescue was like this when we brought her home. I started giving her fewer pieces and putting them closer to the bowl and started sitting farther away from the bowl. I used to have to sit on the floor and feed her one piece at a time. After awhile if I got her started she'd continue on her own. Then I'd stay in the room till she was done eating. Now she will eat on her own but bring each bite around the corner to the living room to chew it. It tires me out to watch her go back and forth. lol

Rhetts_mama · 06-15-2010, 01:12 PM

Rhett went through a phase like this right after his pneumonia. It was feed by hand or he wouldn't eat at all. I went from feeding piece by piece, to putting 2-3 pieces in my hand. From there we went to a spoon and finally back to the bowl.

tmorrow26 · 06-15-2010, 01:17 PM

I am having the same problem with my baby! So frustrating! Whats bad is I have to do it with WET FOOD

Eeewww! He will not eat out of a bowl at all. He is 15 weeks and he is precious but this is not fun!

dogbert · 06-15-2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tmorrow26

I am having the same problem with my baby! So frustrating! Whats bad is I have to do it with WET FOOD

Eeewww! He will not eat out of a bowl at all. He is 15 weeks and he is precious but this is not fun!

Is the bowl to deep? Some small dogs are afraid to stick their heads down in a big/deep bowl.

_Chrissy_ · 06-16-2010, 10:55 AM

Just my 2 cents but both my boys went through a "picky" stage at about 5 months were they would only eat one piece of food rolled out to them on the floor or food by hand.
I would bring the bowl of food next to me and feed them a piece or let them smell the piece I was holding and put it back in the bowl after it had my smell on it.
They out grew it.

AddieandMiaMom · 06-16-2010, 01:48 PM

I had to do this with Addie, and yep, she was five months old. This included wet food. I phased it out by getting closer and closer to the bowl until my hand was in the bowl when she ate, to her just eating out of the bowl without my hand there. It took awhile, but then you have to make sure she's eating enough when you feed her. I still left dry food out at all times in case she would eat on her own.

CruiserCody · 06-16-2010, 01:59 PM

Cody has been a picky eater until recently. He's 4-1/2 months old and wouldn't eat unless I hand fed or put a few kibbles at at time next to his bowl. At first I thought it was the bowl so I got him a new, lower profile bowl. I really don't think it made a difference. He has started eating although sometimes (particularly at his last feeding) I have to put a few kibbles out and then he'll eat from the bowl. I've decided he's a picky puppy and is hopefully growing out of it. Good luck.

06-15-2010, 12:55 PM	#1
Yuna Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 140	5 month old puppy won't eat her food unless I put out each piece for her! It's ++ getting irritation because sometimes I am not home and she isn't eating. Her bowl is still full when I come back. Is there a way to fix this? I have tried a variety of different foods and this is the only one she will eat.

06-15-2010, 12:59 PM	#2
dogbert Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southern, MN,USA Posts: 3,271 Blog Entries: 1	Have you tried mixing in a bit of something she can't resist? Then if she eats it when you are gone praise her when you get home. Slowly phase out the mix in. __________________ Mammadoodle to my Yorkiedoodle Barney and our crazy cat Ms. Sassy Pants. RIP Audrey-Belle Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved

06-15-2010, 01:09 PM	#4
dogbert Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Southern, MN,USA Posts: 3,271 Blog Entries: 1	My rescue was like this when we brought her home. I started giving her fewer pieces and putting them closer to the bowl and started sitting farther away from the bowl. I used to have to sit on the floor and feed her one piece at a time. After awhile if I got her started she'd continue on her own. Then I'd stay in the room till she was done eating. Now she will eat on her own but bring each bite around the corner to the living room to chew it. It tires me out to watch her go back and forth. lol __________________ Mammadoodle to my Yorkiedoodle Barney and our crazy cat Ms. Sassy Pants. RIP Audrey-Belle Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved

06-15-2010, 01:17 PM	#6
tmorrow26 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA Posts: 109	I am having the same problem with my baby! So frustrating! Whats bad is I have to do it with WET FOOD Eeewww! He will not eat out of a bowl at all. He is 15 weeks and he is precious but this is not fun! __________________ Mommy to Jax and Molly girl

06-16-2010, 10:55 AM	#8
_Chrissy_ Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,561	Just my 2 cents but both my boys went through a "picky" stage at about 5 months were they would only eat one piece of food rolled out to them on the floor or food by hand. I would bring the bowl of food next to me and feed them a piece or let them smell the piece I was holding and put it back in the bowl after it had my smell on it. They out grew it. __________________ Max (the Morkie) & Mickey (the Yorkie)

06-15-2010, 01:12 PM	#5
Rhetts_mama Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 5,959 Blog Entries: 1	Rhett went through a phase like this right after his pneumonia. It was feed by hand or he wouldn't eat at all. I went from feeding piece by piece, to putting 2-3 pieces in my hand. From there we went to a spoon and finally back to the bowl.

06-16-2010, 01:48 PM	#9
AddieandMiaMom YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 303	I had to do this with Addie, and yep, she was five months old. This included wet food. I phased it out by getting closer and closer to the bowl until my hand was in the bowl when she ate, to her just eating out of the bowl without my hand there. It took awhile, but then you have to make sure she's eating enough when you feed her. I still left dry food out at all times in case she would eat on her own. __________________ Mommy to Addie, Dany, Mia, and Pickles R.I.P Miss Mis (Missy) 06.25.08 - Heaven just wouldn't be Heaven if you weren't there to greet me.

06-16-2010, 01:59 PM	#10
CruiserCody Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 163	Cody has been a picky eater until recently. He's 4-1/2 months old and wouldn't eat unless I hand fed or put a few kibbles at at time next to his bowl. At first I thought it was the bowl so I got him a new, lower profile bowl. I really don't think it made a difference. He has started eating although sometimes (particularly at his last feeding) I have to put a few kibbles out and then he'll eat from the bowl. I've decided he's a picky puppy and is hopefully growing out of it. Good luck.