Nemo does'nt like dry dog food!

[Chester]

Hi bettyeanne,

Thanks for the tip. I will give that a try... chelsey will eat any treat she is the maltese but chester the yorkie is very picky... So I hope this helps... thanks again

[bettyeanne]

Originally Posted by Ygeorge

Hi bettyeanne,

Thanks for the tip. I will give that a try... chelsey will eat any treat she is the maltese but chester the yorkie is very picky... So I hope this helps... thanks again

You're welcome! Let me know if Chester likes it! You're right ... Yorkies are very picky eaters!! But ... that's OK! "Miss Prissy Paws" knows I only live to serve her!!

[goldcupmom]

Hello all!

Breeder I got Mia from gave them all Captain Crunch Peanut Butter cereal for treats. Mia won't TOUCH them now. My lab eats "biscuits" so I found T shaped "training" biscuits in kind of a bandaid box. We break them each into about 4 pieces. A crumb thrills her to pieces.

She is almost weaned off her gatorade, too.

[fasteddie]

Wow Gatorade? Does she get all hyper from that? Only sweets Yoda gets really is a lick or two of ice cream.

[bettyeanne]

Didn't know you could give them Gatorade. We only give Toto the Honeycomb for treats [about 6 whole pieces in a day] ... when it's divided she gets anywhere from 15 to 24 little pieces! She just loves that tiny little bit of sweet!

[Babbie]

When my bf puppy was sick and throwing up, our vet recommended gatorade to make sure he didn't dehydrate. I guess you can also offer as a treat, but in small quantities of course. In Brazil, instead of gatorade the vets recomend coconut water...We can also make homemade ice cream using natural fruit juices, its specially good in the summer or for teething puppies.

[fasteddie]

Sounds yummy, I've just never heard of Gatorade for dogs before, but today, another dog friend said he gives his pug Gatorade as well.

[goldcupmom]

Originally Posted by fasteddie

Wow Gatorade? Does she get all hyper from that? Only sweets Yoda gets really is a lick or two of ice cream.

The theory behind the gatorade (and we give fruit punch flavor) is that everyones water supply, even bottled water, tastes different. This way when puppies go to new homes, they will drink. Also they said that puppies when stressed or playing will sometimes forget to eat, but won't forget to drink and the gatorade helps keep the sugar levels up and hydrated.

When we got her off the plane - Miami to NM was about 6.5 hours - her carrier had a hamster type bottle of gatorade attached. We were told to give her some gatorade immediately with a syringe and then some nutrical and she immediately perked up. Today is her first day with pure water and we've had her 3 wks yesterday.

I will miss her very pink tongue and fruity kisses.

[fasteddie]

Cute, thanks for the info, that makes sense!

[Babbie]

But you also have to be carefull with the amouts of sugar offered to yorkie. Specially puppies, i know people that because they always fed their dogs with "people food" without even caring about the dog's needs (specially the excess of sugar during years) and the dogs became diabetic. That's why we should always, always be carefull and follow orientation of our vets. The net is full of information that we donnou where it came from and who came up with it.

[sngglz]

Charlie eats dry food and can not eat wet food it makes him have the squirts. I would try and see if you can't find some softer dry food.