Brighton needs yor help!!!

[Ddmkmacdady]

Brighton has been an amazing little girl in so many ways, but we are having a real difficult time getting her to eat. She is extremely alert, energetic, sleeps through the night, has shown no signs of hypoglycemia. We have tried 7 different kibbles with her in this order Wellness, Taste of the wild, Natural Balance, Natures Variety, Solid Gold, Blue Buffalo, and Hills. The only one she remotely likes is the Hills and that's our least favorite choice for her. She just grazes on her food, she will eat a bite here and there but will never just EAT! To be safe we are giving her Nutrical at night. We have tried wetting her food, we have added wet food to her kibble, we have tried baby food poured over her kibble, she just licks the gravy off the kibble. What should we do? Should we go to strictly canned food? I appreciate any help you can give

[Bentleysmom1985]

Originally Posted by Ddmkmacdady

Brighton has been an amazing little girl in so many ways, but we are having a real difficult time getting her to eat. She is extremely alert, energetic, sleeps through the night, has shown no signs of hypoglycemia. We have tried 7 different kibbles with her in this order Wellness, Taste of the wild, Natural Balance, Natures Variety, Solid Gold, Blue Buffalo, and Hills. The only one she remotely likes is the Hills and that's our least favorite choice for her. She just grazes on her food, she will eat a bite here and there but will never just EAT! To be safe we are giving her Nutrical at night. We have tried wetting her food, we have added wet food to her kibble, we have tried baby food poured over her kibble, she just licks the gravy off the kibble. What should we do? Should we go to strictly canned food? I appreciate any help you can give

Mine was the same way. He would not touch Blue Buffalo, Natural Balance, or Wellness. I tried Orijen and he loved it. Keep trying different kibble until you find something she likes? I know I can't deal with canned food, it smells terrible and it's such a hassle. My whole kitchen and living room would smell like it for awhile and his poops would smell really bad

[kjc]

Canned is more nutritious than kibble. You can try wetting the kibble with hot water to soften it (boiled, not hot tap water), adding canned or Baby food chicken to that to entice her to eat.

[margaritaville]

Try sprinkling Parmesan cheese on her food. Sissy wasn't a good eater and it worked for her. She is now 6and eats as fast as bubba.

[pinkpatty]

Try Royal Canin that was the only kibble that Keno would eat. He will be three in October and that is still the only kibble that he will eat.

[marlenemaria]

Originally Posted by kjc

Canned is more nutritious than kibble. You can try wetting the kibble with hot water to soften it (boiled, not hot tap water), adding canned or Baby food chicken to that to entice her to eat.

Why is boiled better? Do you mean like microwave water in a cup or boil in a pot? I use hot tap water, but is that bad?

[lynzy420]

I don't buy in to the whole they won't eat thing for a few reasons, but hardly will a HEALTHY pup starve to death, they will eat whatever you feed them IMHO.

In your case right now I would first ask what was she eating when she was with the breeder? How old is she? Does she have any health problems? Has she had a Well Visit with the vet yet?

[MyGirlSasha]

Originally Posted by kjc

Canned is more nutritious than kibble. You can try wetting the kibble with hot water to soften it (boiled, not hot tap water), adding canned or Baby food chicken to that to entice her to eat.

I've heard the contrary. Canned is more water? Idk I've just heard different.

[Peachesmommy]

Cesar Gourmet (wet) food mixed with dry kibble @ feeding time -or- only the wet kibble @ feeding time and leave a bowl of dry kibble for her to munch on throughout the day. She'll eat it when she wants but at least you know she ate something. Cave in to what she wants otherwise you'll go bald pulling out your hair!!! They are soooo stubborn! :-)) They don't care if you go bald, they will love you anyway! :-))

[Peachesmommy]

Oops..... Meant feed wet cesar's and then leave dry kibble out. Sorry for the confusion.

[sandy simpson]

Yorkies can run our lives. That is why god made them so cute. Anyway find a food she likes. Mine eat bb blue buffalo. I add water and some wet bb. Then if they choose not to eat i freak out. Eat spud eat jojo and husband winds up saying it too. Dogs are spoiled but thats ok. Love em and remember how blessed we are to own them.

[Melany]

my pups are just as fussy and just as picky. They wont eat Royal Canin yorkie. So now they get boiled chicken on top of the royal canin, that way they are fooled into eating some of the kibble some of the time LOL. YES I KNOW! MY BABIES ARE VERY SPOILT!

[Jacksmom052709]

Royal Canin made my one itch something terrible. So I switched them both to Halo Spot's Stew (Halo, Purely for Pets – Natural Dog Food, Natural Cat Food, Treats, Supplements, Grooming Supplies | halopets.com) - I mix two different kinds and they eat it up. Good luck.

[lexi43]

We have 5 spoiled babies. We give them boiled chicken with dog food. So far we've gone through every brand of dog food in the store. They eat the chicken and when they get to the dog food they walk away. They only like the cheap brand of cry food such as Purina Dog Chow or Chef Michael. Everything else we've given them ends up in dry food heaven. I just began dehydrating chicken and beef to make jerky for them. Yes our dogs are totally spoiled also,

[Ddmkmacdady]

Originally Posted by lynzy420

I don't buy in to the whole they won't eat thing for a few reasons, but hardly will a HEALTHY pup starve to death, they will eat whatever you feed them IMHO.

In your case right now I would first ask what was she eating when she was with the breeder? How old is she? Does she have any health problems? Has she had a Well Visit with the vet yet?

She has had a well visit...she is perfectly healthy...she is full if life and personality...she plays hard and naps hard...she sleeps through the night and is doing very well with outdoor potty training...she is almost perfect she just doesn't love to eat...she may very well be eating enough but it just doesn't feel like she is! She left the breeder on Royal Canine but won't touch it...I gave her wellness just for puppies wet canned food last night and she gobbled it like a monster but today she doesn't want it. What to do??