u/VeryBlessed79

Got both from my dad when I was younger

So I have had Spiky for about two months now and I am super grateful for my little terror, although he has his quirks. For one he is incredibly clingy and constantly has to be within at least 15 feet of me. Secondly he (playfully) bites my fingers and any zippers or drawstrings he can find allll the time and prefers them over any of his toys. (See picture #5) Thirdly, and this is what this post is about: he will not eat his food in the house at all. Now we didn’t have this issue from the very start, but after a few weeks, feeding him was near impossible. He would not touch any of his food, and even feeding him by hand he wouldn’t finish even the smallest portion.

He wasn’t lethargic or shaking or anything like that, so I thought maybe he just doesn’t have that big of an appetite.
I still confirmed with my vet (two times) that he is in perfect health and she could only give me a few pointers but nothing helped. Cooking for him, different food, different bowls, warming the food, only leaving it out for a few minutes, licking mats and toys only got him interested in eating for a day at most. I tried feeding him in different rooms, at different times, before or after playtime and even in his crate. Never did he finish his meals.

Today I found a solution though. While I distracted him, my dad placed small portions of food for him to find on the lawn, and look there, he finished all of it. In fact, he ate so much and kept looking for more even after we gave him more than his usual helping.
We just did it a second time and he ate like there was no tomorrow!

I also talked to several other chi owners and they suggested I should feed him on walks but that didn’t help either. Finally something worked, so I thought I‘d share this in case some of you have similar issues.

He is currently knocked out on my lap from a walk we went on. I am so proud of him!😍

And does this mean Faul is dead?

The box is somehow bigger although there are less tabs inside. This should be illegal honestly