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My Persnickety Life Begins

            We got a chihuahua puppy about 7 months ago, when he was 4 months old. He has brought so much joy to my life, but also so much anxiety. He is SO picky and persnickety . I have tried so many different commercial dog foods and none of them seem to appeal to him. I was in unchartered territory because every dog that I have ever owned (Labrador, basset hound, and rat terroir) all loved food and would eat ANYTHING. No not eat, scarf anything and everything. A picky dog?? I really had no clue those existed because my only experience with dogs was dogs that ate everything. I never even had difficulty with switching dog food brands if one was unavailable.       My husband told me to just leave him alone and he will eat when he gets hungry. I could not stand this approach. He went an entire day without eating and I was a miserable mess. I know how dangerous that is for this breed and the risk of hypoglycemic shock, so this was no...
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