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04-11-2015, 04:59 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: oregon
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| Colby Came HOME!! Hello again everyone. I posted a couple of weeks back saying that I was getting my puppy a little too early and what to expect. Big thanks to everyone who responded with things I should expect. Especially on the hypoglycemia. If I wouldn't have been prepared when I got him home things could have been bad as he was hypoglycemic I think when I got him home. (Long car ride) Since then he's been to the vet and got a clean bill of health. Full of energy and generally doing well. No diarrhea or anything! We've been mixing wet food/milk replacer/dry food together as he is only 8 weeks old but he drinks the milk/water, sucks every last piece of kibble dry, licks the bowl of ALL wet food and refuses to eat the kibble at all. I know that he needs hard kibble for a variety of reasons but I can't have him NOT eating and the only thing he seems to want to eat is wet food. Any suggestions? Here are some pictures of Colby |
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04-12-2015, 03:36 AM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USA
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| Congrats on your new baby . I am glad he is doing well . I am sorry I do not have any advice on the feeding issue . I am sure someone here will know about that .. I could not see your pics though .. |
04-12-2015, 03:42 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Hi and congrats on your new baby! He does not "need" to have kibble for any reason - so I would not worry about that. It's a myth that kibble is "better for teeth" -- just think of your own teeth, does hard food benefit your teeth ...? It doesn't. No different w/ dogs.
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04-12-2015, 07:02 AM | #4 |
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| If you really want him to eat kibble try soaking it in water. Maybe the kibble is too hard for his little teeth.
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04-12-2015, 07:11 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Elverson, pa, USA
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| thats what i did for Finster..we have a Keurig with a hot water dispenser.. i would measure out kibble and add hot water..took a few min to soften..then added wet food for flavor..being that his molars didnt come in yet.. he ate it fine.. now he loves chewing the kibble at 13 weeks.. i also put the kibble into a coffee grinder and made it powdery and added water..was kinda messy in the grinder but worked fine.. |
04-12-2015, 03:24 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: oregon
Posts: 33
| Well I figured out how to get him to eat his kibble. I mix the mashed up wet with water and milk replacer and then add kibble to make it soup-like. Let it soak for an hour or so then feed him. He scarfs it all down. I'll try to pics again, I think they were to big or something last time. |
04-12-2015, 09:17 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: San Antonio,TX
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| I would measure out the kibble then put it in a plastic sandwich baggie, place the Baggie on counter and crushed it by using my hammer I practically made it powder then added some warm wet food and she loved it. I loved the puppy days |
04-12-2015, 10:50 PM | #8 |
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| Congrats on your new puppy! |
04-13-2015, 03:35 AM | #9 |
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| Congrats on your new lil baby.
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04-13-2015, 09:57 AM | #10 |
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