|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
08-17-2008, 07:08 AM | #1 |
Lovin' My LilBug! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 2,513
| My little pig So, recently I switched Lilly's food to Wellness Small Breed formula and I'm assuming she loves it. I had problems with her eating her old food, I could put food in the bowl and it would sit for a few days and then I'd dump it out and pour more, all she would do was nit-pick at it. Now when I pour the Wellness out, it's gone usually before the day's over with. Like we just woke up and she cleaned out her food from when I put food in it last night before bed. It was taking her like a little over a day to finish what was in her bowl but I had the old food mixed with the Wellness. Last night when I poured her some more, I just poured the Wellness as her poop has been fine. So here's my question, should I be feeding her a certain amount? I don't want her to get overweight. Anything that I should change? I'm really looking for any suggestions or opinions from everyone on what they think I should do.
__________________ love my lillybug! rags and ribbons! |
Welcome Guest! | |
08-17-2008, 07:39 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Well, YAY - she is lovin' the new food! That is great - it's always wonderful when the babies enjoy eating. On the bag, there should be a feeding guide to help with amounts. So, you could put down an amount, for example - a half day's worth - and see how quickly she eats that. If she eats it right away - then you may not be able to free feed her (at least not at first); you may have to feed her at meals.
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
08-17-2008, 07:50 AM | #3 | |
Lovin' My LilBug! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 2,513
| Quote:
You're such a great help with this food stuff Ann, I really appreciate it!
__________________ love my lillybug! rags and ribbons! | |
08-17-2008, 10:17 AM | #4 | |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Quote:
I do know of others who have just continued to free feed through the "piglet" phase - knowing their dog will grow out of it, once they get through the excitement of the new food - so that's an option too. So, you could "wing it" too.......and just keep an eye on her weight.
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° | |
08-17-2008, 10:42 AM | #5 | |
Lovin' My LilBug! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 2,513
| Quote:
__________________ love my lillybug! rags and ribbons! | |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart