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11-01-2005, 03:53 PM | #1 |
Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago
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| Please Help! Is It Necessary... to feed soft food to Yorkies along with their dry hard dog food? My mom's coworker who is a retired Vet said that if you feed only hard food their whole lives, it will cause crystalized kidneys. Has anyone else heard this? I REALLY do not want to feed Stewie wet food -- I have big reservations about them, but if I have to to prevent heath problems, I will.
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11-01-2005, 03:58 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US
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| I've never heard about this. But I'm interested if anybody has!
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11-01-2005, 04:15 PM | #3 |
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| I've never heard of that either so I'll be watching for other's answers and I'll try to remember to ask my vet the next time we go. I am VERY adamant that Tatum gets dry food only. She's never even eaten any table food (unless a pea or something fell on the floor). I learned the hard way with my toy poodle. I started him out on hard food but we lived next door to my grandparents and he stayed there during the day. Well, my grandpa fed their poodle canned food and so that's what my poodle, Dax, got used to. Wouldn't eat dry food for me. Didn't know about the problems it would cause in the future so I didn't force it on him. He ended up having pretty bad teeth in his old age and by the time he finally passed away (15 years old), he only had 4 teeth left - although it never bothered him one bit to not have a full set of chompers. The others had to be pulled over the years. The vet said that although small breeds like that have a tendency for teeth problems, giving him soft food all those years definitely sped up the problem. I may be going overboard now with Tatum but I only want the best for her. I'm interested in hearing more about the dry food issue though.
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11-01-2005, 06:46 PM | #4 |
Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago
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| BUMP! Anyone? I'm fretting over this.
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11-01-2005, 07:18 PM | #5 | |
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11-01-2005, 09:33 PM | #6 |
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| I always give mine hard. I only gave them the soft mixed with hard when they was younger. I still fix them their rice and eggs. |
11-01-2005, 09:39 PM | #7 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
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| I feed Gucci Canidae Dry kibble and I also add a bit of wet Innova for breakfast. I make sure to brush her teeth often and I add a tartar remover liquid to her water. I add the wet food cause Gucci is very picky and she doesnt eat a lot of her dry kibble and look to skinny to me. I told my vet and said is ok, just dont feed only wet food and not a lot. I have to discussed with my vet about the crystalised stones cause I have never heard that. |
11-02-2005, 12:47 AM | #8 |
My2Pearls Chelsey & Chanel YT Donator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: N
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| I have never heard about this, but if someone else knows about it i would like to hear their story
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11-02-2005, 07:08 AM | #9 |
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| i feed lexi wet food and dry every day,, no problems... they need the dry for protein.. i heard.
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11-02-2005, 07:16 AM | #10 |
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| I feel that a balance between dry and wet food is good. I feed Codie and Katie dry hard kibble every day but once or twice a week I'll feed them (in addition to their kibble) some scrambled eggs, or white rice, or cooked lean turkey chop meat, or cottage cheese, or plain yogurt, or broiled chicken/turkey, etc. I also give them mozzarella cheese as a treat once or twice a week.
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11-02-2005, 07:16 AM | #11 | |
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11-02-2005, 07:25 AM | #12 | |
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11-02-2005, 07:44 AM | #13 |
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| my baby WONT eat dry food so I have had to resort to feeding her only the wet food I still leave the dry food out but she doesnt eat it. I tried every dry food in town and she would not eat any of it. The vet told me that it was ok for her to eat the canned food regularly. Also I have heard alot about Chicken soup for the soul food where do you get this kind they have said that even the pickiest puppies will eat it. |
11-02-2005, 07:48 AM | #14 | |
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Have you tried mixing them together and slowly decreasing the can? You probably have. I personally don't like can that much I just don't like the looks of it. No offense that's just me.
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11-02-2005, 07:51 AM | #15 |
Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago
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| I feed Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul. I like the ingredients in it and don't want to feed wet food, but I don't want his kidneys to crystalize later in life either.
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