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10-06-2011, 07:40 AM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Southern IL, USA
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| How much is too much ? I keep reading that it's dangerous for a Yorkie to eat dog food that is too much/too high in protien. How much is too much? What percentage should I be looking for on the bag? What percentage is ideal for a puppy vs. and adult dog ? Thanks!
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10-06-2011, 08:50 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| Protein percentages are a matter of great debate: how much is the ideal amount and how much is actually in food. My personal non-expert choice for Yorkies is over 20%, but no more than 34-35%. There are Yorkies who thrive on more, but I don't think we have any comprehensive studies on what it does to them over a lifetime. Keep your dog properly vetted, checking kidney and liver values annually, and choose a food in that range that agrees with your dog.
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10-06-2011, 09:59 AM | #3 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| As Maximo said, it's a great debate. I think pretty much everybody agrees (vets and vet nutritionists, etc.) that high protein doesn't cause kidney or liver problems (although I'm sure more studies are being or will be done on this). However, high protein is not necessarily good for most liver and kidney issues (high protein usually comes with high phosphorus which already failing kidneys don't like, etc.). So these problems really should be ruled out first before choosing a high protein food. But the problem is liver and kidney issues don't always show up on blood work or urine testing until the disease process is advanced (many middle aged dogs have the beginnings of kidney failure and nobody would know it because routine testing doesn't catch it this early - the kidney hasn't been damaged enough yet). And so to give a dog high protein/high phosphorus food just because their lab work looks good may not be such a good idea. The BUN tends to climb in dogs fed high protein diets too. It's very much a matter of to each their own (and I hope people are talking to their vets before deciding to feed a food like this). For my dogs, I don't feel that high protein is appropriate unless a veterinary nutritionist recommended it for them. I will not watch the BUN in my dogs climb in the name of feeding a species appropriate diet, nor am I comfortable using it based on good lab results. Good labs don't always equal healthy dog. JMO
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10-07-2011, 06:02 AM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Southern IL, USA
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| Thank you! I am switching Paisley to Blue Buffalo- small breed puppy. I hope that will be the protien level she needs.
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10-07-2011, 06:42 AM | #5 | |
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I fed this to Taycie when she was a puppy! As sensitive as her tummy is, that food was the one that worked for the time being
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