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07-03-2013, 08:03 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Roanoke, Al, USA
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| Food question Maybe this is ok to post in this section. I am a new yorkie owner of 2 weeks. My girl is turning 8 weeks old tomorrow and will start getting Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier 29. My question is where a decent place to buy food at a decent price. I live in a really small town in Alabama and the only place that I can buy food within an hr drive is Wal Mart, a local feed store, and a Co Op. If i drive an hr and a half I can be at a Pet Smart and a bigger feed store that sell more food than the ones around here. I probably already know the answer to this question, but is there a decent food that I could feed her that I could buy at Wal Mart or should I just stick to giving her Royal Canin for a while? I just dont know about Pet Smart's prices, I have heard they are higher than other places but I don't know where else I can buy her some food and it be healthy for her. |
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07-03-2013, 08:05 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | I would not buy food from Walmart. The food is really not good for them. You can buy food on line and have them ship to your house. Some companies give free shipping if you spend a certain amount.
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07-03-2013, 08:10 PM | #3 |
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| I agree I would not buy from Walmart. Maybe order online from Petsmart/Petco?
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07-04-2013, 05:30 AM | #4 | |
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07-06-2013, 05:34 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Roanoke, Al, USA
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| Thanks. I will be definitely sticking with Royal Canin. But I can't get her to eat it. I have tried mixing it with her moist food that she has been eating and now for the past two days she is just nibbling. Usually in the morning she can't wait to eat. But today I have her kibbles with her pouch food and she walks to it and walks away. What else can I do to get her to eat the dry food? I am still giving her shots of Nutri Cal in her bowl everyday just to help with blood sugar and all. Last edited by Hollywood06; 07-06-2013 at 05:35 AM. |
07-06-2013, 05:47 AM | #6 |
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| Jess did the same. She was on eukanuba when I got her and I didn't want her eating that. She wouldn't touch the royal canin at first. So I boiled up a chicken breast in spring water, kept the chicken for treats and poured the water in ice cube trays. I melted one over her food at every meal. She gobbled it up. Eventually I was able to stop doing that (now for special occasions ) and she eats it like its a filet.. |
07-07-2013, 06:06 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Roanoke, Al, USA
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| I have been watching her eat for a few minutes now. She will sneak to the bowl and grab a lil and back away like she is scared. Could she be scared of the stainless steel bowl? But she drinks out of it just fine. Also if you hold food on your had she will eat most all of it but our of bowl she nibbles. |
07-08-2013, 05:41 AM | #8 | |
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07-08-2013, 05:48 AM | #9 | |
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Max was afraid of the stainless steel water dish, so we changed to glass, and we often feed food off of saucers/salad plates.
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07-08-2013, 07:55 AM | #10 |
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| I hand feed Izzy a lot too. She has not been eating and it makes me so nervous!
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07-08-2013, 09:53 AM | #11 |
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| Even in the San Antonio area the only store I have found that carries Royal Canin 29 is Petsmart, though I have found quite a few that carry the adult yorkie 28 formula. I got mine off Amazon for $14.49 + free shipping on orders over $25 (so I buy two bags at a time) Amazon.com: Royal Canin Dry Dog Food, Yorkshire...
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07-08-2013, 08:36 PM | #12 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Royal Canin I quite honestly am not a huge fan of Royal Canin, if you read carefully the ingredient list in the back, these are the first 10 ingredients: Chicken meal, brown rice, rice, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, barley, wheat gluten, natural chicken flavor, powdered cellulose, dried beet pulp. Yes chicken meal may be first, but 8/10 ingredients are cheep fillers. "Natural" chicken flavor usually refers to chicken bi product that is processed with ammonia (equivalent of the infamous pink slime). If you only have one dog, it won't break the bank to buy them a freeze dried or dehydrated food like Stella and Chewy's, or NRG. Many places sell it online, and since it is very light, it ships fairly inexpensively. They have many flavors (chicken, beef, lamb, rabbit, venison, etc) and the ingredients are (in the beef for example): Beef, beef liver, beef bone, beef kidney, organic cranberries, organic carrots, organic squash, etc. You can view some of my dog food reviews on my academia.edu blog (not a commercial site before someone stones me, it's purely articles and academia) Last edited by BigDogTexas; 07-08-2013 at 08:37 PM. |
07-13-2013, 10:24 PM | #13 | ||
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As for Royal Canin, they are a reputable company...one of the few who have a veterinary nutritionist on staff. If you ever want to have any questions answered about dog food, I highly recommend petdiets.com which is run by a Board Certified Vet Nutritionist. Here is a link to her quite impressive credentials. http://www.petdiets.com/userfiles/fi...bbrev%20CV.pdf
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07-14-2013, 04:01 AM | #14 |
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| I second the use of PetDiets - VNC putting pets' health first!. She has very excellent information. She's one of the only people who can say she isn't selling any product. She just gives sound medical advice about canine nutrition based on real science. Beware the online self-styled nutrition gurus and their "opinions" -- look closely, they are almost always peddling their wares and looking to sell unnecessary products with big claims and no science. Good luck!
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07-15-2013, 05:19 PM | #15 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Roanoke, Al, USA
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| She has finally started eating after taking her to the vet last week bc she wouldn't eat and coating me around 60 bucks for the vet to tell me she was picky and gavel some meds for loose stools. But she still loves to be hand fed and will only eat off a place mat that is identical to our plates. But whatever it takes to get her to eat I will do. I have her on Royal Canin kibble now, but have about 5 cans of Royal Canin canned puppy food. How can I feed her some of this every now and then without messing up her stomach? |
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