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11-25-2006, 05:42 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas
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| Need to switch dog foods Gracie constantly is scratching. I am going to try to switch her to a dog food w/o corn and see if that helps. She is on Iams now. I need a good quality dog food that I can get online. I live in the boonies and there is no Petsmart, Petco, etc within 80 miles of here. Thanks in advance for your recommendations. |
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11-25-2006, 05:50 PM | #2 |
With Indy In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 8,442
| Baby food I feed my baby Yorkie and my senior Toy Poodle Royal Canine. It's a little expensive, but I've had very good luck with it. My poodle used to have skin allergies on Science Diet and on Purina and he was always throwing up. Now, no problems either way. I recommend it highly. |
11-25-2006, 06:52 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas
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| Can you order it online? |
11-26-2006, 07:45 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs
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| I've never ordered from this website, but it's the first one that came up. I feed Loki Canidae. It's affordable and it has no by-products or corn. He likes it. http://www.waggintails.com/store/Sea...string=canidae
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11-26-2006, 08:06 AM | #5 |
Minnie's Mommy Donating YT Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State
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| I give Minnie Innova and get it at a feed store.
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11-26-2006, 08:23 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central California
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| I have been feeding Nutro lamb and rice for several months and Brandy has been pretty itchy. Also I think both of my yorkies coats don't look as shiny as they should. I switched to Royal Canin two weeks ago and she has gotten worse. Today I am off to find California Natural and give it a try. I've been doing a lot of research and apparently there is no best one since different dogs are sensitive to different foods so whatever you decide to try just get a pretty small bag of it to start in case you need to move on to another one after a few weeks. I've read the most common problems are corn, wheat and soy. Some dogs can't deal with beef....the list goes on and on. I think you can order most anything online.
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11-26-2006, 09:15 AM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central California
Posts: 445
| Actually, after reading the above posts and going to the Canidae website and reading the ingredients and all the testimonials I think I would like to try this one. Anyone know where I can find it? I tried the website store locator and it just comes up with an error. I checked all the major chain stores web sites and no luck. I would rather just go and buy it rather than ordering in online.
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11-26-2006, 08:21 PM | #8 |
Its all about the yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Jersey
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| I feed innova and innova evo
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11-26-2006, 08:43 PM | #9 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| Royal Canin has corn gluten meal in it. If you want to read the ingredients of any dog food, I always use petfooddirect.com The ingredients are listed at the bottom of the page of any dog food you select. For the time being, I am feeding Kacee Natural Balance and she loves it.
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11-28-2006, 10:16 AM | #10 | |
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I just started another thread about my yorkie scratching and wondering if it may be the food she's eating...
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11-28-2006, 01:15 PM | #11 |
No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK
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| I use Natural Balance, organic. There is nothing in it except human grade food. No corn, wheat, soy, artifical flavors, etc. Buddy does well on it. It is put out by Dick Van Patten. There is a website for him. Hope your little one does better on another food. Carol & Buddy I had a dog in the past that was allergic to everything and anything. I use only natural foods this time around. It is awful to see them scratch themselves. |
11-28-2006, 10:20 PM | #13 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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| Like everyone has mentioned corn is the most likely allergen, but also look for one with no wheat, soy or yeast with Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids added. The allergy could also be to the meat protein so if the Iams formula you are feeding is chicken, switch to a lamb protein based product to cover all your bases or if you've been feeding lamb, switch to chicken. |
11-30-2006, 08:01 AM | #14 | |
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11-30-2006, 08:56 AM | #15 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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| Yeast is definitely an ingredient that could cause allergies and does in some. All are different, some can eat all of the common allergens and not be affected at all. |
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