Dogfood - The yorkie food? - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Chico · 07-03-2007, 06:44 AM

Hi, I was wondering what kind og dogfood you feed your Yorkies?

I am using Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier and am very happy with that. Is that a popular brand in the USA? If you use it, how do you like it?
Do you prefer some other brand?

I also feed my little mix (Leon) the Yorkie food too and he likes it.
I buy the food in 7,5kg (16.5lb) packaging, it is also available in 1,5kg (3.3lb) packaging but no size in between is available in Iceland.
Can you buy a bag that is in between, like around 3 or 4kg (6.6 - 8.8lb)?

Chico · 07-03-2007, 06:49 AM

Btw. how do I make the link on, for ex. the word Yorkshire Terrier, in my earlier post go away, I did not put the link on the word, it just came.

In an earlier post I tried to take the tick out of "Automatically parse links in text" option below when I was sending the post, the post then didn´t work, the message did´t go on the forum until hours later. I am not even sure what "Automatically parse links in text" means

I am going to try now, to see if I can send this post witout ticking "Automatically parse links in text"

The link still comes :/

eaglez28 · 07-03-2007, 03:05 PM

I feed Canidae Lamb & Rice All Life Stages.
All Natural

Try this link to find a better quality food for your FurBaby:
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...iews/index.php

The Yorkie in your Avatar has a beautiful long coat!

BubblPopElectrc · 07-03-2007, 03:23 PM

I feed Candiae as well.

I used to feed Royal Canine, but one of the main ingredients is corn (or maybe some other grain, I can't remember) and it made my Britney itch a lot. After I changed, she really stopped.

Txgurl06 · 07-03-2007, 03:37 PM

it doesnt have corn

you will see a lot of people on here use it. i have tried skoshi on tons of healthier dog foods and he will eat them the first time and then the next day doesnt want them. i have tried honest kitchen, Fromm, but he wont eat them now.

eaglez28 · 07-03-2007, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Txgurl06

it doesnt have corn

you will see a lot of people on here use it. i have tried skoshi on tons of healthier dog foods and he will eat them the first time and then the next day doesnt want them. i have tried honest kitchen, Fromm, but he wont eat them now.

Yes it does have Corn
Corn Gluten Meal is CORN
Corn Gluten is what was in alot of dog food recalls.

Straight from the Royal cani website.
Ingredients
Chicken meal, brewers rice, brown rice, chicken fat, chicken, corn gluten meal, dried egg powder, barley, natural chicken flavor, cellulose, dried beet pulp (sugar removed), anchovy oil, dried brewers yeast, potassium chloride, soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, salmon meal, calcium carbonate, sodium tripolyphosphate, choline chloride, dried brewers yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) , taurine*, Vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol (source of vitamin E), inositol, niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C*), d-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], magnesium oxide, borage oil, Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], glucosamine hydrochloride*, L-Carnitine*, DL-methionine, marigold extract (Calendula officinalis L.), tea (green tea extract), chondroitin sulfate*, preserved with natural tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), citric acid and rosemary extract.

Iheartroxie · 07-03-2007, 03:46 PM

I switched Roxie from Royal Canin to Canidae All Life Stages and she loves it!

eaglez28 · 07-03-2007, 04:02 PM

I have never seen my Yorkies love a food like Canidae!!!
I have one that is a very picky eater & doesn't eat very much.
He has actually gained a few ozs since on Canidae - which he needed.

chattiesmom · 07-03-2007, 04:23 PM

Canidae All Life Stages

camly · 07-03-2007, 10:29 PM

I feed kikko Innova and he looooves its! and so do my parents dog who likes to go into kikko's playpen and steal a meal! lol.

but its great food, made of all human grade meat. i really couldn't decide between innova and candidae at first, i know both are good foods

finhuang · 07-04-2007, 01:54 AM

I feed Royal Canin to 3 of my yorkies before. Their hair grows long and beautiful, but I also found they have flaky skin since I start to use Royal Canin. One of my yorkies has really bad flaky skin, so I stop feeding him Royal Canin. I use Avoderm instead. After feeding him Avoderm, less than 5 days, I found it truly improved that. About 1 week or so, his flaky skin is gone. I also found his hair becomes softer. I was amazed how effective Avoderm dog food is.

If anyone's yorkie has flaky/dry skin, try Avoderm. You can see the result very soon.

camly · 07-04-2007, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finhuang

I feed Royal Canin to 3 of my yorkies before. Their hair grows long and beautiful, but I also found they have flaky skin since I start to use Royal Canin. One of my yorkies has really bad flaky skin, so I stop feeding him Royal Canin. I use Avoderm instead. After feeding him Avoderm, less than 5 days, I found it truly improved that. About 1 week or so, his flaky skin is gone. I also found his hair becomes softer. I was amazed how effective Avoderm dog food is.

If anyone's yorkie has flaky/dry skin, try Avoderm. You can see the result very soon.

Where do you get this AVoderm? My guy has flaky skin, but only in his ear (this is due to a previous skin infection/fungus) ...

recently i've used missing link and its helped a lot too .. but this avoderm sounds interesting ....

Belindtch · 07-04-2007, 02:47 AM

My Alyssa and Emily Kate were both eating Royal Canin Yorkshire food. They both seemed to love it and ate it well. Alyssa had a lot of allergies and scratched a lot. I read about Canide All Life Stages on YT and soon went on a search to find it. I discovered that several stores in my area carried it. I bought a bag ...hoping....but not really expecting the dogs to like it. They fought over it. Both loved the taste. I switched "cold turkey" and did not try to mix and ease into the new food. Within a week Alyssa's fur imporved. She had a shine to her fur and her energy level was like that of a much younger puppy. It has been 4 months now and I am still very pleased. I find it hard to believe what a change of food has done for my girls. I am sorry that I did not make the switch sooner.

Emmsmom · 07-04-2007, 04:50 AM

Diesel has been on INNOVA for the longest time and does really well on it.

Shelby&Seymour · 07-04-2007, 05:02 AM

Shelby & Seymour have been eating Royal Canin since we have had them. I have gotten some samples of Canidae that I have occasionally given them for "variety", but only a small amount at a time.
I really think RC has helped with their coats.

Variety May 2007 038.JPG

We wish all YT'ers a nice Independence Day!

07-03-2007, 06:49 AM	#2
Chico Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Iceland Posts: 74	Btw. how do I make the link on, for ex. the word Yorkshire Terrier, in my earlier post go away, I did not put the link on the word, it just came. In an earlier post I tried to take the tick out of "Automatically parse links in text" option below when I was sending the post, the post then didn´t work, the message did´t go on the forum until hours later. I am not even sure what "Automatically parse links in text" means I am going to try now, to see if I can send this post witout ticking "Automatically parse links in text" The link still comes :/ __________________ Chico Mandla Fargo Isis and Leon Our Website Last edited by Chico; 07-03-2007 at 06:50 AM. Reason: The link still comes :/

07-03-2007, 03:05 PM	#3
eaglez28 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 1,253	I feed Canidae Lamb & Rice All Life Stages. All Natural Try this link to find a better quality food for your FurBaby: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...iews/index.php The Yorkie in your Avatar has a beautiful long coat! __________________ IT'LL COST Nothing To Dream & EVERYTHING NOT TO!!! Kim Scruffy Lexi Kylee Stormy Reesie http://www.myspace.com/eskindsyorkies

07-03-2007, 03:23 PM	#4
BubblPopElectrc be. believe. imagine. Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA Posts: 5,306	I feed Candiae as well. I used to feed Royal Canine, but one of the main ingredients is corn (or maybe some other grain, I can't remember) and it made my Britney itch a lot. After I changed, she really stopped. __________________ Kyle (me), Britney, Brooklyn, and Coral

07-03-2007, 04:02 PM	#8
eaglez28 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 1,253	I have never seen my Yorkies love a food like Canidae!!! I have one that is a very picky eater & doesn't eat very much. He has actually gained a few ozs since on Canidae - which he needed. __________________ IT'LL COST Nothing To Dream & EVERYTHING NOT TO!!! Kim Scruffy Lexi Kylee Stormy Reesie http://www.myspace.com/eskindsyorkies

07-03-2007, 04:23 PM	#9
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,512	Canidae All Life Stages Canidae All Life Stages __________________ *Yorkie Yummies Silk Step-In Harnesses * NapSaks Click on the links above for order information!**

07-03-2007, 03:37 PM	#5
Txgurl06 RIP Skoshi! Love You Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wichita falls,tx Posts: 3,145	it doesnt have corn you will see a lot of people on here use it. i have tried skoshi on tons of healthier dog foods and he will eat them the first time and then the next day doesnt want them. i have tried honest kitchen, Fromm, but he wont eat them now.

07-03-2007, 03:46 PM	#7
Iheartroxie Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Plantation, Florida Posts: 408	I switched Roxie from Royal Canin to Canidae All Life Stages and she loves it!

07-03-2007, 10:29 PM	#10
camly Mommy to Kikko-man Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California/taiwan Posts: 1,557	I feed kikko Innova and he looooves its! and so do my parents dog who likes to go into kikko's playpen and steal a meal! lol. but its great food, made of all human grade meat. i really couldn't decide between innova and candidae at first, i know both are good foods __________________ Camly Kikko Kikko gots a HUUGE crush on London

07-04-2007, 01:54 AM	#11
finhuang YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver Posts: 5	Royal Canin food helps growing beautiful hair, but dries my baby's skin. I feed Royal Canin to 3 of my yorkies before. Their hair grows long and beautiful, but I also found they have flaky skin since I start to use Royal Canin. One of my yorkies has really bad flaky skin, so I stop feeding him Royal Canin. I use Avoderm instead. After feeding him Avoderm, less than 5 days, I found it truly improved that. About 1 week or so, his flaky skin is gone. I also found his hair becomes softer. I was amazed how effective Avoderm dog food is. If anyone's yorkie has flaky/dry skin, try Avoderm. You can see the result very soon.

07-04-2007, 02:47 AM	#13
Belindtch Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rossville, Georgia Posts: 732	Switched to Canidae My Alyssa and Emily Kate were both eating Royal Canin Yorkshire food. They both seemed to love it and ate it well. Alyssa had a lot of allergies and scratched a lot. I read about Canide All Life Stages on YT and soon went on a search to find it. I discovered that several stores in my area carried it. I bought a bag ...hoping....but not really expecting the dogs to like it. They fought over it. Both loved the taste. I switched "cold turkey" and did not try to mix and ease into the new food. Within a week Alyssa's fur imporved. She had a shine to her fur and her energy level was like that of a much younger puppy. It has been 4 months now and I am still very pleased. I find it hard to believe what a change of food has done for my girls. I am sorry that I did not make the switch sooner. __________________ Belinda and my furbabies, Alyssa , Emily Kate , and Lucy Belinda's Doggy Delites Lucy Dexter

07-04-2007, 04:50 AM	#14
Emmsmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 978	Diesel has been on INNOVA for the longest time and does really well on it. __________________ MICHELLE DIESEL "The Weasel" and little brother TUCKER

07-04-2007, 05:02 AM	#15
Shelby&Seymour "Pumpernickel & Cheese" Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 2,461	Royal Canin works for us! Shelby & Seymour have been eating Royal Canin since we have had them. I have gotten some samples of Canidae that I have occasionally given them for "variety", but only a small amount at a time. I really think RC has helped with their coats. Variety May 2007 038.JPG We wish all YT'ers a nice Independence Day! __________________ *Yorkies are the BEST!* :..Don't buy from PuppyMills Try to be GREEN Seymour is a member of the Little Gentlemans Club ...Shelby & Seymour are members of the Teapot Club Last edited by Shelby&Seymour; 07-04-2007 at 05:04 AM.