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Lillium · 09-30-2007, 03:44 AM

Suzy is nearly 11 weeks old. When I got her from the breeder she was eating canned food so I've been keeping this up but I'd love to switch her diet around.

Should I go with raw food/raw veggies or cooked food/cooked veggies? I'm not a fan of canned food, I cook all human food from scratch, so cooking it up for her isn't going to be an issue.

This may seem like a silly question but does it matter what age a puppy can start eating raw food? I've tried her on a little bit of plain raw mince when I was making tacos and she went absolutely nuts over it (she loves food fullstop, but this was more excitement than usual.) So there's going to be no problem with getting her to eat it, it's just the timing I'm concerned with.

I'm going to check out the recipe thread that's stickied and try a few things out but I was wondering if anyone had any input on this topic.

(Sorry everyone, I'm only new and this is my first yorkie so I want to make sure that I'm doing everything right by her.)

09-30-2007, 03:44 AM	#1
Lillium Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mostly in a world of books Posts: 255	Question about raw food vs cooked food vs canned food for a puppy Suzy is nearly 11 weeks old. When I got her from the breeder she was eating canned food so I've been keeping this up but I'd love to switch her diet around. Should I go with raw food/raw veggies or cooked food/cooked veggies? I'm not a fan of canned food, I cook all human food from scratch, so cooking it up for her isn't going to be an issue. This may seem like a silly question but does it matter what age a puppy can start eating raw food? I've tried her on a little bit of plain raw mince when I was making tacos and she went absolutely nuts over it (she loves food fullstop, but this was more excitement than usual.) So there's going to be no problem with getting her to eat it, it's just the timing I'm concerned with. I'm going to check out the recipe thread that's stickied and try a few things out but I was wondering if anyone had any input on this topic. (Sorry everyone, I'm only new and this is my first yorkie so I want to make sure that I'm doing everything right by her.)