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broodizt · 03-24-2008, 12:22 PM

Hello everyone,

I am so so glad you responded to my question. Gosh, I thought nobody would answer and I am so worried. So thank you thank you thank you all so much for your responses. To answer your questions:
Wylies Mom: No she is not over or underweight. I think she is what she is.
She is just very tiny. I tried to free feed her kibble but she will not eat the hard kibble. If I put other food in it like a teaspoon of cottege cheese or baby food, she licks it off and leaves the kibble. If I leave wet soaked kibble (more than she will eat in a day), it gets all crusty and sour. The trick is finding out what is reasonable for a 1.8 lb grown adult yorkie actually should be eating. I have counted the kibble in a 1/4 of a cup and it
equals 166 kibble. I divided this into breakfast lunch and dinner and that came to 55 kibble each meal. I soaked the 55 kibble in the morning with just a 1/3 teaspoon of gerber strained chicken and she went for it very enthusiastically . But it took her a whole day and night to finish just the breakfast portion of 55 kibble. I left dry kibble over night to see if she would munch on it but it was all there in the morning (all 55 dry kibble).
I never got to ever feed the third portion of the 1/4 cup. But she seems very happy, playful and her stools are great. So the 55 kibble in a day is close to what the friend told me she feeds her tiny l.8 lb yorkie (45 kibble a day -15 kibbles 3x a day) I am starting to think she is right.
Ellie May: I am feeding her Blue Wholistic Kibble (small kibble for toy dogs)
one of the brands recommended by my Vet.
FL Tink:Thank you so very much for the encouragement. This is a whole new learning experience for me. I have a 17 yo yorkie that I have raised since he was 10 weeks old, but he was about 3.lbs, and believe it or not, he is much bigger than she is and even though he is so small, he was not as delicate or teensy weeny as she is. So it is a whole new ballgame for me. Thanks again so very much for your replies. Any other thoughts would be MORE than welcome. Thanks again to all of you> Shellie :-)

03-24-2008, 12:22 PM	#5
broodizt YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Temecula Posts: 669	Hello everyone, I am so so glad you responded to my question. Gosh, I thought nobody would answer and I am so worried. So thank you thank you thank you all so much for your responses. To answer your questions: Wylies Mom: No she is not over or underweight. I think she is what she is. She is just very tiny. I tried to free feed her kibble but she will not eat the hard kibble. If I put other food in it like a teaspoon of cottege cheese or baby food, she licks it off and leaves the kibble. If I leave wet soaked kibble (more than she will eat in a day), it gets all crusty and sour. The trick is finding out what is reasonable for a 1.8 lb grown adult yorkie actually should be eating. I have counted the kibble in a 1/4 of a cup and it equals 166 kibble. I divided this into breakfast lunch and dinner and that came to 55 kibble each meal. I soaked the 55 kibble in the morning with just a 1/3 teaspoon of gerber strained chicken and she went for it very enthusiastically . But it took her a whole day and night to finish just the breakfast portion of 55 kibble. I left dry kibble over night to see if she would munch on it but it was all there in the morning (all 55 dry kibble). I never got to ever feed the third portion of the 1/4 cup. But she seems very happy, playful and her stools are great. So the 55 kibble in a day is close to what the friend told me she feeds her tiny l.8 lb yorkie (45 kibble a day -15 kibbles 3x a day) I am starting to think she is right. Ellie May: I am feeding her Blue Wholistic Kibble (small kibble for toy dogs) one of the brands recommended by my Vet. FL Tink:Thank you so very much for the encouragement. This is a whole new learning experience for me. I have a 17 yo yorkie that I have raised since he was 10 weeks old, but he was about 3.lbs, and believe it or not, he is much bigger than she is and even though he is so small, he was not as delicate or teensy weeny as she is. So it is a whole new ballgame for me. Thanks again so very much for your replies. Any other thoughts would be MORE than welcome. Thanks again to all of you> Shellie :-)