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Originally Posted by duckie215  Do you ever buy pre-frozen meat? Like frozen fish or chicken? or just buy the fresh and freeze it?
How exactly do you predict the adult weight for a larger yorkie? I know its a rough estimate any time, but Walker is 5 lbs at 13 weeks and I have yet to find a chart that starts that big  He is healthy, not overweight. Got a nice set of ribs that i can feel but not see.
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As for the first part of your question.... I buy the same meat I might buy for my family at the grocery store. It's not usually totally frozen but sometimes it is. I say the same meat I might buy because my family only likes white meat so I don't necessarily feed my dogs chicken breast, I usually feed the chicken quarters as it's less expensive and my family certainly could eat it, we just prefer not too. Also, I buy liver at the grocery store for the dogs and we could certainly eat that same liver, my boys just would not be happy with that but the dogs love it! I freeze the dogs food in baggies and generally each baggie contains 2 days of food. That way I only have to take food out from the freezer every other day. And I can get away with buying a cheaper cut of meat for the dogs where my family would find it too tough. So I hope that gives you a general idea and explains what I do.
As for the second part of your question, you are right that it's hard to know the adult weight. What I would do is just weigh your little guy every day or even once a week and this will give you a general idea how he is doing. If you look and can tell that he's a little on the thin side you know that you need to up how much he's getting and vice versa. That's what I've done. Now Zoe is about 5.25 and she's a little on the thin side so I'm always trying to get her to eat a little more but if she were just right, I would just attempt to maintain her weight. I hope that helps! Good luck and feel free to pm me with any questions!