I am also in Ontario (Toronto), and just picked up a new guy two days ago (Carson - almost 1 year old). The breeder gave me a breakdown of excellent to poor foods. Her top choices are: Innova, Karma and Wellness - Carson is on Innova (as well manufacturer in America, not China). Next are: Solid Gold and Merrick. Then it goes to Good Foods: Royal Canin. The rest are not importment as they are Fair, Poor and Dead Foods.
I would also get his protein levels checked, expecially the albumin level. I just lost Oscar two weeks ago after a six month battle. He alway had intestinal issues (diarrhea) and then ended up with low protien, it was too late when we found this out. He was also on Medi-Cal Gastro for the last 6 years of his life, which is in breeders 'poor' category - and I think we found out that he was allergic to chicken about 4 months ago. I started to feed him a home-made diet about 6 weeks before his passing, however, we were too late. I only suggest this because if he is getting into human food, especially fatty foods - he can end up with IBS, which can turn into Lymphangectasia (sp?) - which is what Oscar died from, yorkie do not do well with this disease and some times will only live 3-6 months (if steriods do not work).
Good luck! |