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Originally Posted by DAB  My question is, Does anyone buy and add a vitamin supplement and omega 3 ( fish oil) to their recipes? My daughter boils white chicken tenders and potatoes separately. She then portions the chicken up as well as the potatoes. Then she adds raw carrot pieces. To this, once a day, is added a vitamin supplement ( she crushes it and puts it in with the food ) and the omega 3 oil. Her 3 dogs, a yorkie, maltese, and shih tzu are doing well on this diet.
I have been feeding my 2 yorkies Evo with added boiled chicken tenders ( a few tiny pieces). The older girl seems fine with this diet.
I am having issues with my younger yorkie (age 2). She is being tested for a liver shunt or maybe other liver issues. This has been ongoing since Deember. I have asked on this forum about the high protein content of Evo. Some responders feel it is too high for yorkies. Could this food be the reason for her problems? Currently, she is on the IAMS low residue kibble. She already has had an ultrasound ( all appeared well) and will have a scintigaphy test next week.
I am looking for a premium very high quality kibble that has whatever protein content a yorkie should have. I did not realize that high protein is not a good thing. I was trying to avoid grain because I am afraid of all the bad quality grain ingredients some companies use and that were in the recall.
Royal Canine has food made for yorkies. I am not crazy about the listed ingrediants including corn. Maybe I should just forgo the kibble of any kind and feed my 2 girls what my daughter feeds her 3.
Any comments?
DAB |
High protein has never been conclusively proven to cause kidney problems, but you do need to reduce the the amount if kidney problems are diagnosed. I have not seen any studies that show high protein is bad for the liver but once a problem is diagnosed, I personally wouldn't feed something excessively high in protein. There seems to be some concern with Evo and small dogs lately. Something about high triglycerides and it is too high in protein for some peoples comfort level. You might get away with Natural Balance Vegetarian for the liver compromised Yorkie. The problem with picking just any kibble with okay ingredients is that they give the minimum fat and protein content. It could be much more than what they list...
100% homecooking is fine but a multi vitamin isn't enough. The cal/phos ratio has to be balanced and some other things have to be taken into consideration. It would be an incomplete and unbalanced diet which can be very dangerous.
I homecook for Ellie and use Balance IT K.