Please, consult with a pet nutritionist before starting any home-cooked diet. Home cooking is a wonderful way to feed, but it's very important to get just the right balance of nutrients or you and your pup may have problems down the road. There was a thread going around in the Health/Diet forum about recommended nutritionists. If you don't see it there, check the YT library. The thread was started by member Ellie May who is very knowledgeable about home cooking. You may want to send her a message - she's very nice and always willing to help where she can. I think the nutritionist's consultation fee is pretty reasonable and you may be able to do with you one consultation.
Also, if you're going to feed hamburger meat make sure it's the leanest you can find. Yorkies cannot tolerate a lot of fat in their diets and they're prone to pancreatitis, among other things.
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