[lil fu fu girl]

Originally Posted by bonbon

Ok, here's a tough question for you: what do you feed yours?
Do you feel like a dog food can be too high in protein (spefically talking about for yorkies)? Or is it good to feed 40%+?

LOL I was wondering when we would get to that!
I free feed kibble, which is usually Innova Evo Red Small bites, or the turkey and chicken which both are at 42-47% protein. Then, in the afternoon they get a combination of complete proteins such as steak, lamb, chicken, buffalo, eggs, and organic raw hamburger; which may or may not contain some grains such as wild rice , quinoa, amaranth, wheat germ, or barley; with a probiotics/enzymes added in. They eat about 1/3 of a cup of this and then it gets taken up. I also eat fruit and cheese consistently during the day, apples, grapefruit, bananas, swiss, jack , etc. and the pups always get some. I also try to get them a vitamin about every other day.

My little girl( Andromeda aka. lil miss fu fu girl) is around 4.5 pounds and solid muscle, when we go for a walk, it is a run most of the time, which is great because I am an old runner trying to forever get the extra pounds off! So about 2 miles there, plus we play tug of war or catch about another 40 minutes sometime during the day.
The 1 year old male, Bra'Tac is about 7 pounds, & developing some serious muscle as well, although he still has a way to go to be in competition with Andromeda!

Some people might think that their protein intake is high, however, in consideration that Andromeda has Lymes and has been on meds only once, when we found out and has stayed healthy since; imo I don't feel that it is. Keeping her as muscularly dense as possible, will keep her active for longer, and consequently will keep the Lymes from degenerating her joints, and from attacking her muscles, especially the heart muscle the myocardium.

So there you have it, what I feed, and my thoughts as to maintenance with Lymes. Bring on the onslaught of hatemail! LOL