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Originally Posted by LolaMae  Hey everyone, me and my gf have a 3 year old yorkie. My gf used to feed her dry dog food when she was a puppy, for about almost a year Lola had stayed with my gf's parents and they fed her human food, mostly potatoes, chicken. Move forward to now, she's staying with us again we continued her on potatoes and chicken, she got tired of it and is having bowel problems.
Today I got her Royal Canin Yorkie 28 and she won't even touch it. So I'm going to try canned food.
What would be the best brand/type food for her? I know its going to be trial and error but we want her on dog food. |
Potatoes and chicken are not a complete and balanced diet. Your dog is probably malnourished, dogs need way more calcium than a human does, so if you feed human foods you need to supplement with vitamins and minerals. I feed Joey RC and he loves it, it's made for finicky Yorkies, but if they are use to eating human foods, they will probably put up a fuss. I would put out a bowl for 20 minutes, and then take it away, 12 hours later I would put out another bowl, and do not feed any snacks in the meantime. Usually, all it takes is 12-24 hours to get them to eat the food. Your dog will not starve himself; he will eat when he’s hungry. Anyway, someone else can help you with the best canned food question.