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Originally Posted by Peekzma  Hi Brit.....I have a 10 mth yorkie boy and a 2 yr old dachshund that I have fed a raw meat with pureed veggies since they were tiny pups. I transitioned them from kibble with home cooked for a month. They love anything I give them and are not the least bit finicky. For treats I give them little pieces of fruit, they love bananas, apples, pears, melons. I also give them vitamin and mineral supplements and fish oil from this holistic vet Dr. Peter Dobias - holistic veterinarian. Feeding your babies *real food* is the best thing you can do for them! |
Great food, I have been doing a lot of research on home made foods due to, I adopted a 2y/o male yorkie 3 mos.ago that was a surrender, (my vet works with a rescue team I just learned lol) any rescue goes first to the vet for check up then rehoming begins. I had just put down my beautiful lil girl at the age of 16 y/o, to long of a story to go into. I know she was 16 y/o but she was healthy, somewhat blind and hearing was going, but healthy, then diarrhea set in and off to the vet she went, she was in vet hospital for 7 days, for 6 days I visited her every day, for 6 days I got positive reports, like she would be coming home soon, day 7 before I went to visit her I received a call from my vet, she tells me "come in to say your good byes, you need to put her down" I near collapsed, was hysterical on the phone, 6 days of promising reports, day 7 I have to put her down, I was so over whelmed with what I was hearing. I went to vet, took my lil girl to my car to say my good byes in pvt. I loved her up, told her I loved her, kissing, her crying all the time, had her little head wet from my tears, forced my self to get back into control, dogs sense when we are upset, I didn't want to cause her more stress, she was whimpering in a way that she never did before, I knew she was in pain, she ended up with pancreatitis, vet said her organs were shutting down, I took her back into the office, saw the vet, begged her to save my girl, vet said they did all they could do, it was time for me to let her go. My baby trusted me to protect her, yet I held her in my arms whispering in her ear you are a good girl while a tech injected her and ended her life. I was devastated, I had to have a friend drive me to the vet to do this, I could not focus on anything but that phone call to say goodbye. For 6 weeks all I did was cry, the house felt so empty, I had never been 100% alone, I had a brood of 4 babies, when one went to rainbow bridge although I was sick with grief, I had other babies that needed me, they were mourning over the loss of a sister, I had to be strong for them, help them get out of their mourning mode. all my babies were 3 to 6 years apart, over the years I lost them one by one, until I had only one left, ppl would ask if I live by myself or did I live alone, I would say "no I live with my dog" she was the last of my brood. So now I was 1000% alone. I swore no more dogs for me, loosing them was to over whelming, The pain in my heart was to great, for 6 weeks I fought with myself to get or not to get another baby, it would have to be a rescue. I battled all day, every day for 6 weeks, do I want the pain of loosing another dog, the devil sitting on my left shoulder would tell me "remember the pain you have gone through, the angel sitting on my right shoulder would say, remember all the love they gave you, years and years of love, laughter, companionship, 6 weeks after putting her down my vet calls, they rescued this 2 y/o yorkie the night before, she said something about this dog reminds me of your little girl. I told my vet no more dogs, I can't take the pain, told her I did not want a male because they mark everything, she said the dog is neutered, some will mark, some will not mark, then I asked what it was that this dog has that reminded her of my girl, she said the ears, my baby girl had BIG stand up ears, my vet begged me to JUST come to see him, out of respect for my vet for her thinking of me, and knowing I would NEVER get a male dog, I knew it was safe for me to please the vet and just go see this dog. Well he came home with me (and I adore him). going to send this off before I loose it lol