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Originally Posted by princesschloe1  Would you say it is okay to add any type of fish to her over-all recipe or just sticking with chicken and using the fish oil is better?
I spoke to Dr. Remillard and it seems her diet is very similar to the one that I use from BalanceIt so I haven't decided to make the switch yet. Is there any specific difference between the PetDiets and BalanceIt recipes?
I used the EZ Generator on BalanceIt to add the fish but if you think I should just stick with chicken, I'll take that advice.
For the carbs - I know that Chloe doesn't like peas or digest them that well so I have these options left: white/sweet potato, brown rice, whole wheat macaroni or couscous. Chloe isn't crazy about potatoes and I think rice makes her constipated so right now best option I think would be either whole wheat macaroni or couscous.. do you like the couscous for yorkies?
I've been cooking for a few months now but I still haven't found the *perfect* diet for her yet but I think in these few months I did notice what she likes best and doesn't like/also what she digests better. So now I basically have in my recipe: Chicken, Carrots, Green Beans and Zucchini. For the carbs it's couscous. For the oil I have Olive Oil. What do you think about this? From my conclusions, those veggies and combinations work best for her but it all depends on if this diet sounds reasonable. She also does well with Red Pepper and Celery but I probably won't add that unless you think these are better than the veggies I chose.
The only thing that I have for debate is wether to use Nordic Naturals or to add something like sardines to the overall diet. |
I have a concern about the diet you're feeding. Is Olive Oil the only oil you are adding?
I think it all sounds fine to use couscous or macaroni (although I would not use whole wheat - I would use regular enriched durum semolina like Barilla's mini bow ties or shells or ditalini).
The chicken part -- is it dark meat or white meat chicken?
I'm not a huge fan of green beans. I use a veggie mix of carrots, zucchini, red or yellow bell peppers, and broccoli florets. Other times I use all of one kind of veggie or just two. As for celery, my dogs like celery but I dont use it in the "staple" diet. I might give them a piece now and then.
The petdiets recipes tend to be more simple with ingredients. The recipes now use chef's complete vitamins which is needed by one of my dogs. So I switched the younger dog to it so two are are on Balance It Canine "K" and the others use Chefs complete.