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njimko · 02-08-2015, 03:56 PM

Hello All,

My boy will be 1yr next week and he has always been a picky eater. From day 1 I could not get him to get dry food. I've been buying high quality like Instinct and Wellness. I would feed him Merrick wet food with crush in kibble of wellness and he would eat it very late like 2pm and then like 9pm. Whenever I would start to prepare it for him (take out of fridge and nuke it a bit) he would run and hide. Then eventually eat but then sometimes before he eat it he would throw up bile, obviously from having an empty stomach.

So I asked the vet if I can go down in brand of food and she said to try Purina One and so I bought him a bag of Purina One Smartblend dry food. The first day he ate the whole serving, but then now I have been measuring and he only eats about 1/4 cup of food per day, when I think the recommended is 1/2 cup. He is a tiny yorkie as he only weighs 3 1/5 lbs. Is this enough food he's been eating or should I go back to giving him wet food and then perhaps give Purina One in the evening? What portion's are you guys feeding for a dog of similat size?

Thanks.

02-08-2015, 03:56 PM	#1
njimko Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2014 Location: nyc Posts: 136	Food Portion??? Hello All, My boy will be 1yr next week and he has always been a picky eater. From day 1 I could not get him to get dry food. I've been buying high quality like Instinct and Wellness. I would feed him Merrick wet food with crush in kibble of wellness and he would eat it very late like 2pm and then like 9pm. Whenever I would start to prepare it for him (take out of fridge and nuke it a bit) he would run and hide. Then eventually eat but then sometimes before he eat it he would throw up bile, obviously from having an empty stomach. So I asked the vet if I can go down in brand of food and she said to try Purina One and so I bought him a bag of Purina One Smartblend dry food. The first day he ate the whole serving, but then now I have been measuring and he only eats about 1/4 cup of food per day, when I think the recommended is 1/2 cup. He is a tiny yorkie as he only weighs 3 1/5 lbs. Is this enough food he's been eating or should I go back to giving him wet food and then perhaps give Purina One in the evening? What portion's are you guys feeding for a dog of similat size? Thanks.