What did your vet actually mean with that statement? It implies that Yorkies all come with skin issues, and that is simply NOT true....(I have had one dog in all my years of breeding, that had a skin issue....and he is here with me, on a grain free diet, doing completely fine. He is a beautiful young man, but I have never used him for breeding, because I do not want to pass along any inheritable genes that may produce any kind of dermatitis.)
I did an enormous amount of research on dermatitis when I was faced with this issue....I will see if I can find one of the papers that I followed to clear up this boys skin issues, and have kept him free and clear of skin issues thru his diet.....absolutely zero grains in his diet....he gets boiled chicken breasts, boiled liver, boiled gizzards, boiled stew meat, boiled lamb chops occasionally, with veggies (carrots, celery, green peas, green beans, apples, pears, cantaloupes, bananas, mangoes, avocados, etc) Do your own research on this kind of diet....there are many people on here that feed raw and balanced cooked diets to their babies....they know hundreds times more than I do about special diets....This is the only baby I do not feed RC to....even prescription RC....and he is doing super on what he gets.....no skin issues at all now....but it lurks in his genes and must be kept at bay with (neutering so he does no pass this along) strict diet! |