 Dry vs Wet Food
Hi! I'm new to the forum, my husband and I have a new Yorkie baby, Rowdy (as if my username was not a dead giveaway!). I posted a question about food on another thread, but didn't get any responses, so I thought I would start a new thread. When Rowdy was 9 weeks old - a couple of weeks ago - my husband gave him some dry kibbles (he had been eating wet food up till then). He was wild about them and gulped them down without chewing them and I think he ate too much. The next morning he had one episode of diarrhea and he didn't want to eat anything so we took him to the vet, he checked out A-OK and by late afternoon he was back to his usual self, normal poop and eating his wet food. I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation on the best age to start dry food and has anyone had this problem of their baby gulping down the dry food without chewing it. His canines are in, as are his top front teeth, but the bottom front teeth are not all yet in. He wants to chew on EVERYTHING! I would love to get him completely on dry food, but of course we are hesitant, given our first try. Does anyone have any advice about this dilemma? |