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tonigrl05 · 03-17-2009, 03:27 PM

I just came home from petsmart...where my Maya had a puppy grooming!!! She looooooks so cute, they put a green bow in her hair for St Patty's day....she left it in for about an hour

. Anyway I will post some pictures of her later. I signed her up for an 8 week puppy class at petsmart...I think it will be good for her and me. Has anyone else ever done one of these classes? Also the lady at petsmart convinced me the food I have been feeding Maya is not good for her...I was giving her Pureina puppy chow mixed with a little bit of Iams wet puppy food ( she wont eat just dry food ) so now I bought Nutro puppy dry & wet food for her and OMG its really expensive but I guess its not too bad because she is small and does not eat much. Do you guys agree that the food I was giving her was no good? Thanks....also if anyone has done a puppy class tell me your experience

cdawnfine · 03-17-2009, 03:42 PM

Puppy classes are a great way to help you bond with your puppy. Regarding the Nutro,the person you spoke with prob works for Nutro not Pet Smart. I used to feed Milo Nutro untill all the recalls a couple of years back and they had some issues so I switched to Natural Balance I believe they have had recent issues as well. I actually called my local petco and Nutro to complain about there sales rep in my store. I was shopping one day with my niece and dog Milo and was approched by there sales rep about the food and he told me that he would pray for my dog since I did not feed it Nutro, hinting that something bad would happen to him. I found it very unproffessional and rude of the man especialy in front of a small child. It seems Nutro did not seem to be bothered by him saying this because I still see him but at Pet Smart not Petco. I was told by the manager they were having too many complaints about the man.

Critter · 03-17-2009, 03:45 PM

My second pup was fed Nutro by the breeder and then posted something on the food on this website and found out a lot about their recalls and deaths/illnesses caused by this food. I switched to Wellness and it was worked well for both my little ones.

Critter · 03-17-2009, 03:46 PM

oh and I did the puppy classes for Samson there and it was helpful, I need to put my other dog in a class but I think I will try a different place so hopefully I can learn something new.

Cinq1964 · 03-17-2009, 04:15 PM

I had put Nolee in these classes. It was great for him & me! You will enjoy it!

SRD · 03-17-2009, 04:49 PM

puppy classes at petsmart are great. we took our first girl Shorty there when we first got her. she learned bunch of commands, how to walk nicely on leash, and more importantly, the classes help so much with socialization especially when its a bigger class.
about Nutro, I wouldn't recommend, neither would I recommend Iams or Purina. there are quite a few premium dog food like Nature's variety, wellness, EVO (not good for puppies though), etc which offer better quality ingridients to meet your puppy's nutrition needs. when you feed a puppy premium food, it takes less to fill her up, so its really not that much more expensive!

Ladymom · 03-17-2009, 05:01 PM

How old is Maya? Puppies should not go to grooming salons, pet stores or puppy classes until they have had their full set of shots plus two weeks for full immunity. Shots should not be started until they are 9-10 weeks old. Any earlier and the maternal antibodies she got from nursing just kill the virus in the vaccine and leave her completely unprotected from dangerous disease like parvo. Parvo lives on surfaces for months and kills all too many puppies, even puppies who have two out of three shots.

"In one study of a cross section of different puppies the age at which they were able to respond to a vaccine and develop protection covered a wide period of time. At six weeks of age, 25% of the puppies could be immunized. At 9 weeks of age, 40% of the puppies were able to respond to the vaccine. The number increased to 60% by 16 weeks, and by 18 weeks of age, 95% of the puppies could be immunized."

Parvovirus: Serious Diarrhea in Puppies & Dogs

Purina is a terrible food. All the food you find in the grocery store is made form the waste of the human food industry, the not-fit-for-human-consumption byproducts.

Get The Facts

Unfortunately, Nutro is not a good choice either.

Consumer complaints about Nutro Pet Foods

This is a really good thread that will help you chose a good food for Maya:

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...e-samples.html

annamalyssa · 03-17-2009, 05:27 PM

Nutro, unfortuantely is not a good recommendation for Yorkies either

.

I personally feed INNOVA puppy (lots of YT'ers feed this as well) it is a great food for a growing Yorkie Puppy! after Gucci is an adult I will switch over to EVO made by the Innova Company.

Other recommendations are:
Orijen
Nature's Variety
Natural Balance (Dick Van Patten)
Wellness
and I am sure others can add more.

These are all GREAT Foods for Yorkies and any other dogs. I know they can be a bit pricey but really there is NO COST for your babies health and nutrition and if you think about how little they eat (as you already have

) you will see it isn't but maybe $20 a month or in my case $20 for 2.5 months to feed your baby.

Hope that helps!!
Can't wait to see the pics of her grooming..

tonigrl05 · 03-17-2009, 08:06 PM

Thank you all for your help & really helpful information. I am sooo shocked to hear about Nutro...and now im freaking out because I gave my baby the new food tonight. I only mixed in a little with the reg food she has been eating so her belly does not get upset. I hope she does not get sick

. I am taking the Nutro back to petsmart tomorrow and changing it. Now I have read good things about natural balance & wellness....they both seem to be healthy and got good reviews. I don't know what one to pick....????? Maya will be 4 months on the 27th...she has 1 more set of shots to get and I thought it was ok to get her groomed. Being that she still has 1 more set of shots is there a chance she could have caught something today?? She didn't get a regular grooming she got the puppy package & the lady at petsmart said it would be good to let her get the puppy package a couple of times so she will get used to the idea of getting groomed. I thought I did such good things for her today and now im worried I gave her bad food and subjected her possibly catching something....its so wierd how you worry about them just like you do your children. Im just praying she dosent have diarrhea tomorrow or is sick in any way. Well on a happier note here are some pictures of her today....I got her to wear a couple of bows.

mscat · 03-17-2009, 08:25 PM

Your baby looks adorable

. Please do not take her back until all her vaccines are given and it has at least been two weeks after they have been all given. Try and relax in the meantime. If there are any symtoms at of of illness be sure to take her to your vet . Do not wait until your little one gets too sick . She ought to be ok though.
I am certain that you are a a great human mom and love your pup dearly. I know how difficult it is to find the best food out there for your pup , and the healthiset. there are so many to choose from. My Suzi was also on Purina puppy Chow when I first brought her home.

Just take the Nutro back , and choose from the other two , and start her out slowly by mixing it with the old food. You do not want to upset her tummy .

03-17-2009, 03:27 PM	#1
tonigrl05 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 20	PetSmart I just came home from petsmart...where my Maya had a puppy grooming!!! She looooooks so cute, they put a green bow in her hair for St Patty's day....she left it in for about an hour. Anyway I will post some pictures of her later. I signed her up for an 8 week puppy class at petsmart...I think it will be good for her and me. Has anyone else ever done one of these classes? Also the lady at petsmart convinced me the food I have been feeding Maya is not good for her...I was giving her Pureina puppy chow mixed with a little bit of Iams wet puppy food ( she wont eat just dry food ) so now I bought Nutro puppy dry & wet food for her and OMG its really expensive but I guess its not too bad because she is small and does not eat much. Do you guys agree that the food I was giving her was no good? Thanks....also if anyone has done a puppy class tell me your experience __________________

03-17-2009, 03:45 PM	#3
Critter YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: phoenix Posts: 445	My second pup was fed Nutro by the breeder and then posted something on the food on this website and found out a lot about their recalls and deaths/illnesses caused by this food. I switched to Wellness and it was worked well for both my little ones. __________________ Cris --Mom to Samson and Harley and Josie the pitbull

03-17-2009, 03:46 PM	#4
Critter YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: phoenix Posts: 445	oh and I did the puppy classes for Samson there and it was helpful, I need to put my other dog in a class but I think I will try a different place so hopefully I can learn something new. __________________ Cris --Mom to Samson and Harley and Josie the pitbull

03-17-2009, 04:15 PM	#5
Cinq1964 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 2,255 Blog Entries: 2	I had put Nolee in these classes. It was great for him & me! You will enjoy it! __________________ Doggie Blankets $10 with shipping! cinq1964.webs.com

03-17-2009, 04:49 PM	#6
SRD Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orlando Posts: 490	puppy classes at petsmart are great. we took our first girl Shorty there when we first got her. she learned bunch of commands, how to walk nicely on leash, and more importantly, the classes help so much with socialization especially when its a bigger class. about Nutro, I wouldn't recommend, neither would I recommend Iams or Purina. there are quite a few premium dog food like Nature's variety, wellness, EVO (not good for puppies though), etc which offer better quality ingridients to meet your puppy's nutrition needs. when you feed a puppy premium food, it takes less to fill her up, so its really not that much more expensive! __________________ Mommymy princesses Shorty & Dolly

03-17-2009, 03:42 PM	#2
cdawnfine Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nj Posts: 1,256	Puppy classes are a great way to help you bond with your puppy. Regarding the Nutro,the person you spoke with prob works for Nutro not Pet Smart. I used to feed Milo Nutro untill all the recalls a couple of years back and they had some issues so I switched to Natural Balance I believe they have had recent issues as well. I actually called my local petco and Nutro to complain about there sales rep in my store. I was shopping one day with my niece and dog Milo and was approched by there sales rep about the food and he told me that he would pray for my dog since I did not feed it Nutro, hinting that something bad would happen to him. I found it very unproffessional and rude of the man especialy in front of a small child. It seems Nutro did not seem to be bothered by him saying this because I still see him but at Pet Smart not Petco. I was told by the manager they were having too many complaints about the man.

03-17-2009, 05:01 PM	#7
Ladymom Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 8,317	How old is Maya? Puppies should not go to grooming salons, pet stores or puppy classes until they have had their full set of shots plus two weeks for full immunity. Shots should not be started until they are 9-10 weeks old. Any earlier and the maternal antibodies she got from nursing just kill the virus in the vaccine and leave her completely unprotected from dangerous disease like parvo. Parvo lives on surfaces for months and kills all too many puppies, even puppies who have two out of three shots. "In one study of a cross section of different puppies the age at which they were able to respond to a vaccine and develop protection covered a wide period of time. At six weeks of age, 25% of the puppies could be immunized. At 9 weeks of age, 40% of the puppies were able to respond to the vaccine. The number increased to 60% by 16 weeks, and by 18 weeks of age, 95% of the puppies could be immunized." Parvovirus: Serious Diarrhea in Puppies & Dogs Purina is a terrible food. All the food you find in the grocery store is made form the waste of the human food industry, the not-fit-for-human-consumption byproducts. Get The Facts Unfortunately, Nutro is not a good choice either. Consumer complaints about Nutro Pet Foods This is a really good thread that will help you chose a good food for Maya: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...e-samples.html __________________ http://www.myladysdogbows.com/ http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref...6213341?ref=nf

03-17-2009, 05:27 PM	#8
annamalyssa BANNED! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ca Posts: 1,318	Nutro, unfortuantely is not a good recommendation for Yorkies either . I personally feed INNOVA puppy (lots of YT'ers feed this as well) it is a great food for a growing Yorkie Puppy! after Gucci is an adult I will switch over to EVO made by the Innova Company. Other recommendations are: Orijen Nature's Variety Natural Balance (Dick Van Patten) Wellness and I am sure others can add more. These are all GREAT Foods for Yorkies and any other dogs. I know they can be a bit pricey but really there is NO COST for your babies health and nutrition and if you think about how little they eat (as you already have ) you will see it isn't but maybe $20 a month or in my case $20 for 2.5 months to feed your baby. Hope that helps!! Can't wait to see the pics of her grooming..

03-17-2009, 08:06 PM	#9
tonigrl05 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 20	Thank you all for your help & really helpful information. I am sooo shocked to hear about Nutro...and now im freaking out because I gave my baby the new food tonight. I only mixed in a little with the reg food she has been eating so her belly does not get upset. I hope she does not get sick. I am taking the Nutro back to petsmart tomorrow and changing it. Now I have read good things about natural balance & wellness....they both seem to be healthy and got good reviews. I don't know what one to pick....????? Maya will be 4 months on the 27th...she has 1 more set of shots to get and I thought it was ok to get her groomed. Being that she still has 1 more set of shots is there a chance she could have caught something today?? She didn't get a regular grooming she got the puppy package & the lady at petsmart said it would be good to let her get the puppy package a couple of times so she will get used to the idea of getting groomed. I thought I did such good things for her today and now im worried I gave her bad food and subjected her possibly catching something....its so wierd how you worry about them just like you do your children. Im just praying she dosent have diarrhea tomorrow or is sick in any way. Well on a happier note here are some pictures of her today....I got her to wear a couple of bows. Attached Thumbnails __________________

03-17-2009, 08:25 PM	#10
mscat YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hanford, CA Posts: 4,895	Your baby looks adorable . Please do not take her back until all her vaccines are given and it has at least been two weeks after they have been all given. Try and relax in the meantime. If there are any symtoms at of of illness be sure to take her to your vet . Do not wait until your little one gets too sick . She ought to be ok though. I am certain that you are a a great human mom and love your pup dearly. I know how difficult it is to find the best food out there for your pup , and the healthiset. there are so many to choose from. My Suzi was also on Purina puppy Chow when I first brought her home. Just take the Nutro back , and choose from the other two , and start her out slowly by mixing it with the old food. You do not want to upset her tummy . __________________ "No matter how little money & how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich."