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Question for breeders. What do you feed your mommies-to-be? I am thinking about getting canned puppy food. Any opinions? Sylvia |
canned puppy food is sometimes too rich if it has not already been in their diet... I feed Royal canin puppy food/ bil-jac puppy food both dry and combined. about two weeks before whelping I increase their feeding adding a rice chicken veggie and egg casserole mixed into their dry food twice a day. hope this helps |
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I fed Mollie a high quality lamb & rice formula dry food. She is still eating it now. The lamb & rice formula is all I've been feeding my dogs for years. No problems with it so far. |
At least switch over to dry PUPPY food.... they need the vitamins/nutrients from that..... Good luck. |
I switch my females to royal canine for puppies as well as continuing their nu vet vitimans. |
Does anyone have any problems with their moms eating the puppy royal canine? I haven't tried the puppy but they don't seem to care for any dog food I can find, except the canned and I won't give that to them straight. I mix it with the dry so they have some teeth cleaning going on there. Also, they don't necessarily get a can a week. Sometimes I mix cottage cheese with the dry and it is gone in a snap but I'm worried about giving them cottage cheese on a daily or even 3x a week schedule. Now I not talking just about my pregnant females. Opinions? Sylvia |
I routinely feed 2 parts BilJac puppy and 1 part RC puppy with a bit of canned Pedigree lamb and rice. I add a calcium supplement such as cottage cheese or 100mgm of calcium oyster shell a coupla weeks before whelping.. |
One breeder I know who raises larger Yorkies, doesn't like to feed the puppy food or give calcium because she thinks it makes the puppies larger. Your opinion? Sylvia |
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Olivier, canned, dry or mixed? Sylvia |
never give calcium or suppliments with calcium to your pregnant gals never! |
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Prenatal calcium increases the chances of eclampsia or AKA milk fever. As well adding calcium can cause metabolic, nutritional imbalances in your moms diet. As well excess vitamins may be harmful to the puppies interfering with their proper growth stages. hope this helps |
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With mine, I fed her puppy food...then as she was further along, I made chicken soup and would mix it with rice and feed her. I'd also feed her 1/2 can food, too. She also got 1/2 tablet of calcium. She sure was a porkie yorkie! I think I fed her TOO good. |
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