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You definitely can’t go broke feeding your dog, you just have to be really careful these days with the quality of food you are feeding. Like hobbette said Yorkies are generally small so a 5 lb bag of good quality food will last you for some time... Also with the less expensive, less quality you will be buying more food since they wouldn't be getting the right nutrients- Most of those lower quality Walmart type foods have lots of fillers!! Just look around and see what you can afford, I agree with looking online at Mr Chewy's I have ordered from that website- Also Petco/ Petsmart have some decent quality food for not that bad price, and I think they have a special if you buy 3 bags you get a 4th free.. I think that is Petco that does that. For me my dog is 4.5-5 lbs and I buy him a 5lb food- he will generally take about 2-3 months to finish that bag. He eats 1/3-1/4 a cup a day. |
I am using Merrick dry kibble. I always had my puppy Khloe on puppy plate . I am switching my bichon back to Merrick. I had her on Innova but she is putting on too much weight. She was on Merick years ago before I changed her to Innova. I was thinking it was age but maybe it is the calorie content too. Some people don't like Innova because of the Procter and Gamble connection but Kirby loved it. Obviously she love it too much. Do you have a pet store or retailer that sells pet food in your town? Not grocery stores or department stores. If not check with some of the groomers. My groomer is only place in town that sells decent pet food. |
We feed Katie Scarlett Fromm. I have to drive 30 miles to a local pet store to get it, but it is well worth the extra effort. It is around $14 a bag but it takes KS at least a month to go through it, so that is not bad at all. I know you can order it online as well if that would be an option for you. Here is their website, but you can find retailers online as well. We rotate KS between their flavors. She wasn't too crazy about the 'Salmon Tunalini', but she loved the: Chicken A La Veg Duck and Sweet Potato Pork and Apple Fromm Family Foods Gourmet Dog & Cat Food, Naturally Holistic |
Once I realized that the higher quality food (ie expensive stuff) lasts longer because they don't need as much and they poop less, I decided I could definately afford it. Fortuantely my small town just got a Tractor Supply and they carry some good quality foods there (they carry some cheap stuff too but I just walk on by). I know how scatterbrained I can be so I need to be able to get food locally. OMGoodness....speaking of scatterbrained:rolleyes: I can't remember the name of the food I'm using. It's a good thing I know what the bag looks like. A five pound bag lasts Gabby about a month. Edited to add: I pour the food into container. That's why I don't have a bag to look at. LOL! |
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When I got my fur-babies from the breeder, they were eating purina kibble and Little Ceasar wet. I switched mine to Wellness Small Breed puppy formula. The bites are the perfect size. I put the food down and they went straight to it. I tried to mix the Purina with the Wellness for a gradual transition, but they picked out the Wellness and left the rest. When it was time to graduate to adult food, they were not impressed with the Wellness Small Breed adult mix. They have been on Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier for the past 8 months and love it. They each about 1/4 cup of dry food each per day. Sometimes I put one or two table spoons of hot water on the kibble - they love that too. You can get a 10 pound bag of it from Amazon.com for about $45.00 (free shipping). I am fortunate to have access to several pet stores. A 12 pound bag of Wellness Small Breed is about $32.00 (free shipping). You may have to try several to find the one that is best for your pup, but once you do, there are several on-line places you will be able to purchase. Yorkies are famously stubborn, so you will end up buying the food that your dog will eat. |
You have gotten some great advice. It really isn't that expensive to feed a yorkie. We feed our cats and dogs premium foods and it doesn't cost that much monthly. Our cats go through a 15 lb bag of Blue Buffalo in a month, but when you calculate how much that it... it's around $1 a day to feed to very large cats. My dogs eat much less, so it's even less than that to feed one yorkie. So at fifty cents a day, you can't really go broke... Good luck finding a good food for Cocoa :) |
My grandbaby is 9 mos also and I started him on blue buffalo but he seems to eat better with wellness so i'm gonna stick with it! both are good you can get at petco or petsmart. Also they have websites where you can order food online if you cant find it locally. Mr.chewy.com seems okay.... good luck:) |
I agree...the highest quality you can afford with the least amount of undesirable ingredients. I have no idea what Wal-Mart sells, but if you need to buy from there, you might take a look for Iams Healthy Natural *green and beige bag) and/or Hi Tek Naturals. I know people who like both and I've read the ingredients on the Iams and it seems pretty clean...don't know about GMO aspect, of course, and it's not organic...but I've talked to people who had very healthy pets who were fed it. Online...? The sky's the limit, and some very good ones were already mentioned. Good luck! :D |
I always feed my yorkie with Royal Cainn!) Royal Cainn has food specially for Yorkie...which is nice :) |
I recommend Wellness small breed kibble. Sophie thrives on it and she seems to love it :) |
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