YORKIE DIET- Healthy eating

[mimimomo]

Home Cooking is the BEST! I have yet to do that for them everyday, but hope to someday. I'm just so scared of not giving them a balanced meal w/the appropriate supplement. You can use any suplement that your vet suggests or Balance It, many YT'ers use it. It's very important that their home cooked meals are supplemented bc it's lacking in vital nutrients. For example, dogs & cats need taurine, it is an essential amino acid. Taurine Deficiency in Dogs | petMD

Some veggie proteins need to be paired w/a certain food to get the proper amino acids from those foods. So just tossing this & that together is not the best thing for your pet when home cooking, that's why it's best to get a recipe from a vet nutritionist. You can generate free recipes from Pet Diets that ladyjane linked.

[avemike]

Originally Posted by bellemarie

best diet i've ever used... raw!
the girls absolutely adore it and their coats etc are stunning- better than i've ever seen! and it was the only feeding method that gave them excellent muscle definition- and even aided kittys weight loss when she needed it!

Very interesting.. What raw food do you give your babies? My niece who is a homeopath loves a raw diet for her family and no meat.

I would love to know what you feed your little ones and that they are very happy to eat. My last Yorkie loved raw veg's, fruit, she would eat anything. I used to make green smoothies, made from anything Green that grew above the ground with fruit as well and she drank it. I haven't tried Hollee.. so must. Ax

[avemike]

Good luck with your furry family. . You sure have your hands full and your work cut out for you. Well done. Would love to hear how you get on. Ax

[Holly_Wood]

Avermike .. you have a Hollee too ... well mines a Holly :-)

Has anyone heard of a "brand" of raw dog food called Dawin's Raw Dog Food based out of Seattle (I'm in the suburbs of Seattle so easy for me to get if its good) ...... I've heard a lot about a raw food diet mostly good but as with anything there are differing opinions most with good intentions ..... my concern with a raw food diet would be the pup not having kibble to clean their teeth .. chew toys, chew treats or butcher bones could be a substitute I suppose ....

I noticed on the Darwin's site they sell raw duck necks .. this kind of scares me but they state that raw duck bones are ok and get digested and don't splinter ..

Anyway maybe all these questions should be posted in the diet and health section and a separate thread :-)

cheers

[Teresiana]

Originally Posted by Mgmena

I started feeding them home cook and some people will say that's not good and some people will say its the best bottom line it's whatever works for you and I care so much for my yorkie I tried everything and he would not eat until I tried home cooking which worked so well. Maybe you can try that or Orijen that's like the best kibble out there.

let me know how it goes

I don't know...I think you'd have a hard time trying to find someone who says a homecooked diet is NOT a good thing. It's a fact that fresh food is better than anything processed, whether that be cooked or raw. As long as you're getting them the correct nutrients by adding a supplement, they'll be fine. I also used BalanceIt when I homecooked. I found their recipes a little carb heavy, so I switched to "See Spot Live Longer" dinner mixes. These mixes can be used with cooked meat or raw meat as well...Healthy Dog Food Dinner Mixes

Good luck!!