got a rescue yorkie - whats a good food? Hi all. I joined the a while back and rescued a yorkie about 3 1/2 weeks ago. But I'm embarrassed to say I haven't been online much...all my free time is spent on Spoiled Maltese (cause I have two malts). I've got all three dogs eating Solid Gold "Hund-n-Flocken" dry food which I leave out. Merrick (Turducken) canned food which I put a little boiled chicken on top of for dinner. Tinker, the yorkie, has been having lots of ....gas:eek: Is this not good food for yorkies? What do you suggest? They swap dishes so it's going to be hard to feed them different foods! But I'll do what's best for this little guy. Thanks for your thoughts! |
i feed nutro natural choice chicken and oatmeal small bites...i think it is really great food......i know there are some others that are good out there..here are some on the top of my head: royal canin, chicken soup.....good luck:) |
merricks and solid gold are excellent foods. maybe the yorkie is still adjusting to them. i'm sure tinker wasn't fed such good food where ever he was before. keep him on it a little longer and see what happens. |
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aawww..that is such a nice thing you did. I used to feed my yorkie merrick and I still do (the can puppy plate) but I feed him Innova EVO everyday. I only feed canned food once a week. |
That was so sweet of you to take him in and give him a loving home. Can we see pictures, I bet hes so happy. |
Neeeeeeeeeeed pictures!! My dogs love Royal Canin for yorkies... Dawn |
Gas is pretty typical when switching foods, so I'd give it at least a month and see if anything changes. The brand you're feeding is better than what most others have mentioned. Bless you for rescuing. :) |
Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier is the best in my opinion. |
Every yorkie is an individual just as people are, therefore, different kinds of food affect each yorkie differently. Try to stick with foods that don't have corn in them. Many yorkies tend toward allergies and corn is a big culprit. There are many good dry foods out there. We have a special liking for Natural Balance at our house. Good luck and please keep us up to date on your special new addition. You can look at this site and see the ingredients listed on the different brands of food at the bottom of each page: http://www.petfooddirect.com |
look up dog food analysis on the internet and they rate foods from 1-6 6 being the best, and the rc yorkie food is not rated very good, I was surprised since chester used to be on it, it is the corn gluten meal, cellulose, and beet pulp and the brewers rice not of good, I also thought is was good food, I was surprised to read about it, check it out |
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Gas can be caused by a fast change of food, feeding a food with too many carbohydrates, feeding a food with a fiber that doesn't agree with your dog, fast eating, intestinal worms, too many unfriendly bacteria in the gut. Maybe try some yogurt? Change his food? Mine eats Canidae and its a good food with a good price and he likes it. I have also heard food that contains ascorbic acid and have passed a certain period of storage, will cause gas too. |
How wonderful of you to rescue that sweetheart! :) Also, I highly recommend you giving Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul a try - it is a wonderful, high quality food and my little guy loves it ;) |
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I agree that when you change a dog's food they can tend to get gas until they get adjusted to the change. If your other two dogs are used to a certain food then I wouldn't switch just yet. Give it a little more time and see if your Yorkie adjusts. You don't want to have your dogs on different foods, especially if they are free feeding. It's impossible to keep them from each other's bowls. I feed my Malt and my Yorkie Innova Evo dry during the day and then early evening a little Merrick's canned with a few pieces of cut-up chicken. The Evo was the only food that I tried that they BOTH liked. All the suggestions you have recieved here on food are good ones. There are a lot of great quality dog foods out there now. |
is the innova evo have high protein I cant remember its good food though |
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innova evo has 42% protein or something like that. i am switching morgan to it right now. I have her on a mix of half her old food and half innova evo. Since there is so much protein i'm extending the switching period so she'll have more time to get used to it. Some dogs do great on it, and some find that its too much protein and they can't handle it. It all depends on the dog. |
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hope it all works out. i agree that gas is normal when you switch foods but once you have had him on the same food for several days, i think it should wear off. if not, then maybe there is too much corn in the food ???? I have always had great danes and if they have gas...BAD NEWS!!! LOL so we avoided food with any kind of corn in it and it really helped. so look at the ingredients. good luck. and congrats on the new baby. hope it all goes great and you should have a pat on the back for giving this baby a great home!! |
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