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05-01-2008, 06:13 PM | #16 | |
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05-02-2008, 07:51 AM | #17 |
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| I once had a vet tell me they are missing something in their diet, and there is probably a fair amount of unabsorbed nutrients left in the poo. That is not to say that what you are feeding them currently is bad it is just that right now their bodies are craving something else, more carbs, more protein, less carbs, etc. So my recommendation is switch their food to something you normally do not feed, it will take about a week to see a change. We have done this with our Yorkie and with our Brittney Spaniels and it has always worked. And with our oldest Brittney who will be 11 this year there has only been 1 -2 times we have ever had to switch. If that does not work I don't know.. I will say it has only worked to stop them from eating their own poo, the cat poop is still a delicacy.
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05-02-2008, 08:01 AM | #18 |
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| Lilly does this too. She's almost a year old. It makes me sick to my stomach I've never had any of my Yorkies do this except for Lilly and Jersey and they both had rough starts early in life and I wonder if that has something to do with it. I haven't spoken to my vet yet as I thought she'd outgrow it but she's not Elaine |
05-02-2008, 11:35 AM | #19 | |
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Do you have any recommendations on what kind of food would be better? They are currently on Iams meat, Iams dry puppy food and another dry food that is made just for adult Yorkies. ( I forget the name, but there is only one feed store here that carries it.) I also give them carrots and apples. | |
05-02-2008, 12:01 PM | #20 | |
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05-02-2008, 01:08 PM | #21 | |
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I am sure you have read lots of the threads on food and we too once used Iams and had all sorts of problems with our dogs (Brittney Spaniels) so you may want to switch away from all the IAMS food. We had one of our dogs on it for 10 years and her health got to be so poor that we actually talked about putting her down, then decided to switch food on a recommendation and doing just that has improved her health dramatically. We are so glad we did not put her down now!!! If you have not checked out dogfoodanalysis.com you should give it a look. Good Luck!!
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05-02-2008, 01:21 PM | #22 |
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| What's the pineapple thing some people mentioned?
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05-02-2008, 05:51 PM | #23 | |
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Do you have any recommendations on what kind of food would be better? They are currently on Iams meat, Iams dry puppy food and another dry food that is made just for adult Yorkies. ( I forget the name, but there is only one feed store here that carries it.) I also give them carrots and apples. | |
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