Yorkie food
 

Does anybody have any opinions about Royal Canin? I bought a bag of it when I brought my new puppy home, but only because that was what the breeder had been using, and I didn't want to stress him out with too many changes at first. I use Nutro for my cats but have no idea what is better for tiny dogs.

Thanks Yorkieangel :animal36

I've used this once. My yorkie dosen't really care. I always buy her a premium food. She gets tired of the same thing so about every 3 months I get her something different I always buy Lamb & Rice formula though no matter what I get. I don't think every premium food has this. I'm pretty sure the Royal Canin dosen't have it in Lamb & Rice I could be wrong though.

The last I bought for Mollie was Eukanuba (?) the small bites and she likes it very well.

Good Luck.

Sheila

iv'e used it but didn't care for it because it made my coco itch. and it's fairly high in fat.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM... what should the smaller Yorkies be getting for fat and protien counts?

if your looking to fatten em up you can use royal canine for awhile, but then i would switch, to something that is less in fat because you don't want your baby becoming overweight. i use "authority harvest baked" it is a petsmart brand and it's all natural no corn or by products in it. and he looves it! alot of members had the same experience with rc and itching now my coco hardly itches from me changing his diet and his shampoo :thumbup: hope this helps..

We had a great discussion about this on this thread-I bet you can still see it. I use RC-I switched my babies to it a few months ago. Just the other day I read and article explaining how to tell if a dog food is a good one. Honestly, RC isn't that wonderful if you look at the ingredients. It's alright, but it's not as good as some of the others.

I plan to switch to Chicken Soup soon.

there are a lot of topics on food on this forum if you just do a little research. just type in royal canin in the search.. and you'll see what are some good types of foods to give your dogs. :)

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Thanks so much, I'm going to do a search

Yorkieangel :)

Yorkie food
 

My friend and I have a total of 14, Yes, 14! Yorkies and this is the best thing we've found so far.
We mix Royal Canin for Yorkies with Iam's or whatever, we would like to find a kibble with less fat.
We buy skinless chicken breasts at Costco and bake that and cut it up.
Then, we order a dehydrated raw diet from a company in Oregon and use that to kind of stick it all together.
Also a little shredded cheddar for Calcium and taste.
I noticed since we started using the dehydrated raw food, their eyes stay a lot cleaner. (we used to use a little canned dog food, instead)
I also found out that if there is red color in the food, their tears will stain much more. and carrots stain also. That's what our handler told us. Interesting. I also heard the same thing at a dog show. What do you all think?

food
 

Well I ended up getting Wellness brand puppy food today. Not sure exactly how good it is!!!!! The pieces are a bit larger than Royal Canin, but they crunch much easier, kind of like crunching a piece of Captain Crunch .....LOL :D

if anybody has any opinions about Welness, please let me know.

Thanks,
Yorkieangel

Royal Canin has a great advertising department.. but their food is way high in protein...there are many other ones, that are much better. Innova, Wellnes,, Wysong and Candaide to name a few

i started with RC and just switched to Eagle Pack dog food and all 3 of my babies love it, they are tiny just like RC. no wheat in it. here's a link to read about it.
http://www.eaglepack.com/

OMG! is that why my Jac is so chubby! He loves RC, maybe a little too much, and I've been feeding it to him for years! I tink its time to change da menu.

thanks for the advice.

I have been feeding Moose RC puppy since I brought her home and for the past few months been mixing it with Petsmart Authority Oven Baked (very good food in my opinion...read many lables, just make sure it's oven baked) :thumbup: :thumbup: anyway I was lazy a many weeks ago and just gave her the Oven Baked...well I have since come to figure that the RC was what was makeing moose puke. I have been giving her the Oven Baked lamb by itself since then and with the exception of her drinking too fast and puking she has had no more food puking issues.

I do have a question to pose though, she is 7 months old should I get a bag of the puppy oven baked and mix with the adult kind or just stick with the adult kind.

Archie loves royal canin, and I know it's not the super premium I should be feeding him, but I feed him super premium wet food (I switch between innova and wellness. I've done a lot of research on food and innova is the best, and wellness is OK) and figure that it's OK if his dry food is not "perfect" as long as he's eating it. Right now, I kinda wanted him to eat other premium dry foods, so he's eating a blend of royal canin and chicken soup for the dog lover's soul (dry).

I have pet food company issues, though. A lot of these super-premium companies are small companies which can be unreliable meaning they can go out of business or stuff is hard to find, and some of their foods can be really inconsistent. Second of all, I have doubts about some of the actual food content. Third of all, I believe that some of them lie. Yes, lie. I found out, for example, that some companies that make super premium foods, also make cheaper brands with questionable meat and are sort of jumping on the "superpremium bandwagon." How do I know that the super premium brand contains the best meat? It's not like I eat the stuff! Plus...it's a little hard for me to believe that they can put such good meat in the stuff and still charge us the same amount of money as the "bad" stuff. Simple economics tells me it's not the best meat, probably a little less beak or hoof in there...

As for the big pet food companies, I don't think I even need to start my gripe on that. So, I'm trying to find some place in the middle, where I feel comfortable. I feel comfortable with Innova. They're big enough and they don't make lesser quality food on the side.

royal canin is not the best, but it's not the worst, either. They have one or two not-the-best ingredients, but it's not three or four not-so-best ones. and chicken soup is good, too. Archie seems to like it but not as much as RC.

I tend to like companies that produce a limited number of brands. RC is manufactured all over the world, so they have to stick to the international standards, and most EU countries have higher standards for meat than the US. Plus, they only make RC and seem to do a lot of research on this stuff. Archie likes the small kibbles, too, and I don't think it's too fattening, but I also take Archie out a lot and he gets loads of exercise.

isn't authority the best :thumbup: great ingredients :thumbup: i still give coco the puppy one(chicken baked) but i think your okay with the adult one too seeing that he is already 7 months. coco has done sooo well with authority harvest baked i love it! and so does he!

Stomper was eating Royal Canine from 2 months to 7 months old. He LOVED it. However, he started to itch a lot. I really believe it was from the corn in the food. Therefore, I've since then switched to Innova which is a very healthy choice for a yorkie!

Wellness is a very good brand! The ones I personally know are good are:

Wellness
California's Natural
Innova
Natural Balance
Solid Gold

Well I am truly confused. For years I've fed my gang Prescription I/D canned food, only because Little Bear has IBS and it was easier to have everyone eating the same thing.

Enter new pup, who was on Costco Kirkland brand chicken and veggies. Well I didn't think any dog food from Costco could be a premium dog food so switched everyone to RC thinking that it was a top of the line dog food.

My two older yorkies have packed on a mess of weight since the switch, have less energy.

Good thing I'm taking them all in for a check up tomorrow so I can ask the vet what they should be on.

Is there a website anywhere that rates these dog foods?

Royal Canine Food
 

I have been feeding my 5 month old yorkie Royal Canine because that is what the breeder had fed her and I also did not want to make too many changes at first. She really seems to like it so I have kept her on it. She would prefer wet food any day though! However, after reading all of the responses I feel like I should look into some other brands. Royal Canine does have an adult yorkie that I was originally planning on switching her to. What are the best brands out there? I definitely want to make sure that she is getting the most nutritious food out there.

Royal Canin
 

Jack had diarrhea for almost 1 month it was horrible !!! The vet did 2 stool samples on him did not find anything except the stuff that he should not eat. That is anything on the floor. I switched him to California Natural Lamb and Rice. The diarrhea is gone I really did not think the food change could make such a difference. Whoo hooo!!!! :D :D


Jack and Mandy's Mom :aimeeyork :aimeeyork :) :animal36

I was feeding Mason Eukanuba but i have switched him to nutro ultra puppy. He LOVES it and his stools are so much firmer and better than they were on the other food. ;)

Kristy and Mason

My pups did really well when I changed them from Royal Canin to Canidae. They both LOVE Canidae!

I have been switching from RC to Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul it she seems to enjoy it and less itching to.

Carol And Minnie

My pup wouldn't eat ANY dry food until I got Nutro Lamb/Rice for puppies. She loves it!

I just read that RC has caused some yorkies to itch. This is what my puppy has been living on and she has an itching problem. She scratches all the time. I never have found any fleas and assumed she had allergies but I never connected it to her food. I want to try something else now to see if her itching goes away. What do ya'll recommend for puppies not doing well on Rc?

Judy

Time To Eat
 

When we brought our babies home, the breeder supplied us with some Nutro Natures Choice for puppies. These nuggets seemed so big for the little puppies so we tried RC. Big mistake! I made them vomit and gave them diareha. Not good. We switched back to Nature's Choice and just broke the nuggets up a bit. After some more research it seems that the Nature's Choice (Lamb and Rice) is not a bad food at all. Now that the puppies are bigger, they can eat it just fine. Lots of dog's can not digest corn very well so I plan an staying away from any food with corn in it now. Good luck!

What size of California's Natural dry food.

Why lamb instead of chicken?

I switched from Nutro Puppy to Chicken Soup Dog. Its great and doesn't have corn.