what do you think the best food is?
 

hi! any recommendations on what you think the best food is for a teacup yorkie for overall health and non allergenic? prefer dry food suggestions. thanks! i look forward to your input!

we feed primarily Nature's Variety RAW medallions & Instinct canned. we also feed ziwi peak cuisine & canned. along with rotating a couple other RAW foods, randomly, as well! :)

but we DO leave kibble out 24-7.. in case they do get hungry..

the kibble we are feeding now is Nature's Variety & Innova Evo.

Orijen is a good kibble, as well.

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I have had Baron and Sammy on Royal Canin adult # 27 for 6 months now. They no longer have upset stomachs and /or diarrhea. They have 1 -2 small stools a day! Compared to stools almost everytime we ok them out before. We're very pleased with this brand of dog food!!! My vet thinks their coats looks better , They're much shinier and healthier looking...:wavey::animal37:number1ri:yorkiesar:dog sm2:

thanks avery! she used to be on evo but the fat content got too hard for her to digest recently so i had to take her off cuz she was getting stomach problems. i'll def check out that link though. thanks! that orijen food looks really cool....do you know where to get it?

thanks avery! she used to be on evo but the fat content got too hard for her to digest recently so i had to take her off cuz she was getting stomach problems. i'll def check out that link though. thanks! that orijen food looks really cool....do you know where to get it?

I'm feeling my way around myself for kibble. Maximus was weaned on Puppy Chow, and after I found this place, I found out it wasn't a good choice. I then tried him on Canidae and I thought was a great choice, but I heard (here of course, ;)) that the company switched manufacturers and that their formula was changed, causing upset tummies, etc. For the record, Maximus had no problems on the Canidae. So we are getting to the end of the bag of Canidae, and I wanted to try something different. So, I got some samples of Canine Caviar that a local pet boutique recommends (and she feeds her own furbaby). I tried him on it yesterday, mixed with the Canidae and he picked the Canine Caviar out over the Canidae, so I guess he likes it. The woman at the pet boutique told me that the puppies absorb most of the Canine Caviar and that they poop less and when they do poop, the poop doesn't stink. I guess until he is on it 100%, I won't be able to confirm the previous statement. :p

some of orijen foods are higher in fat too so make sure you read the labels. :)

I feed pre-made raw. But as far as kibbles - I think some good ones are Orijen, Natures Variety - and if your only choice is Petsmart/Petco, then I'd go w/ Wellness CORE. A great canned food (which is very good to add) is Evangers.

Our yorkies are on Natural Balance (NB). NB makes both a large and small kibble dry food in several "flavors".

p.s. be careful about saying teacup.

With all of the recalls, and the lack of regulation in the Dog Food industry, I believe that the healthiest and safest feeding alternative is to home cook and supplements derived from human grade products.

Ann, did you see the video on YT from the net about fish bones not being ground up in Wellness? There are also pics of something similar from a YT member. She found them in NB and said they are sharp.:mad:

To the original poster, it has gotten to where I can't even recommend a kibble because even what I thought was one of the best has turned out to have problems and the "good" foods seem to have as many, if not more, quality control problems as the lesser quality foods.

I feed homecooked.

Crystal,
Could send me the link re: bones found in NB. Was it one of their fish kibble? Ground fish seems to be the problem no matter which "good" name brand is used. Bob

Here you go :):
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...all-bites.html

no prob! :) i am not sure, i would check their site and see if you can locate the nearest store available to you.. we get our food from our local feed store & local pet supply warehouse. ;) there has to be some near you, since you aren't that far from me.. :)
avery had a similar problem.. we feed primarily the venison formulas.. since the fat content is not as high... and no more problems! :D
nature's variety is a great food, in my opinion. ;)

Oh no.....:(

Ya know...I feel like banging my head on a wall right now...

lol, I don't blame you. When I had found out about Wellness and NB (obviously if this is going on, all of their foods have to be questioned because of the quality control), I thought well we still have Innova. Well, they are/were involved in a lawsuit in Florida with other foods.:rolleyes: I'm not sure why but did read something hearsay about it and am not comfortable recommending even that until I read more. Then there is a looooooong thread on Itchmo about Evagners (yes, canned:rolleyes:) and something was really being questioned. I haven't gotten to read the end of the thread yet but things weren't looking good. I think I'm just giving up on it. I feel like even Ellie's vitamins could be causing harm but don't want to pay $160 to change the recipe right now when it will just need to be changed again when I find something else wrong with it.:rolleyes::mad::(

the innova law suit was pardoned.. it didn't have anything to do with them, like the people claimed, i guess... (if it's the same one we are talking about) let me see if i can find the info on it..

You have a lot of choices out there. I love Life's Abundance. I had a pup with allergies and switching to LA eliminated those!

You can do research at the link on my signature line. PM me if you want some free samples.

LA is all-natural and has probiotics. I love it that I don't have to give supplements.

Good luck in your searches!!!!

Theresa/Missiemiss

I think Primal raw, NV raw, and The Honest Kitchen dehydrated raw are the best foods at this point. I would be more inclined to recommend the Primal because all of their protein is sourced from the US, and the protein sources are ONLY fed US grains, meaning none of the $%&^ from China! The guy at the store I purchase my NV raw from told me that the rabbit is currently on backorder from China, which I don't know if that's true, but it certainly scared me!!

I have recently done a TON of research on The Honest Kitchen, and really think it's top-notch stuff. The ingredients are actually the only dog food company that has legally been allowed to use the term "human grade" on their food. The stuff is also manufactured at a human food plant, which is a good thing.

They test each batch of food for pathological bacteria, which the other raw companies do not do. The meat and egg in the HK food is also dehydrated at a temperature high enough to kill any bacteria, but low enough to preserve the nutrients of a raw food. If your squeemish about raw, or have a pup with an ultra senstitive GI, that seems to be the way to go. I am curious to watch the quality control of the food as the company grows...

Here is a good thread from Itchmo:
CA Natural - Herring & Sweet Potato Kibble: Fish Bones?

Evidently there has been a bit of an issue with Cal. Nat. and pics had been taken of Innova (supposedly) and there was some odd looking things in that kibble... It is hard to know what pics to believe but until I am sure they are false, I almost have to avoid them.:confused:

As for the NB pics, that is solid enough for me because of who posted them. It would be nice if these companies would address the issues here.

The best food is the one that your dog does well on. Every dog is different, and it is kind of a process of trial and error until you find what works well for your individual pet. Even within the same breed and between siblings there will be differences.

I rotate through a few different diets with Penny, primarily because I feel uncomfortable putting all my eggs in one basket, as it were. I've recently been feeding California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato, a couple of different varieties of Merrick, and Canidae, and my dog is thriving on them.

I like Evanger. It is as close to home cooking as it gets. The labels read like "Beef, vegetables, brown rice..." Some contain only meat. My girls love it. I will alternate with Party Animal organic dog food. They love that also.

I highly suggest Life's Abundance premium Health Food. it comes in hard and canned. I use both. It was formulated by a Vet and is the best out there I have found. Also, NEVER been on a recall!!! its made and shipped right to your door and its not pricey!!!:thumbup:

My Yorkies range from 3 to 12 pounds and I feed them all Nature's Logic. I also wean my puppies on it as it's an all life stages food. What is unique about Nature's Logic is that it uses no synthetic vitamins or minerals in its food. The food ingredients alone are nutritionally complete so none are needed. I don't know of any other dry food that doesn't need to add vitamins and minerals to meet AAFCO requirements. Another thing I like is that NL comes in 4 different varieties: chicken, lamb, venison and duck/salmon. I rotate a different type with each bag. It helps keep them from getting tired of the same thing every day. I also feed my cat NL feline formula. It comes in chicken, rabbit and duck/salmon varieties. Though I haven't tried them, NL also makes canned as well as raw food.

:thumbup::thumbup: we LOVE THK! :D great food!! we rotate this through the girls diet, as well! ;) it smells SO yummy... i want to eat it!! :cool: :D

Thanks Meg! I am glad you like THK. I have had the boys eating a tablespoon each meal from a sample I got and they seem to LOVE it. I think they like that it's warm.. silly boys!! It does smell good, in fact, it smells good enough to mask the yucky smell of the salmon oil I can't stand!

DITTO!!! :confuse2:

i know.. my girls like that it's warm too!! ;) the raw medallions can't be super cold.. they wait a few minutes before eating them.. :rolleyes:
they REALLY love the NV freeze dried medallions(i don't buy them really, though..) but they like that they're warmer/not cold!! ;)
THK is YUMMY(in their opinion, not mine :p)

I feed my big guy Wellness Super 5 mix for puppies.. and he loves it. at first he would only eat one kibble at a time for the firest few weeks. but now he eats it around the clock in large mounts.

and the thing with the bones in wellness and NB its only with the fish food ones. i still like wellness