Switching to Adult Food

[mina0710]

Hey everyone - my puppy is very picking and it's time he switch to adult food. I have gotten samples (about 5 different ones) for Charlie to try. How do I do it? How do I know which one he likes? Do I put all 5 samples out in little bowls for him to eat and see which one he eats? Please let me know!!

Thanks.

PS Charlie is never a good eater to begin with ...

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by mina0710

Hey everyone - my puppy is very picking and it's time he switch to adult food. I have gotten samples (about 5 different ones) for Charlie to try. How do I do it? How do I know which one he likes? Do I put all 5 samples out in little bowls for him to eat and see which one he eats? Please let me know!!

Thanks.

PS Charlie is never a good eater to begin with ...

Well that would probably make a cute commercial, but it's not the best way to choose a food. Many breeders recommend switching to adult food around 8 months, you can see on the puppy food bag, what your particular manufacture suggests, Yorkies are full grown faster than the larger breeds, and it's thought that you want to switch them after there bones have formed. I would try to get the most nutritious food, and see if he would eat it, mix 1/4 of the adult food into his bowl and do this at every feeding. Second day mix half and half, and so on. The slower you go the less likely to have tummy upsets such as vomiting and diarrhea.