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04-17-2009, 08:37 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: california
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| over eater. my four pound tiny yorkie is very food motivated...which is great when he needs to learn tricks. but awful because i think i'm feeding him too little. i feel as if i'm torturing him. however, if i feed him a little bit more than his normal diet (around 1/2 cup a day) he gets "full figured" rather quickly. he finishes his food rather quickly and is up at 4 am barking for his food. what should i do? |
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04-17-2009, 09:08 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: TX, USA
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| wow... i feel the same way. babyboots eats as much as he can, whenever he can. he's about four pounds too but... i feed him 3/4s of a cup and its like if he doesnt even chew his food, just inhales it or something!! i feel im underfeeding him . |
04-17-2009, 10:01 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| I think I have told on here before that Kayla's mom and dad are both 4lbs. Kayla is 8.5lbs. I leave kibble out for mine all the time and feed them canned at night. I 1/3 a can between the 3 of them which I don't feel like is too much. They have a snack at about 2 in the afternoon and usually one before bedtime. She is just a little porky yorkie is all I can say but I can't stand for her to be hungry and begging soooooo I guess its our fault. She is square as a box but I think that little broad hinie is cute. |
04-17-2009, 10:20 PM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hanford, CA
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| How old is your 4lber? I ask this because I thought my 7lber was VERY healthy and doing wonderful. Until she was clipped down at around 9 months old .To my horoor she was way to thin. I could feel her back bones I very qickly placed Suzi on a high protien canned diet mixed in with her kibble, the same brand she was getting, only it is rated a 6 on the prem. list because of the super protein , and the organic canned is even better. Since than she has gained , and jsut looks beautifeul, healtheir , and a mighty Yorkie dog. So much stronger and happier now. I do not know , however, With all the hair a yorkie has , underneath a yorkie is so tiny it is scary, and sometimes more underweight than they are ment to be. Not saying it is for yours, but mine was. It was a lesson I learned. Even now, I feed Suzi, she eats well, and still, she will want more food! She is still being free fed her kibble anytime she wants , and anytime we eat Suzi wants ours too. No matter if she just ate ! I understand how you feel. I have a eater too. Suzi is a high energy dog though. VERY high energy. Perhaps a ADHD Yorkie , Maybe free feed your little guy? I don't know though? Is he a high energy yorkie? most likely to run around and burn off all the food he eats? then hungry later? remember too, that such a tiny dog has a very small stomach and can't eat much at one meal. He will be hungry more often, and will need to eat more frequently to make up for such a little tummy and small digestive tract. That is probalbly what is happening to your little one.
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