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04-20-2010, 12:41 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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| Yorkie diet Hello, this is my first time writing, I need advice in feeding my yorkie, whose name is Cassie. She is 1 year old this month. I have always fed her with the Hill's Science Diet crumbles, which she was weaned on before I got her. She has always been a very light eater, and about a month ago turned her nose up at most meals. So I started giving her a Tablespoon of chicken when we had roast chicken for supper. Then she cottoned on to when I was serving chicken and would cry for hers. But she refused to eat her crumbles at all. Then I started to mix a little bit of chicken with her crumbles, and for a few days she ate it all. Now she pushes the crumbles aside and only eats the chicken. So last night I gave her crumbles and she turned her nose up and now, the following day she hasn't eaten them. What do I do. Also should I be giving her raw bones to chew on? Please help. PS : I live in South Africa Jacqui |
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04-20-2010, 01:10 AM | #2 |
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| Hi Jacqui ... I am not too knowledgeable on this as I only have a 6 month old puppy, but maybe you can mix the knibbles with some wet food and mix it up very well so she eats it all? Or perhaps she is just fed up with this brand of food heheheh I know a lot of people mix the dry food with wet dog canned food... Let's see what others suggest.
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04-20-2010, 02:27 AM | #3 |
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| Yorkies are notorious for being picky eaters. We have had to change food quite a few times. They would get bored and just refuse to eat it after awhile. We now feed Nature's Variety + their wet food called "homestyle" We do always mix in with the kibble a little of wet and green beans, our dogs LOVE green beans! I'm not sure if you have a lot of the same foods available to you there? There are some threads at the top of this forum that lists a lot of the premium brands of food. Good luck!
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04-20-2010, 03:01 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Sometimes when Samy does not want to eat right away I just put some feta cheese (unsalted) in his meal and he starts to eat it.. I put very little, as big as a knibble... and sometimes put cheese in there too... but he is really good for eating his dry knibble... I do not feed him anything wet yet, might start when he gets older. And sometimes I put one of his treats mixed in with his food and he eats it all again Do not get her used to eating from your table food because she will whine and beg all she can... and if she does start begging just ignore her
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04-20-2010, 04:38 AM | #5 |
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| Just looking at the top 5 ingredients in Hills Science Diet: 1 is whole grain corn 2 is chicken by-product meal 3 is soybean meal 4 is animal fat 5 is beet pulp The top protein source in this food is corn, which in my opinion, is a poor choice for a protein. Three of your first 5 ingredients, which constitute the major bulk of ingredients, are vegetables, which is not good. Vegetables are incomplete proteins so they need to be combined together, the corn and soybeans for example, in order to form a complete protein. Besides the fact that most of these types of vegetable protein are extremely hard on a dogs digestive tract, due to their Gastrointestinal anatomy; and they create excessive waste products that not only the liver has to excrete, but also the kidneys are affected negatively. Although it states that there is 30% crude protein in the kibble, it is incomplete proteins, lacking the nutritional density that animal protein contains. An important aspect of crude protein to remember is that not all crude proteins are alike, and a substantial majority of them are not completely digestible by our pups. So the bag of puppy kibble may state 30%, but what your pup is actually metabolizing could be significantly lower. Personally, I would suggest trying a different food. If you prefer not to home-cook, than perhaps another choice of a higher quality kibble with more complete meat proteins in the top 5. Their satiability will not only help your pup develop healthier organs, but also fill her up, where she will not be constantly hungry at your table. I personally home-cook for my two,( in combination with a free feeding of Evo red, or Acana). Their favorite is a combination of lamb(mostly raw) with fresh tuna or hake, combined with quinoa and vegetables. Hope this helps, and if you have any questions about anything I have written , please feel free to pm me. |
04-20-2010, 11:45 PM | #6 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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| Yorkie Diet Hello Thank you to everyone who gave me advice regarding Cassie's eating problem. I am going to go to my vets practice tolook for another brand of dog food, this time I will read up the ingredients first. I do not really want to home cook for her, but if in the end I find this is what I have to do, then I will come back to the forum to see what others use in their meals. Thank you all again Jacqui |
04-21-2010, 12:18 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Pick food which has meat in their first ingredients.. at least the first 2 ingredients veggies are also a big plus!
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04-21-2010, 06:20 AM | #8 |
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| I find that the Vet isn't the best person to ask for recommended food. They'd most likely tell you to buy something that they are selling. My vet made a pitch about how Eukanuba is a really good food and that Petsmart doesn't really want to push them for sales because they get a low profit from it. You should look at dogfoodanalysis.com perhaps something in the 4,5,6 star range will be good. Since you are in South Africa, I don't know what options you have there for dog food, but if any of them are available, you should try them. |
04-21-2010, 06:50 AM | #9 | |
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You are spot on! Unfortunately, most vets, as well as human physicians, are primarily trained in the anatomical functions and maintainance of the body.Very little emphasis is placed on nutritional sciences, except when you are becoming a vet specializing in the large animal category; such as bovine, equine, swine, or ovine. | |
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