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nu2yorkies · 01-03-2011, 01:15 PM

We brought Izzy home two weeks and 3 days ago, she is 21/22 weeks old. She was/is eating eukanuba puppy and not eating very well. I purchased some baby chicken food to add to her food and she ate very well. That seemed to give her more energy too (imagine that

. So, I did some research and decided to start changing her over to wellness and add chicken soup for the pet lover canned. I put a small portion of the new food with the old food and added some of the canned, she won't touch it. I then tried pouring chicken stock on the new and old and she just drank the stock. Any suggestions? The chicken baby food is way more expensive than the canned food and not sure how healthy it is for her either. I hate to make her wait it out when she is finally eating well. Thank you,

bchgirl · 01-04-2011, 08:16 PM

First off...how big is she and how much of her original food was she eating a day? Puppies don't have big stomachs....what you thought to be too little may have been enough.

I wouldn't feed her baby food or any people food for that matter. They catch on veer quickly to wait for the "good" stuff.

Have you tried the canned alone? Or mixed with a small amount of kibble?

I'm not much help. My dogs are all free fed and they all eat when they like....including puppies.

Chrissybear · 01-04-2011, 08:56 PM

My thread about my picky eater Gizmo... hope you can get some help from what people posted!!

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...cky-eater.html

nu2yorkies · 01-04-2011, 09:02 PM

Izzy weighs 3.1 pounds and is 22 weeks. She is only eating about 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of dry a day. Thanks for the link, sounds like this could be intereresting.....tonight tried just the canned and she ate it, so wondering if it's the wellness she's not liking. Sounds like this is going to be a lot of trial and error

Chrissybear · 01-04-2011, 09:19 PM

I hope the link helps you!!! Gizmo is 7 months old and he eats about 1/2 cup on a good day but there are days he eats about half then i'll give him some canned food like Merrik Puppy Plate or Wellness Puppy. Gizmo weights 3.4 pounds so hes not far off from your baby Izzy. So it sounds like she is probably eating enough. I know on Gizmos dry food bag it gives you an estimate of what they should be eating a day for their age/weight. Its just an estimate some dogs will eat anything you put infront of them and others wont. Gizmo is very very picky so i completely understand what you are going through. It seems like a production each day to make sure Gizmo is eating enough.

kjc · 01-04-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bchgirl

First off...how big is she and how much of her original food was she eating a day? Puppies don't have big stomachs....what you thought to be too little may have been enough.

I wouldn't feed her baby food or any people food for that matter. They catch on veer quickly to wait for the "good" stuff.

Have you tried the canned alone? Or mixed with a small amount of kibble?

I'm not much help. My dogs are all free fed and they all eat when they like....including puppies.

OMG! I read this wrong... I thought it said they were eating the puppies!

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Originally Posted by nu2yorkies

Izzy weighs 3.1 pounds and is 22 weeks. She is only eating about 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of dry a day. Thanks for the link, sounds like this could be intereresting.....tonight tried just the canned and she ate it, so wondering if it's the wellness she's not liking. Sounds like this is going to be a lot of trial and error

Most foods give guidlines on the package as to how much to feed by weight of the dog.... The amount you're feeding actually sounds like it might be more than the recomended amount? I also moisten the kibble for my gang, and add some canned for flavor....

bchgirl · 01-04-2011, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kjc

OMG! I read this wrong... I thought it said they were eating the puppies!

Most foods give guidlines on the package as to how much to feed by weight of the dog.... The amount you're feeding actually sounds like it might be more than the recomended amount? I also moisten the kibble for my gang, and add some canned for flavor....

Maybe I should've worded that better. No puppies are eaten at my house.

I agree on the amount the OP is feeding....Izzy was eating plenty.

kjc · 01-04-2011, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bchgirl

Maybe I should've worded that better. No puppies are eaten at my house.

I agree on the amount the OP is feeding....Izzy was eating plenty.

I didn't think so... but I read the words, then had a heartattack, then double checked the poster (you), and I knew you wouldn't feed your puppies to the dogs! Too many scary threads over the summer...

I recently switched to a better, premium food and it says to feed less, but mine still like to have their tummies full! Now I'm watching that they don't get fat.... and with the cooler weather they're burning more calories... two of them went and had the 'zoomies' in the snow last week.... too funny... bugged me to death to get out in it and ran around like crazy dogs for ten minutes... they were so wild I had to find my Care Credit Card bc I was sure one was going to slip and break something...

PaulaFruitt · 01-12-2011, 08:39 PM

That was just to funny...It did sound like you was saying your dogs ate what they wanted, including eating the puppies...I have laughed over that all evening...Just sounded so funny...Of course we all know yo dot let your other dogs eat the puppies..LOL...Anyway, thanks for the laugh..I really needed one tonight...Glad to be a part of the YORKIE TALK......Paula and Tilly.

01-03-2011, 01:15 PM	#1
nu2yorkies Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Broken Arrow Posts: 32	Picky eater We brought Izzy home two weeks and 3 days ago, she is 21/22 weeks old. She was/is eating eukanuba puppy and not eating very well. I purchased some baby chicken food to add to her food and she ate very well. That seemed to give her more energy too (imagine that. So, I did some research and decided to start changing her over to wellness and add chicken soup for the pet lover canned. I put a small portion of the new food with the old food and added some of the canned, she won't touch it. I then tried pouring chicken stock on the new and old and she just drank the stock. Any suggestions? The chicken baby food is way more expensive than the canned food and not sure how healthy it is for her either. I hate to make her wait it out when she is finally eating well. Thank you,

01-04-2011, 08:16 PM	#2
bchgirl Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: at da beach Posts: 15,444 Blog Entries: 2	First off...how big is she and how much of her original food was she eating a day? Puppies don't have big stomachs....what you thought to be too little may have been enough. I wouldn't feed her baby food or any people food for that matter. They catch on veer quickly to wait for the "good" stuff. Have you tried the canned alone? Or mixed with a small amount of kibble? I'm not much help. My dogs are all free fed and they all eat when they like....including puppies. __________________ Deb, Reese, Reggie, Frazier, Libby, Sidney, & Bodie Trace & Ramsey who watch over us www.biewersbythebay.com

01-04-2011, 08:56 PM	#3
Chrissybear Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Valencia, Ca Posts: 196	My thread about my picky eater Gizmo... hope you can get some help from what people posted!! http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...cky-eater.html

01-04-2011, 09:02 PM	#4
nu2yorkies Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Broken Arrow Posts: 32	Izzy weighs 3.1 pounds and is 22 weeks. She is only eating about 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup of dry a day. Thanks for the link, sounds like this could be intereresting.....tonight tried just the canned and she ate it, so wondering if it's the wellness she's not liking. Sounds like this is going to be a lot of trial and error

01-04-2011, 09:19 PM	#5
Chrissybear Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Valencia, Ca Posts: 196	I hope the link helps you!!! Gizmo is 7 months old and he eats about 1/2 cup on a good day but there are days he eats about half then i'll give him some canned food like Merrik Puppy Plate or Wellness Puppy. Gizmo weights 3.4 pounds so hes not far off from your baby Izzy. So it sounds like she is probably eating enough. I know on Gizmos dry food bag it gives you an estimate of what they should be eating a day for their age/weight. Its just an estimate some dogs will eat anything you put infront of them and others wont. Gizmo is very very picky so i completely understand what you are going through. It seems like a production each day to make sure Gizmo is eating enough.

01-12-2011, 08:39 PM	#9
PaulaFruitt YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Rochester, Indiana USA Posts: 6	That was just to funny...It did sound like you was saying your dogs ate what they wanted, including eating the puppies...I have laughed over that all evening...Just sounded so funny...Of course we all know yo dot let your other dogs eat the puppies..LOL...Anyway, thanks for the laugh..I really needed one tonight...Glad to be a part of the YORKIE TALK......Paula and Tilly.