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03-30-2011, 01:41 PM | #1 |
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| Boiled chicken or beef added to food? Do any of you guys boil chicken or beef and it to your baby's food? My girls eat evo with a bit of blue buffalo mixed in. However, my grandma says that these guys have such short lifespans that it's cruel NOT to give them a bit of boiled meat. What are your opinions? Will it harm them? Will I have to adjust the amount of dog food versus the amount of the boiled protein? Thanks |
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03-30-2011, 02:14 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | A yorkie's life expectency can be up to 15 years....and some longer. Personally I wouldn't add human food. It's likely to cause weight issues and another consideration....they may turn up their noses to kibble.
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03-30-2011, 02:25 PM | #3 |
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| I wouldn't think a Yorkie's life is considered "short"... in the spam of time, yes, but they are one of the longer living breeds. No harm in it at all! Real meat is what dogs were designed to eat. Granted, it wasn't cooked. Yes, you could be creating a dog who no longer eats kibble alone, but that doesn't bother me so much. I use plain boiled chicken breast for treats and also mixed in to his food sometimes. A little meat here and there will not create an overweight pet -- I see far more fat dogs who eat solely Kibbles and Bits or Purina or other not-so-great kibbles. I also feed canned food mixed with his kibble which ups the protein and meat content. Many people feed their dogs homecooked solely but this has to be measured out by a nutritionist and has to have certain vitamins, etc. It's the processed foods you want to not give (full of preservatives!) and staying away from chips, and fatty foods. Bacon is something I tend to stay away from for example and don't give any to Jackson, it's just so fatty and greasy. But plain chicken or plain beef, etc, would be fine. I'm not sure I'd make it an every day occurrence.
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03-30-2011, 02:25 PM | #4 |
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| Yea, she means in comparison to ours it's shorter. I'm afraid they'll refuse to eat the kibble unless it has some boiled meat in it. Or that they'll leave the kibble and just gobble up the meat..lol. |
03-30-2011, 02:29 PM | #5 | |
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With Jackson, I'll put some chicken breast shreds in his food, and then a bit of water and then mix it all together. That way each piece of kibbles get a chicken flavor on it. I'll also use a dab of canned food to make the mixing easier.
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03-30-2011, 02:47 PM | #6 |
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| I will pull the skin off of the chicken and boil it. Then I divide and freeze some. I also drain any fat from the broth and individually freeze the broth. I give mine some chicken and broth mixed w/ their kibble in the morning. They usually eat every last bit. Then in the afternonn I will lay dry for the rest of the day. |
03-30-2011, 03:45 PM | #7 |
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| I put Boiled Boneless Chicken Breast in my yorkies food. As for a short life span, not so sure about that, I have one that just turned 14 and I know she has many more years left.
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03-30-2011, 06:15 PM | #8 |
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| Thanks! Those are great suggestions! What she means in Life spans is that they ONLY live 15-20 years, as opposed to us humans, so they might as well should enjoy their dinner for that time. When you think about it, we could easily out live quite a few of our babies :-( |
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