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CaiqueLady · 11-19-2012, 06:33 PM

Hi Everyone!

I have a new Yorkie puppy, male born July 30th. I would like to have some advice on what would be the best food to feed him, dry or wet, combo of dry/wet??? Also how often should I feed him and how much?

Thank you

Pam and Casey (puppy)

Verbena · 11-20-2012, 05:41 AM

Hello and welcome to YT. There is a few high quality foods. Do a search of them on the YT site. There is recommendations and reviews. On each bag they tell you how much to give. Just remember. . .when you change the food over, do it slowly. Or your pup will get loose bowels? Good luck

tokipoki · 11-20-2012, 06:06 AM

I have always done some type of mixture of wet and dry food for breakfast although Toki has never been picky and eats her kibble just plain (which is fine too). I like adding the wet food for extra moisture and variety. My favorite brand of dry food is Fromm. I actually switched Toki over to a grain-free Fromm formula while she was still a puppy (maybe 5 or 6 months old? I can't remember exactly) and just picked a formula with higher protein and fat content that were similar to those of puppy formulas. Fromm also has one Puppy Formula that I've heard is very good but I'm pretty sure most of their other formulas are "All Life Stages".

Toki was on a couple different Blue Buffalo puppy formulas as well that we personally haven't had issues with. She went through a couple bags of the BB Small Breed Chicken and Oatmeal and a couple bags of the BB Wilderness for Puppies before we switched over to Fromm.

My sister's yorkie is currently on the grain-free Acana Regionals and does very well on it. There are a lot of good foods out there and tons of reviews on YT that are worth checking out!

Some people recommend free-feeding pups (especially very small ones prone to hypoglycemia) but we did scheduled feedings (Toki was larger and a healthy size). When we first got her, we offered her 1/4 cup 3x a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and eventually she stopped showing interest in lunch so we upped the amounts for her other 2 meals and cut out the lunch kibble. Scheduled feedings also made housebreaking much easier for us since a routine quickly developed and we knew when to anticipate her needing to use the bathroom.

sganow · 11-20-2012, 10:03 AM

Horizon Legacy has a good grain free puppy formula. We feed the Horizon Legacy adult formula and are very happy with it. It is a very good quality food that uses good quality locally sourced (to them in Canada) ingredients.

CaiqueLady · 11-27-2012, 06:14 PM

Thank you for all the good advice. I might cut out the noon meal as Casey is a good

weight and he is not showimg that much interest in his noon meal.

11-19-2012, 06:33 PM	#1
CaiqueLady YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: San Tan Valley, Az Posts: 6	Puppy Diet Hi Everyone! I have a new Yorkie puppy, male born July 30th. I would like to have some advice on what would be the best food to feed him, dry or wet, combo of dry/wet??? Also how often should I feed him and how much? Thank you Pam and Casey (puppy)

11-20-2012, 10:03 AM	#4
sganow YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Van Alstyne, TX Posts: 854	Horizon Legacy has a good grain free puppy formula. We feed the Horizon Legacy adult formula and are very happy with it. It is a very good quality food that uses good quality locally sourced (to them in Canada) ingredients. __________________ Maggie (RIP), Ginger (RIP), Lilly (RIP), Bella (RIP), Saleen, Bailey, Bridget, Lucy

11-20-2012, 05:41 AM	#2
Verbena Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: with my flying monkeys Posts: 15,620 Blog Entries: 7	Hello and welcome to YT. There is a few high quality foods. Do a search of them on the YT site. There is recommendations and reviews. On each bag they tell you how much to give. Just remember. . .when you change the food over, do it slowly. Or your pup will get loose bowels? Good luck

11-20-2012, 06:06 AM	#3
tokipoki Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Garner, NC Posts: 1,485	I have always done some type of mixture of wet and dry food for breakfast although Toki has never been picky and eats her kibble just plain (which is fine too). I like adding the wet food for extra moisture and variety. My favorite brand of dry food is Fromm. I actually switched Toki over to a grain-free Fromm formula while she was still a puppy (maybe 5 or 6 months old? I can't remember exactly) and just picked a formula with higher protein and fat content that were similar to those of puppy formulas. Fromm also has one Puppy Formula that I've heard is very good but I'm pretty sure most of their other formulas are "All Life Stages". Toki was on a couple different Blue Buffalo puppy formulas as well that we personally haven't had issues with. She went through a couple bags of the BB Small Breed Chicken and Oatmeal and a couple bags of the BB Wilderness for Puppies before we switched over to Fromm. My sister's yorkie is currently on the grain-free Acana Regionals and does very well on it. There are a lot of good foods out there and tons of reviews on YT that are worth checking out! Some people recommend free-feeding pups (especially very small ones prone to hypoglycemia) but we did scheduled feedings (Toki was larger and a healthy size). When we first got her, we offered her 1/4 cup 3x a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and eventually she stopped showing interest in lunch so we upped the amounts for her other 2 meals and cut out the lunch kibble. Scheduled feedings also made housebreaking much easier for us since a routine quickly developed and we knew when to anticipate her needing to use the bathroom.

11-27-2012, 06:14 PM	#5
CaiqueLady YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: San Tan Valley, Az Posts: 6	Thank you for all the good advice. I might cut out the noon meal as Casey is a good weight and he is not showimg that much interest in his noon meal.