What do you feed your yorkie?

[brezofleur]

Originally Posted by gontygirl

The only place I know to buy from is the grocery store. The other option I have is continue to purchase the raw dog food from the freezer section at the petless pet shop (Global pet supplies). I just thought it would be less expensive to throw the meal together myself...and healthier, but I'm starting to think I should just buy the frozen raw food diet.

It depends on the weight of your dog. Zeus eats 5 oz / day and Ody eats 5.5 oz. I spend about $35/month on them each where I live, but know other places are cheaper. Chicken is about $3.99 / lb and beef chunks for stew is $4.59 / lb to give you an idea on prices. If you have Asian marketplaces, they have an assortment of the "other" stuff you'll need. Our Asian marketplaces have local meats so I'm not worried about anything from China.

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Britster

We fed Acana for the longest period of time. We've fed lots of others thru trial bags, samples, etc, over his 4 years, but his MAIN food was usually Acana. Always did very well on it.

We've been feeding Fromm for the past 4-5 small bags and he did well in most regards but the eye goop/boogers were getting insane and he was always acting starving lately, and whiny. So about a week ago, I picked up the sample bag of Acana and just got through feeding it... eye boogers completely stopped, whininess/always acting hungry stopped. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do, he certainly looovesss his Fromm a lot better (taste-wise), I trust the company a whole lot more, and I just don't know. LOL. Dog food can be so complicated But I think you just gotta do what your dog does best on!

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Mine is on Acana. Even if you have them on a high quality food and you switch to a different one you still should do it slowly just because it is high quality doesn't have anything to do with that.

Mine Yorkie got bloody stools from eating Acana and the Vet told me to switch and how it is too rich of a food for him.

[Gweebarr]

We feed ours blue wilderness

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

ZoE has been on Royal Canin from the get-go. We've tried other "5 star" foods that are supposedly better, but we always go back to RC, as that's what she does the best on.

This is one of the choices that the Vet suggested me to switch my Yorkie to. He's on Natural Balance, but she doesn't like the natural and holistic brands that area out now. I hate to switch him again. I've switched him too much. Does your dog eat when you put the bowl down~? Do they make treats or bones in the Royal Canine brand.

[MikaTallulah]

Originally Posted by veggienut

This is one of the choices that the Vet suggested me to switch my Yorkie to. He's on Natural Balance, but she doesn't like the natural and holistic brands that area out now. I hate to switch him again. I've switched him too much. Does your dog eat when you put the bowl down~? Do they make treats or bones in the Royal Canine brand.

If he is doing well on Natural Balance and you are happy with it leave it alone. If it ain't brought don't fix it!

[ironmike86]

Originally Posted by Britster

We finished our sample bags of Acana, and now I'm just going to finish our 5lb bag of Fromm - we have over half the bag left. I don't want to waste it. And he looovesss it. He was picking and choosing around the Acana and not really eating it. Once I put Fromm back in his bowl, he scarfed it down. If the eye boogers reappear, I suppose we'll know it's the food. But I love Fromm so much, I'm almost tempted to just deal with a bit of extra eye goop. Right now he's on Pork & Applesauce.

Maybe try mixing it with both foods??? If he's hungry he will eat both

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by MikaTallulah

If he is doing well on Natural Balance and you are happy with it leave it alone. If it ain't brought don't fix it!

He's not really doing well on it or maybe it was the string they found in his stool last night from the toy (which I threw out). They told me his bowels are irritated. I only noticed the discolorations and size of stool which worried me a bit. I have to mix W/D now with his food to get his fiber and stool back to what it was.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by veggienut

Mine Yorkie got bloody stools from eating Acana and the Vet told me to switch and how it is too rich of a food for him.

Both our dogs that you quoted are bigger yorkies so it may not be so rich for them because of that not sure. Mine has not had any problems on it.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by veggienut

He's not really doing well on it or maybe it was the string they found in his stool last night from the toy (which I threw out). They told me his bowels are irritated. I only noticed the discolorations and size of stool which worried me a bit. I have to mix W/D now with his food to get his fiber and stool back to what it was.

I would think if one food made his poo bloody and another food irritated his bowels that maybe it is something other then the food?

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

I would think if one food made his poo bloody and another food irritated his bowels that maybe it is something other then the food?

Perhaps, the Treats.....another issue

[mimimomo]

Originally Posted by veggienut

Mine Yorkie got bloody stools from eating Acana and the Vet told me to switch and how it is too rich of a food for him.

Originally Posted by veggienut

Perhaps, the Treats.....another issue

I was feeding Acana Grasslands & they loved it & did very well on it. The only problem was that the kibble was too dense & hard for some to properly chew & I got tired of cutting them w/scissors.
One time, I bought a bag of Pacifica to give them as a treat & Princess had bloody poopie, she only had 2 pieces! I thought it was so strange bc it's the same brand, just different protein...she did eat another piece a couple of days later accidentally, I dropped one & she was fine. I guess it takes her awhile to get used to it. She also had bloody poopie one time from raw baby carrots, I only give her cooked veggies now.

I've also eliminated store bought treats from their diet. Their poopie was too inconsistent. We only use boiled chicken breast as a training reward.

[veggienut]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Both our dogs that you quoted are bigger yorkies so it may not be so rich for them because of that not sure. Mine has not had any problems on it.

My Yorkie is around 8.5lbs.

[concretegurl]

My mini schnauzer has a super hard time with 'rich' or fatty meats, she cannot eat red meats other than very rarely.

[ch774]

Mine love Pet Botanics dry kibble and Omega Treats by them. Sweet potato, salmon or chicken or duck. the duck is what they are on now. (treats)

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by veggienut

My Yorkie is around 8.5lbs.

Mine and Brits are 16 pounds. But because of your other issues I think it might be your dog not the food.