how much to feed my 5 lb dog
 

How much wet food should I be feeding my 5 lbs yorkie per day? I leave out dry food all day.

What dry food on you feeding?
Also what wet food?

I don't give wet food. Peanut is 6 years old and 4 pounds- he gets a total of 1/4 of a cup a day.

My vet has always suggested going be the guide that is posted on the bag of dry kibble.

Yes it is usually based on age-weight-activity level-

Hi I just came across your post. My 15 weeks old puppies are getting 1/2 cup per day of good dry kipple. One weighs 4.2 lbs and the other 3.7 lbs. Am I overfeeding them? Some Yorkie owners toldme to feed them 1/2 cup per day, which is what I feed them. I would welcome your advise!

Yogi is almost one year old, six pounds and gets 1/4 cup twice a day (dry food) I do add some boiled chicken to it

Few factors to consider:

How many calories per cup is the food you are feeding? Kibble varies greatly. If I feed a 450 calories/cup food, I feed less. If I feed a 380 cal/cup food, I feed more.

In other words, if my dog is eating Orijen, he would get less kibble. Something like Fromm, he would get more kibble.

Take all of the calories of kibble, wet, and treats for the day and add them up.

As Deanna pointed out, it also depends on age and activity level.

Jess is 5.25 llbs, gets 1/4 cup with boiled chicken or a little wet mixed twice a day.
She gets occasional blue buffalo treats or chicken. She always still seems hungry.

My vet said after her spay yesterday, you can try feeding her a 1/3 of her dinner but I doubt she will eat it...and she prob wont poop for a few days..

Well, she pooped on the way out of the vet office and gobbled her dinner in about 30 seconds...looking for more but I didn't give it to her as I didn't want her throwing up..she didn't..ate a full breakfast this am
Oh I feed royal canin

Sounds like Jess is doing great!
My two (7 lbs at 2+4 years) have had to have their kibble amount cut back, as they started to gain weight. I now feed a tablespoon in the am and 1/4 cup for dinner. Fruit and veggies for snacks.

Hi,

I have a 6 month old Yorkie and have just decided to start cooking her meals and feeding her supplements along with her meals. I was wondering just how satisfying cooked meals vs kibble are and should I keep feeding her 1/4 cup 2x's a day ?

Hi,
I have a 6 month old Yorkie, almost 5lbs. I have just recently switched from dry kibble to cooking her meals and adding supplements to each meal. I use to feed her 1/4 cup 2x's a day of dry kibble. Should that remain the same with home meals and is dry kibble more satisfying than cooked meals? I want to be sure she is satisfied and not run around hungry. Thanks so much!

Hi I'm getting a teacup Yorkie Nov 7th Imay very uncertain what I should feed here. I'm open to suggestions!! Please advise me.

Free feed the puppy, meaning, there should be food at ALL times for the baby to eat whenever it is hungry.

I'm wondering what brand of food to feed her. I use to feed my late Yorkie royal canin. Then my late boxer I fed him origin. The pet store told me to use pro pac cause they don't sell royal. Then another person told to use NOW puppy food. So I have no idea what to feed her. She will be 8 was old this wwek

What kind of food is the puppy eating now, you should keep the puppy on the same food it is eating.

Congrats on your new pup. There is no such thing as a teacup it was a term made up by bad breeders. You really should keep them on the same food the breeder has them on for a couple months.

OK ty. I know I should keep her on the same food the brelders have her on but I'm not too found that kind of food so I thought I'd mix it with one of the 3 brands I like but I wasn't for sure. Ty again so much again.

For the sake of the new puppy that is leaving his mom, his human mom and everything that is familiar to him, he will be going with a stranger, to a new and unfamiliar home with strange smells,strange voices,new schedules, no fur mom, there are many adjustments this baby has to make. To keep him a bit stable I suggest keeping him on what the breeder is feeding him for several weeks until he adjusts to his new surroundings, then you can slowly transition him over to a food of your choice for puppies. Switching foods when you first bring him home can cause him tummy issues with all these new changes in his wee lil life.

I like the wellness

I have a 15 week Yorkie who weighs 2.3 kg ( 5 lbs). I thought she was not eating well until I read this thread...I suspect I have been overfeeding her:

A bowl of cooked mince/rice/beetroot/vegetables available (sweet potato, carrot etc) in the morning at 7 am, maybe 300gms of food.

4 tablespoons of kibble in the evening at 7pm.

She barely finishes either meal, but I think its too much for her!

You can never over feed a puppy. Puppies are high energy babies, they burn a lot of calories. It is suggested to fee feed puppies meaning, leave a bowl of dry kibble down all day so that can eat when they are hungry. If this is a tiny baby their stomachs cannot hold a lot of food at one time so free feeding allows them to eat what they can when they are hungry. There are no calories in rice, why are you feeding rice to a puppy.

I give her rice because the breeder told me to. What should I replace it with?

More information is needed on your puppy. She is 15 weeks old now, how old was she when you got her from the breeder.
Reason I ask is, if you got this baby when she was 12 weeks old it is best to keep her on the same food she was eating while she was with her mother. When puppies go home with new owner they are going through many changes, leaving the mother and litter mates, the only human they have known, going to a new home with a stranger they do not know, new smells, sounds, schedules, major changers for a wee lil baby to adjust to, so it is always advised to keep them on the same food the breeder was giving them until the puppy has settled in which is appox. several weeks. Then you can do a slow transition to a food of your choice.

As I have already written, fee feeding is suggested for puppies. If you are doing a schedule I would feed 3 times a day not 2 as you are doing.
I don't know why your breeder was feeding her all veggies for morning meal, puppies need a lot of calories because this breed is a high energy dog, they burn a lot of calories and need calories to replace what they have burned.

Did you tell your vet what food you are feeding this baby.

This is not a balanced diet and will cause very bad health issues. She needs to be on puppy food only.