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02-05-2016, 12:01 AM | #1 |
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| Royal Canin VS Blue Buffalo My yorkie Chloe is now 11 months old, and just within the last 2 months we have added another yorkie, Winston to our family. We have given both puppies Royal Canin since we had brought them into our home. They seem to like it well enough, but is it healthy enough for them? I'm just wondering what anybody's opinion on Royal Canin vs Blue Buffalo is. If we do switch them over, it will be very gradual over a few weeks time. Also, what is the easiest way to make sure my baby yorkie doesn't eat my older yorkie's food and vice-versa, considering she will be on adult food and he will be on puppy food? Any comments or help are appreciated! |
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02-05-2016, 04:03 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Beyond separating them,not much you can do to keep them from eating the other's food. As far as kibbles, both those foods are about equal. If you want something with higher protein instead of higher carb, which I think is more species appropriate - I'd go with feeding frozen raw or freeze dried raw like Primal or Natures Variety. Or for kibbles: Natures Logic, Natures Variety, Solid Gold, Wellness Core, Orijen/Acana...
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02-05-2016, 08:26 AM | #3 |
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| Wyliesmom can you or someone suggest a better type of food for my girl?? I have used Royal Canine since I have had her, a year now.I buy the yorkie bag. I want to feed her what is best for her other than dried raw food. I appreciate all suggestions! |
02-05-2016, 08:53 AM | #4 |
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| I have fed all my dogs Royal Canin for over 35 years, since the late '70s....their lines have expanded and they now address almost any health issue a dog develops. My dogs are healthy, my breeders as well as my pets, in tip top shape, and they love the food and tolerate it well. It has certainly met all their nutritional requirements, and I have never had the issues of dogs having to switch and swap dozens of foods, trying to find something else they will eat.....,this food is developed for nutritional requirements for dogs at every stage of their life, that more than meets all their nutritional requirements, including the nutritional needs for breeding dogs, growing puppies, and aging seniors. Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 02-05-2016 at 08:54 AM. |
02-05-2016, 09:44 AM | #5 |
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| Yorkiemom THAT is what I was hoping to hear from you. Thank you so much. |
02-05-2016, 09:56 AM | #6 | |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Quote:
If not, or if you desire a food which is grain free (many dogs do very poorly with all the grains in RC and other foods) - then I'd go with one of the other foods I named. Personally, I do think grain free or very low grain foods are more species appropriate for canines, who are carnivores.
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02-05-2016, 09:59 AM | #7 |
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| Oh yes Wylies mom she does real well. So far anyway! LOL Thank you . |
02-05-2016, 11:32 AM | #8 |
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| Our Bella started on Royal Canin, and she did well on it. We switched her over to Blue Buffalo because we *thought* it was a better quality food. She did well on that too, but when we bought a bag that had NO life source bits in it, we realized that Blue Buffalo might have some quality control issues. Then I read about a person who bought a bag of Blue Buffalo that contained nothing but life source bits, and their dog was poisoned by too many vitamins and minerals. Since then, we switched Bella to Wellness Core Grain Free Small Breed, and she is doing well on that. I'm blessed to have a dog that doesn't seem to have any food allergies and tolerates all of the food switching we did. We plan to keep her on Wellness Core Grain Free as long as she is doing well on it. If you can, find a food that all of your dogs do well on (so they don't try to steal each others food) and stick with it. Edit: I'm sure that Royal Canin is a perfectly good food, and Bella would have been okay had we switched back to it. It's just that people here were highly recommending Wellness Core Grain Free that we switched to Wellness and didn't go back to Royal Canin. Last edited by pstinard; 02-05-2016 at 11:34 AM. |
02-05-2016, 01:00 PM | #9 |
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| I feed Acana. It's a very quality food. Blue buffalo has been known to make dogs ill. I would steer well clear of it. There are other brands that are better. Acana, earthborn holistic, wellness CORE- all are good. Royal canin is not something I would feed to my dogs. Too many grains. |
02-06-2016, 04:37 AM | #10 |
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| We could check with the dentist! I'll add Fromms Four Star Nutritionals to the list. It's at least worth looking into to see for yourself. Since availability is an issue, I also recommend chewy.com. Dog Food & Treats - fromms No Corn No Wheat No Soy Dry Food for All Stages - Free Shipping at Chewy.com If you stick with RC, run from the yorkie specific formula. Find out and use the formula Yorkiemom uses.... |
02-06-2016, 05:44 AM | #11 |
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| I home cook, but have used RC. My dogs do well on it. I used the Yorkie formula and the mini. The mini is cheaper and my dogs liked it.
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02-06-2016, 08:23 AM | #12 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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I just use the adult kibble, mini formula.....there is a picture of a Jack Russell Terrier on the front....I think that is what that adorable looking little dog is! Some of my dogs liked the yorkie specific formula, some were not so quick to finish their meal, but they all love the mini adult, so for the sake of "uncomplicate life" theory, I feed them all the same formula, the mini adult! I wish they would come out with a formula that had flea killer in it! (Just kidding!!!) Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 02-06-2016 at 08:26 AM. | |
02-06-2016, 10:57 AM | #13 |
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| Yorkiemom it says that is for 9-22 lbs and my girl is 7. Will that matter? Also since it is the same brand do you think there would be a large change over for her like if it was another food type? Last edited by anneclaire; 02-06-2016 at 11:01 AM. Reason: forgot a question |
02-06-2016, 12:16 PM | #14 | |
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02-06-2016, 12:46 PM | #15 |
YT 2000 Club Member | dog food My boys eat wellness . I tried blue buffalo and they had runny stools. I don't like what I read about blue buffalo. I would go to wellness or royal canine. Check the ingredients and dog food advisor. |
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