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10-20-2009, 06:00 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | How often do you feed your Yorkie?? Nolee is 2 1/2 years old and I still feed him twice a day. When I was at my vets office, I was told after a year old, they should be fed only one time a day. What do you do?
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10-20-2009, 06:10 PM | #2 |
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| Mine are free fed at all ages works for me
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10-20-2009, 06:23 PM | #4 |
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| Sasha just turned 2 and I used to only feed her once a day. About a week ago, I split her meal up and now I feed her twice a day. For some reason, she never wants to eat in the morning, so now she gets lunch and dinner. I hated seeing her go all day without eating anything. I don't think there's anything wrong with feeding twice a day no matter what their age is. |
10-20-2009, 06:44 PM | #5 |
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| Some vets do say that, but I think they will have a problem proving that it is really best. Yorkies are so tiny. It is really best to feed them more than once. IMO, it is better for bigger dogs also. Ellie is fed 3x daily.
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10-20-2009, 07:21 PM | #6 |
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| Jackson has kibble down all day. He will go over and just have a few pieces every now and then throughout the day. Then I will give him his "dinner" once a day, which is kibble mixed in with either wet dog food, or chicken breast. So, sort of once a day fed, sort of free fed. He doesn't over-eat so the free feeding works.
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10-20-2009, 07:23 PM | #7 | |
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10-20-2009, 07:28 PM | #8 |
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| We do one feeding in the morning and one at dinner (it works out to be about 7:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.) I did 3 feedings a day when the girls were younger but switched them to 2 a day when they were over a year old. However, my vet mentioned in passing that even two feedings a day is a long time for such small dogs to go without food. I wouldn't be opposed to giving a tiny snack in the afternoon--except one of my girls is such a porker! I swear, she looks at food and gains weight! |
10-20-2009, 07:51 PM | #9 | |
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10-20-2009, 08:12 PM | #10 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | This is sometimes true for the larger breeds, but Yorkies should be free-fed or fed a minimum of two meals a day. Not all vets are specialist in all breeds, and it's best to go to the specialists of yorkies to answer that type of question. Smaller breeds are much more likely to experience hypoglycemia, and one meal a day may not be enough. Joey would throw a fit, if I would try that!
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10-21-2009, 04:10 AM | #11 |
My Lil Man! Donating Member | I also meant to add that with yorkies sometimes if they play really hard then their sugar may get kinda low and without having food to free feed from morning and afternoon when they need it might cause some problems. When we first got Gizmo we used to give him nutrical to sorta boost him up because he would just play so hard he would drain his energy and sugar and if he still wanted to play and not eat we could supplement him with the nutrical to keep him from getting really low. |
10-21-2009, 06:27 AM | #12 | |
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Yorkies are too small to store up a huge amount of sugar. It's one good reason to feed at least twice.
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10-21-2009, 06:52 AM | #13 |
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| one big meal a day is usually ver harsh on their stomach; some dogs can take it and some can't ; usually they are fed twice daily; however my dog has sensitive stomach and the vet told me to feed her 4 small meals daily
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10-21-2009, 07:22 AM | #14 |
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| feeding my yorkie I was feeding Elvis (4 yrs old) once a day- then one morning he has large saliva drops around his mouth- it scared me half to death- called the breeder and he said his stomach is empty and has turned inside out- now I feed him 8AM and 5 PM- he gets 1/4th candidae and chicken breast mixed with carrots- he is overweight(11-12 lbs) but very healthy! |
10-21-2009, 07:30 AM | #15 |
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| We give ours some canned in the morning and leave the kibble out all day
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