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10-15-2020, 09:47 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Howe, TX. USA
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| Need dog food advice I adopted a 6 year old Yorkie about 6 weeks ago. Her current food is about gone and I want to change her to something more appropriate. She has been on Purina One. Any help will be appreciated. |
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10-15-2020, 03:33 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| Welcome to YT and thank you for rescuing. It's kinda hard to offer dog food advise as each dog is different in what they like and will eat. What advise I can give is, do not feed "grain free" dry food.
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10-15-2020, 03:46 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Howe, TX. USA
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| I found a food to try. Cainin Has a Yorkie adult that I ordered to try. Hopefully she will like it. |
10-15-2020, 04:05 PM | #4 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
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| I am currently using Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier food for my pups. It really comes down to individual choice. The following was sent to me years ago by a veterinary nutritionist when I was looking for a new dog food. Perhaps it will help you. ------------ I would recommend looking for the following statement on the label of whatever you feed for best assurance of performance of the product. Here is an example: "Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Brand X Dog Food provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs." (or "all life stages" which would be in the case of puppies or breeding animals etc.) Nutritional Adequacy Statement or "AAFCO Statement" Every pet food label must contain a statement and validation of nutritional adequacy. AAFCO regulations allow two basic methods for pet food manufacturers to substantiate claims. Formulation Method — Requires the manufacturer to formulate the food to meet the AAFCO nutrient profiles for dogs and cats. This method is less time consuming and less expensive because feeding trials with pets are not required, only a calculation of the nutrient levels. An example of an AAFCO statement using the formulation method would be: "Brand ABC Cat Food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by AAFCO Cat Food Profiles for maintenance of adult cats." Feeding Trial Method — Requires the manufacturer perform an AAFCO-protocol feeding trial using the food as the sole source of nutrition. Gold Standard or preferred method. Documents the pets' performance when fed the food. An example of an AAFCO statement using the feeding trial method would be: "Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Brand X Dog Food provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs."
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