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What to Feed??? I HAVE BEEN FEEDING MY 2LB YORKIE PUPPY 1 CONTAINER OF CEASER A DAY I LEAVE HER DRY FOOD OUT AT ALL TIMES BUT SHE IS THE PICKIEST EATER SHE JUST DOES NOT LIKE DRY FOOD AND CEASER IS THE ONLY THING I CAN GET HER TO EAT ANY SUGGESTIONS :animal-pa |
Have you tried Merrick's? I don't think Ceasar is a good food to feed. :) |
Ceasar's is not the best quality dog food . I feed my pup merrick dry and wet . The wet looks just like something you would eat and very nutrious(sp?). Check out theier site see what you think www.merrickpetcare.com Hope this helps. |
Welcome to YT. The place where you can obsess about your yorkie and no one thinks you're crazy. I have no suggestions, because I have a picky eater too. I tried all of the quality food, have a full bag of each. Finally got her to eat Pedigree, but not real enthusiastically. I supplement with cottage cheese and scrambled eggs, to add a little more protein. I've been afraid to try canned food for fear she will never eat the dry food once she tastes the canned. |
I guess we have to remember too...we would rather eat what tastes good, than not. Hmmmm, raw veggies or a big fat juicy cheeseburger? I'll take the cheeseburger. There must be something in those not so quality foods that makes them desirable. I guess it's the fat and processed crap that makes it taste great to them. :animal36 |
I feed a strictly raw diet. Both Abbie (now 4months/3+lbs) and my 11 y/o mix love it. There seems to be very strong feelings about raw feeding (adamantly pro or con) - I do NOT want to insight a riot, here. Just sharing. I believe it saved my Mozart's (11 y/o mix) life. |
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Yes. Chicken, Turkey, Rabbit, etc. Everything with bone in, except for beef. Beef bones are not recommended by most, as they are too hard. I don't want to hijack this thread for those not interested in RAW, so if you'd like to talk about it, message me or we can start a new thread :) |
I use Royal Canin for Yorkshire Terriers its a dry hard food and then I mix 1 TBS of soft wet Eukanuba and I give this to her once in the morning and then again around 4-5pm and she really loves it. |
Little Caesars is not the best. It's like junk food for dogs. Maybe you could switch to a healthier canned food and mix it with some dry till your dog gets used to it. |
Merrick's :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: My dogs LOVE this dog food and its good for them.O ya less dodo too. |
I feed my little man Eukanuba dry food. He's been eating it since he's a pup and loves it. |
Dry Food New to the site. When I got my girl in March, I ground up Eukanuba for puppies in my food processor and mixed it with beef baby food, she chowed it down. I have added whole pieces to it now that she is 3 lbs, and there is no problem. I am now looking for a good wet food. I saw that the merricks (sp?) was good. there is a supplier close to me so I am going to try that. Thanks for the tip! |
Here is a little summary from Whole Dog Journal of what to avoid: DO NOT BUY foods that contain low-quality ingredients such as "animal fat", "animal digest" or "meat meal" such as Purina Dog Chow, Cycle and Gravy Train; products whose protein is derived almost completely from "meat by-products" such as Cesar and Alpo; products lacking understandable expiration dates; foods containing artificial colors such as Purina's Beneful and Science Diet's Nature's Best; products containing "meat and bone meal", a very low quality protein source, such as Pedigree Complete Nutrition and Dad's; foods that are sweetened to tempt a dog's appetite such as Kibbles 'n Bits and Purina Dog Chow Senior 7+. |
Canidae, Innova, Natural Balance, Artemis, many others are good foods. What you want to try to get is a good super premium food. Look in the health food stores or the feed stores. You didn't say how old your little one is? They really say wet food isn't good for a Yorkie's teeth. They are known to get bad easily. Lots of Yorkies have to have teeth pulled when they start to age. Are you brushing your baby's teeth? That's imperative. |
I've got Badger on Royal Canin twice a day and then at night some cooked chicken or turkey and sometimes a bit of lamb. He also has dry treats during the day or some apple when I have one. I've tried to keep his diet as simple as possible. One thing I have tried with great success - something I remember my grandmother doing with her rottweiler/lab cross - when he won't eat his dry food is to put it in my lap and pretend to eat it making big crunching and smacking noises. I also offer some to my husband and we both pretend to enjoy this 'rare treat'. This has worked unfailingly because as soon as Badger sees that we're eating it, he eats it. I don't give it all to him straight away but just one at a time and within a few minutes, he's gulping down mouthfuls. It's a simple trick but I find it works very well when he;s being picky and I think he also enjoys the hand-feeding aspect (such attention-seekers, Yorkies!) |
I highly recommend Merrick’s wet & dry food. I even feed my cat Merrick. :D |
I love that trick mentioned in the earlier post about pretending to eat the food!!! I also have a picky eater and I boil chicken and add a little garlic powder to the broth. She eats Hills Science Diet now because the vet wants her to gain some weight and I mix in a little of the chicken and chicken broth and microwave it. A few days ago my little one was interested in the big dogs dinner dish. Today I started feeding them together and twice today she stood by her big brother and gobbled her food from her dish just like her big bro! Don't know if you have another dog but if you do this might help. |
i would try eukanuba dry for small breeds. they also have a beef chunks in gravy in a pouch or can - i give a pouch once or twice a week just as a treat. My yorkies have always eaten the plain, dry and have beautiful shiny coats. my mom has two very picky Malteses and they even eat the dry. |
I thought I was the only one Good to know I am not the only one who feeds raw food. Rigo gets a bit and I mean just a bit of everything I feed my bassets. He gets the round circle cuts of beef bone from the butchers when my big guys get the knuckles. He is almost 9 and is just now getting to where he needs to get his teeth cleaned for the very first time. I feel it is the raw bones he gets that keeps them clean. Today, rigo has had a bite of cantelope, the raw heart of the turkey I am cooking for easter, some yoke from the eggs I had for breakfast and a raw piece of potato while I was peeling some and of course he loves the baby raw carrots. I am extreemly careful to feed him only the lean parts of the raw meats, as my vet told me his pancreas and liver cant handle fat as well as my hounds. |
pretending to eat The pretending to eat first is actually good doggie world ettiquette. The alpha should always eats first and then invite the others in to share thereby signaling the food is safe and plentiful. I was told when I got him that rigo was a picky eater, but he has not been that way for me. I think they were feeding him a food he did not like. Even the animals in zoos get a varied diet as a form of life enrichment that relieves stress and boredom. My little guy deserves nothing less. BTW, he never eats anything that resembles junk food. Only healthy stuff. |
I've been posting this a lot lately, I'm sorry. But so much talk about dog food! The reason i got involved with HealthyPetNet is because I know so many people are feeding their pets some awful stuff (including my parents and their dog, but I'm working on them...). Anyway, you should check out http://www.healthypetnet.com/kendalb . my yorkie (and my kitties) LOVE it! And it's healthy, of course! |
I feed my dogs Chicken Soup for the Dog/Puppy lover's Soul. They love it. When you read the ingredients it sounds good enough for me to eat. It is all natural. Several meat sources and fruits and veggies. It really isn't more expensive than Iams :thumbdown that I was feeding them from Wal-mart. |
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