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09-26-2006, 01:21 PM | #16 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fayetteville, NC
Posts: 57
| I free feed Sebastian Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul. Even though I free feed him, I have noticed he has put himself on a schedule. I put the food down about 6 am. He eats. Won't touch another bite until I get home from work. I leave it there just in case he gets hungry but he never eats while I am not home. When I get home, he is not ready to eat until about 6 or 7. Works for me because sometimes I don't get home until close till eight and I feel better knowing he has something to eat if I know I will be late. Another good thing about Seb is that he won't poo until I get home either. So if he does eat while I am not at home, he has learned to hold his poo. The pee thing is another story..
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09-26-2006, 01:24 PM | #17 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
Posts: 3,065
| For adult dogs I leave the dry food out at all times. I don't like to get into a habit of feeding wet because they will wait for the wet meals and not eat the dry. Dogs that are fed wet meals also tend to be picky eaters. I have never had an overweight Yorkie, but I am home with them all day long and they have each other so they don't eat out of boredom. I do feed wet meals occasionally, just not on a routine basis, more of a treat. I like to do this because if I have to go out of town for 24 hours, I know they will be just fine by themselves. |
09-26-2006, 02:35 PM | #18 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia
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1/2-3/4 lb chicken livers (sometimes if i have extra meats laying around ill throw them in as well such as veal scallopinis that i chopped up and threw in yday..he loved it) 2-3 carrots chopped 2-3 celery stalks chopped 2 cups brown rice i brown the livers and other optional meats and then add the veggies to soften up...i almost always use Extra Virgin Olive Oil to do this after they are all browned and softened i fill with water to cover and then add about an additional cup (for the rice) i sometimes add an organic beef bouillion cube (or subsitute a cup of beef stock) i add the rice and stir and allow everything to cook and come together i have a hand puree' mixer (some people call it a boat motor) that i puree everything with in the pan... i just like it to be soft enough for oscar and this way he cant pick and choose what he will eat out of it. i seperate it into different tupperware dishes and freeze what ill need in the days/weeks to come...i just pop one into the microwave and his meal is ready! i often mix it with goats milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, fruits and other veggies...he absolutely loves it. i have other recipes if you would liek those as well! | |
09-26-2006, 02:46 PM | #19 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois
Posts: 4,823
| I only leave food in Rocky's cage during the day because he doesn't eat until later, and I don't want him to go hungry. We take his food away at 6pm though. Sooner or later I'll work on getting him to eat sooner. I'm just to scared to have him go all day without eating.
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09-26-2006, 02:47 PM | #20 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
Posts: 3,065
| Be very careful in feeding liver, know what you are doing - it is on the foods to avoid list because high concentrations of Vitamin A are toxic. Vitamin A overdose has also been linked to babies being born with cleft palates if given to pregnant Moms. |
09-26-2006, 02:49 PM | #21 | |
Learn Yorkie CPR! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey
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09-27-2006, 05:58 AM | #22 |
Cosmo, Minnie, and Lillian Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New York
Posts: 3,107
| I leave food and water all day but I heard its not good cause You can't tell if they're eating They can eat too much and then they'll be overweight and you can't tell when they have to go out unless they're trained |
09-27-2006, 06:18 AM | #23 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia
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09-28-2006, 08:13 AM | #24 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mobile AL
Posts: 1,399
| Adonis is 5 years old, so I free feed him. Now since I'm working on potty training Venus, I free feed her in the day, and take the food up at 7pm. |
09-28-2006, 08:28 AM | #25 |
I <3 Ferdinand Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona
Posts: 1,444
| I free feed Ferdinand - but at night he doesn't have access to it as he's in his crate. During the day he's in the gated laundry room with his food. I'm just really afraid with him being so small to put him on a feeding schedule because if no one's home we can't look for signs of hypoglycemia.
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09-28-2006, 05:04 PM | #26 |
& "The Bunny" Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 806
| I feed dry twice a day 5 am and 5 pm.. I count the pieces out and fed Wysong Anergen.. a very good food. once in a while, carrot pieces , a little pasta, maybe a dry cracker.. he is 4 .5 lbs.. very healthy..
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09-28-2006, 05:12 PM | #27 |
Donating YT 11K Club Member | I feed Teddy about 3 x a day his Royal Canin dry food, although I am thinking about switching foods. I don't leave his food out all day because if I do he would eat ALL the time, so I don't want him to get fat but he eats morning, afternoon and for dinner. If I am out of the house and leave him alone then I leave food there just in case he gets hungry but usually he eats it right away. |
09-28-2006, 05:25 PM | #28 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: guilford
Posts: 27
| I feed Daisy in the morning and at night. I can't leave the food out all day or my Sheltie will get fat and Daisy will get thin. I give her 1/2 cup of Nutro natural choice puppy in the morning and at night. She also gets a few small biscuits. |
09-28-2006, 05:37 PM | #29 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: knoxville
Posts: 1,537
| I used to leave Rosie's food out in the mornings and in the evenings. If she wouldn't eat I would still pick it up. She was a real picky eater, so she would not eat it most of the time I put it down. She started throwing up and the vet said it might be because she's hungry. I felt so bad when the vet said it's because she's hungry, so I started leaving her food down all the time. I heard it's best to keep them on a schedule. Kind of like how they say to keep children on a schedule. In my situation though I would rather want her to eat instead of starving my little one. |
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