Homemade Yorkie Recipes (Food & Treats)

[xashleexx]

Originally Posted by icare

Are these soft when they come out of the oven? My poor baby doesn't have teeth.

mine came out fairly soft when they were fresh, my baby has sore teeth so I was worried about that as well I only kept them in the oven for 10 mins so they were softer. If you would add non stick to the pan they would prolly come out softer too! Though he is also only 3 lbs so I made them a lot smaller.

[DAB]

My question is, Does anyone buy and add a vitamin supplement and omega 3 ( fish oil) to their recipes? My daughter boils white chicken tenders and potatoes separately. She then portions the chicken up as well as the potatoes. Then she adds raw carrot pieces. To this, once a day, is added a vitamin supplement ( she crushes it and puts it in with the food ) and the omega 3 oil. Her 3 dogs, a yorkie, maltese, and shih tzu are doing well on this diet.

I have been feeding my 2 yorkies Evo with added boiled chicken tenders ( a few tiny pieces). The older girl seems fine with this diet.

I am having issues with my younger yorkie (age 2). She is being tested for a liver shunt or maybe other liver issues. This has been ongoing since Deember. I have asked on this forum about the high protein content of Evo. Some responders feel it is too high for yorkies. Could this food be the reason for her problems? Currently, she is on the IAMS low residue kibble. She already has had an ultrasound ( all appeared well) and will have a scintigaphy test next week.

I am looking for a premium very high quality kibble that has whatever protein content a yorkie should have. I did not realize that high protein is not a good thing. I was trying to avoid grain because I am afraid of all the bad quality grain ingredients some companies use and that were in the recall.

Royal Canine has food made for yorkies. I am not crazy about the listed ingrediants including corn. Maybe I should just forgo the kibble of any kind and feed my 2 girls what my daughter feeds her 3.

Any comments?

DAB

[Lady of Yorkies]

Originally Posted by icare

Are these soft when they come out of the oven? My poor baby doesn't have teeth.

I don't know as I haven't made them but I'm sure you could aways squash them with a fork for him. Sylvia

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by DAB

My question is, Does anyone buy and add a vitamin supplement and omega 3 ( fish oil) to their recipes? My daughter boils white chicken tenders and potatoes separately. She then portions the chicken up as well as the potatoes. Then she adds raw carrot pieces. To this, once a day, is added a vitamin supplement ( she crushes it and puts it in with the food ) and the omega 3 oil. Her 3 dogs, a yorkie, maltese, and shih tzu are doing well on this diet.

I have been feeding my 2 yorkies Evo with added boiled chicken tenders ( a few tiny pieces). The older girl seems fine with this diet.

I am having issues with my younger yorkie (age 2). She is being tested for a liver shunt or maybe other liver issues. This has been ongoing since Deember. I have asked on this forum about the high protein content of Evo. Some responders feel it is too high for yorkies. Could this food be the reason for her problems? Currently, she is on the IAMS low residue kibble. She already has had an ultrasound ( all appeared well) and will have a scintigaphy test next week.

I am looking for a premium very high quality kibble that has whatever protein content a yorkie should have. I did not realize that high protein is not a good thing. I was trying to avoid grain because I am afraid of all the bad quality grain ingredients some companies use and that were in the recall.

Royal Canine has food made for yorkies. I am not crazy about the listed ingrediants including corn. Maybe I should just forgo the kibble of any kind and feed my 2 girls what my daughter feeds her 3.

Any comments?

DAB

High protein has never been conclusively proven to cause kidney problems, but you do need to reduce the the amount if kidney problems are diagnosed. I have not seen any studies that show high protein is bad for the liver but once a problem is diagnosed, I personally wouldn't feed something excessively high in protein. There seems to be some concern with Evo and small dogs lately. Something about high triglycerides and it is too high in protein for some peoples comfort level. You might get away with Natural Balance Vegetarian for the liver compromised Yorkie. The problem with picking just any kibble with okay ingredients is that they give the minimum fat and protein content. It could be much more than what they list...

100% homecooking is fine but a multi vitamin isn't enough. The cal/phos ratio has to be balanced and some other things have to be taken into consideration. It would be an incomplete and unbalanced diet which can be very dangerous.

I homecook for Ellie and use Balance IT K.

[Cinq1964]

OK, I just started home cooking for Nolee. I do use a small amount of garlic in his food. My question is do I need to give him a vitamin supplement also? I read the above answer, but do not fully understand? Thanks!

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by Cinq1964

OK, I just started home cooking for Nolee. I do use a small amount of garlic in his food. My question is do I need to give him a vitamin supplement also? I read the above answer, but do not fully understand? Thanks!

If you give more than 10% homecooked, you need to add a multivitamin and calcium supplement and probably a couple other things. Certain ratios need to be balanced and you will need to add a source of linoleic too. It is really best to talk to a nutritionist.

[robin4908]

can someone tell me how to post a quewstion? robin

[Lady of Yorkies]

Originally Posted by robin4908

can someone tell me how to post a quewstion? robin

Honey, you just did. (not intended to be smart-alec, it can be done this way)

When you open a Sub-Forum, at the top left across from the page numbers it will say: New Thread On a blue button. Just click on it and you are ready to go. Sylvia

[robin4908]

thanks. i am a newby with an 8 yr. old felmale yorkie sweetheart. i love her to death but she has developed a few problems hopefully someone out there can help me with. first, she has a collapsing trachea which would require surgery to fix, not an option at this time. second she weigh 7 #'s and should wei 5-6#'s. she started have this huge budah belly and its always there.shes not gassy. i've researched food and put her on every diet or senior food out there, blue buffaloe being the last one, with no weight loss at all and a huge belly. so i started making my own homemade dog food recipe, which i found on line. she absoutely loves it, belly is a little smaller but not much wight loss. she can't excercise much because of her trachea. we go for slow walks and sometimes i put her on the treadmill for 10 minutes. she has been vet checked for everything. i took her in to have her teeth cleaned and they wouldn't do the surgery because of her trachea! so i'm trying to get weight off of her . she gets 200 calories per day. its a mix of elk burger,heart, brown rice, sweet potatoes, and veggies split up 3 X's a day. i also ad missing link (vitamin) anybody out there got any ideas for my sunni?

[Chance]

how many actually make home made treats for your babies? I just want to know if I'm the only crazy Mom

[Chance]

Originally Posted by debbiect

I KNOW there are more mommies that cook for their babies than this! Come on folks, we asked for this stickie.........support it and give us some recipes! This thread should be 3 or 4 pages long, especially after all this junk with the dog food recalls. Where are all the cookers? Sparky is waiting to try something new!

What kind of recipes are you looking for I have 5 or 6 dog food cookbooks. Plus I like to make up my own. Chance loves some mint and parsley treats I make for her, I have some in the oven right now, really right now.

[DanielleAllen]

I love this post. What good ideas!

[Chance]

I know onion and garlic are bad, but why do people add garlic to some recipes? Some boxed eggs have onion powder in them.

[Nikitta34]

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[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by robin4908

thanks. i am a newby with an 8 yr. old felmale yorkie sweetheart. i love her to death but she has developed a few problems hopefully someone out there can help me with. first, she has a collapsing trachea which would require surgery to fix, not an option at this time. second she weigh 7 #'s and should wei 5-6#'s. she started have this huge budah belly and its always there.shes not gassy. i've researched food and put her on every diet or senior food out there, blue buffaloe being the last one, with no weight loss at all and a huge belly. so i started making my own homemade dog food recipe, which i found on line. she absoutely loves it, belly is a little smaller but not much wight loss. she can't excercise much because of her trachea. we go for slow walks and sometimes i put her on the treadmill for 10 minutes. she has been vet checked for everything. i took her in to have her teeth cleaned and they wouldn't do the surgery because of her trachea! so i'm trying to get weight off of her . she gets 200 calories per day. its a mix of elk burger,heart, brown rice, sweet potatoes, and veggies split up 3 X's a day. i also ad missing link (vitamin) anybody out there got any ideas for my sunni?

If she can't exercise and everything except the trachea checks out good, then all you can really do is reduce calories. Was her thyroid checked?

Homecooking is just fine but the above isn't a balanced diet and shouldn't be fed long term.