recalls?
 

I thought some of these were on the recall list or is that all over. It has been a while since I have been to this site or heard anything about it.

Mary

Timberwolf
 

When I contacted them via email and explained why I was contacting them (for a sample), they emailed me back and told me I could order their samples offline. When I looked online it was a 12.oo shipping cost or free if I buy 15.00 worth of stuff first. Just so you know..

Natural balance
 

I emailed natural balance and had two sample bags in less than a week!!!!!! Awesome!

best dog food
 

have you heard about food specially made for yorkies by ROAYL CANIN "YORKSHIRE TERRIER 28" MINI? i do not see it on the "best list" and it supposed to be ??? now I wonder?
my yorkie very picky we tried many different dry and can food.he seems to like the best. he have been on it for about 5 yrs now. may it is a good idea to change? i think lately he has gained weight.

best dog food
 

have you heard about food specially made for yorkies by ROAYL CANIN "YORKSHIRE TERRIER 28" MINI? i do not see it on the "best list" and it supposed to be one of the best ??? now I wonder?
my yorkie is very picky. we tried many different dry and can food. but he seems to like it the best.also kibbles are very small. he have been on it for about 5 yrs now. may be it is a good idea to change? i also think that lately he has gained weight. please advise.

I sent emails out too and yesterday i got 6 little packets of food from Eagle Pack and another company i forgot the name i will post later on i love getting free stuff thanks to the poster of this thread

I know the Natural Balance was on the most recent recall list.

Not the Dry Food !

Samples for Free or almost....
 

I went to Global pet foods (check your local pet shop). You can buy samples of Orijen there for 2.99 a big bag, almost a months worth of food. That should give you a good test.

You can also get a good size free bag of Froms (a weeks worth) of trial food in different flavours. Just ask the staff, they may even have some in the back. I just mentioned that I'm thinking of changing brands and they offered me samples. I chose fromms and orijen. They had others but i just stuck to these because I'd done some research on them already.

I came home with 8 packs of of Froms, and a couple of Orijen and I didn't have to wait for anyone to ship me anything. So check out your local pet shop (not the big stores the small shops, the service is excellent and the staff know their products).

I've been doing some research. I'm not a planner for buying on home delivery... more like, oops I need some food sometime this week and when convenient I'll pop in. So for me it has to be at a pet food shop. The research of the pet foods available are that these two brands are pretty good. I've started my girl on Fromms and use Orijen for snacks right now. She loves both. Her stool is smaller and she's feeling good.

I wanted to find a brand that used pet food that was human grade food with no fillers and no antibiotics etc... I think I've got a good start with either of these two products. Do you think?

Good luck.
BTW thanks for posting these reviews. Be sure to check the FDA recall list frequently for updates.
:animal-pa

Merrick pet food is great!
 

My Jackson just loves Merrick. They have so many flavors to try. Jackson's favorites are Grammys pot pie, puppy plate and turdurken. All the food is natural and no by-products! I mix a small portion of the wet with the dry food and he licks his bowl clean. :animal-pa

I am curious as why you did not mention Innova. I have not heard anything regarding any recall and it is as I understand premium dog food.:confused:

Tina

I have not heard anything good about this brand that is why. I go by what I hear from people I trust and from the pet store I go too. I love to talk to dog people. If you know anything good about this brand please let me know. I am open...

I heard about this dog food through a Yorkie owner ( I am not sure if he used to breed but he had quite a few Yorkies) on another list. I was frantic in searching for a healthy and safe food my my two Yorkies during the contaminated dog food scare of last winter. That time of year was my busy season and I was trying to cook food for them and freeze it so food was ready for them every day. But of course home cooking is a life in itself in that you really have to know how much of what to feed them to keep them healthy. Not like opening up a bag of dog food.

Well when this Innova was brought to my attention I reviewed the contents before buying (as I had bought several times only to have to change again because more and more food were on the recall list) . It has no buy products and most of all it did not contain that "rice protein" that was a major contaminant during the scare. It does have ground rice but not the additive rice protein.

So if you hear anything to the contrary please let me know cause I am always looking for the best for my kiddies.

Thanks
Tina

Thanks for the information. I know what you mean. I will let you know if I hear anything different. I was doing research on Fromm. Its also a family owned business like Merrick. No by-products all natural.

Well I asked for free samples and here is what I got:

From: Dane [mailto:dane@solidgoldhealth.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:24 PM
To: Phyberlink
Subject: RE: New puppy AKC Yorkie

Thank you for your inquiry,
I recommend feeding small breed puppies the Just a WEE BIT formula. It is specifically formulated for smaller breeds which have a higher calorie requirement per pound of body weight than larger dogs and the nutrient profile closely matches that of the Hundchen Flocken puppy formula. Thus, it is suitable for puppies and adults alike.
We don’t have samples to send out from the corporate offices.
On our website www.solidgoldhealth.com, we have a store locator where you can enter your zip code and get a list of stores in your area. They should have samples you can try.
I can send you a catalog if you wish, just let me know if you want one and I will be happy to do so.
Best regards,
Solid Gold

From: Phyberlink [mailto:roger.phyberlink@netzero.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:23 PM
To: Dane
Subject: New puppy AKC Yorkie

I would like to try the puppy samples for my new AKC Yorkshire Terrier. I want to know what you have for the small toy breed puppy. Please provide a puppy sample to:
Phyberlink as shown in the .txt attachment

Thanks in advance

Phyberlink

Meantime, about my puppy now,

My puppy was born in April 2007. She is scared to eat from a dish or any dish (period) She likes to eat directly from the floor, Recently I purchased a KONG, and I put the dry food inside and she loves to eat from the KONG, see what KONG is http://www.kongcompany.com/worlds_best.html
Duchess now loves to eat from the KONG instead of dishes, and as a result she is doing two things at the same time, she is eating by playing, or playing while eating, I even noticed that she is gaining some weight! I feed her what she really likes http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/dog_w...for_puppy.html Wellness "Just for Puppy" Ever since she started eating the Wellness, she now runs fast in the backyard, she barks at anyone that passes by, and she is becoming very dominant, she is really the boss inside the house and outside the house. Her new set of teeth are beginning to show now too. Duchess is truly very resilient now. I have no idea if all of this is right, but there is no sign of sickness, but rather a lot of barking and running and full of energy, and yet she is scared of dishes, she will only eat from the KONG or the floor! very BIZARE.

Also I want to thank Ceibasmom for contributing the quality food list with all the YorkieTalk members, I took advantage and this is how I purchased the Wellness Just for puppy. I have also gotten ideas on what to purchase next, for when Duchess becomes an adult. Many thanks Ceibasmom, you are a true contributer, I now feel that I should contribute something too.

Phyberlink

evanger
 

did any yorkies tried kibbles by Evangers? :aimeeyork

eating questions
 

We have a 6 month old female yorkie (Dixie) and she is becoming a very picky eater. We are feeding her Nature's Variety raw food along with raw food from our diet and she is now only eating only once a day. When she stopped eating three servings of the Nature's Variety I started supplementing with raw food from our diet, but she is back to eating once a day and I am afraid that isn't often enough. Any advice?
Thanks,
juliamaree

Advice on food
 

Juliamaree

My yorkie which is 6.4lbs eats a half a cup a day of human grade dry dog food.

Poops twice a day and is healthy. I give her a 1/4 cup in the morning and another 1/4c after our supper and the vet said she is chunky so I may have to cut that portion down. During the day I give her nibblets of her supper portion as treats. Treats can fill up a pup and small dog very quickly. so if she is in training you might even skip dinner and use her supper as training treats.

If she is 6mnths she probably needs half of that. Depends on her weight. I used to overfeed my girl thinking it was so little food and she started to snub the food. I wonder why? She was stuffed from the day before!

I hope that helps.

Also I prefer dog food to food off the table as it's balanced.. for them especially in such small quantities how could they get a proper balance. Also if you cook with onions, that's not good for them, nor is many of our spices and food so you could be damaging her digestive system instead of treating her well.

In dog food though I use human grade dog food now.

Also it's pretty hard to switch back and forth and confusing to the dog. What do you think she'd pick dry or food from your plate? As long as they get dry all the time they don't care. To get her back to dog food. Put her food on the table where your eating and when your done give her the food and she'll think it's from your plate she'll be excited over the dry just as much.

Fromm, origen, wellness. you do some research. Keep away form wheat and corn fillers they cause the most allergies.

Hope that helps.

wow! thanks so much for the list.. i will definitely check it out =]

Triangle shaped dog food????
 

Hey does anyone know what the name is of a dog food that has the shape of a triangle??????

You might want to start a new thread with this question because some of us (me) don't look at this thread since it is older.:)

I don't have an answer for you though.

Thanks so kindly for posting such a good information. I was just on dogfoodanalysis.com looking for a good dog food. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

:thumbs up

We are getting samples of the Chicken Soup for the dog lovers soul. Thanks so much for compiling and sharing this list of premium foods. Sure hope Oliver will like the Chicken Soup!

:animal-pa :yorkietal

A few notes from me (aka my 2 cents):
Wellness does use Menu Foods to manufacture "some" of their canned formulas. When you email and ask which ones, they do a nice publicity spin and keep it vague. When a holistic vet pointed this out to us, i returned our unused Wellness dry kibble for a refund.

Our yorkies did not like Solid Gold wee bits ( we feed the cats the solid gold cat food and they are looking soooo good- nice fur, less poop and even the geriatric kitty doesn't barf it up!) I wish the yorksters liked it. It's more $ but I say well worth it. And made in the US.

Many "holistic" type pet food stores have the samples on hand. These are good for sampling but also for treats. A small bag of different dry food can also serve the same purpose, with less empty calories than true dog treats/snacks. And of course, don't forget the carrots! Our yorkies love raw carrots as a snack.

Some of the Chicken Soup series was in recall:
http://www.chickensoupforthepetlover...notes/dogs/95/

Both Wellness and Chicken Soup food are sold at my local "holistic" style petfood store, so be sure to do your homework. not everything they sell is necessarily equal.

I also buy the Evanger's canned dog food. They love it.

Teresa

Kudos!
 

Fantastic! I sent a few e-mails a few minutes ago and have already heard back!

I never though to request samples before :) Great idea!

Commercial foods
 

No matter how PREMIUM a dog food is, it is still loaded with preservatives and synthetic nutrients. No matter what the label says, no matter how 'organic' they say it is, it is still not good for your dog's liver and kidneys because they have to work too hard to process, digest, absorb and assimilate. The advertising companies has done their homework and gotten people to believe that their food is the best but NONE OF THEM should be fed to dogs if one wants their digestive organs to not work so darned hard. And some of the food is never digested and the poor dog is miserable. These "premium" foods DO, NOW have some better ingredients, granted, but after the first five or six (they are aware that most people are looking at only the first 5-7 ingredients these days and this is where they are smart) and some even list list an organic substance or two--good for them. After these wonderful ingredients, then what? Everything is synthetic, cafeteria style selected nutrients and vitamins and is very hard for some dogs to digest. Even those who do great on the foods do so until they reach a certain age and then the TYPICAL things begin to happen that do not need to happen. Dogs can and should live to 18+ and should die a natural deaths. But think about it. What is the norm when we lose a dog? Kidney and liver failure and we have to put them down. We are doing this to our own pets by not feeding them naturally and organically. We can predict that at a certain age their kidneys/livers or cancer will get them. Isn't that awful when it doesn't have to be? It is the foods we are feeding them, I am now more convinced than ever about this. Why is it that WE have to always put them down and that so few dogs die naturally or old age? Because of what we feed them..this is the basic reason. So, after years and years of agonizing, I no longer use commercial products unless they are pre-made organic or at the very least hormone and antibiotic free. I use REAL FOOD SUPPLEMENTS and my dogs, even the two sick ones, haven't needed a vet in almost a year. Just thought I would pass along some knowledge and thoughts on this 'premium dog food' topic. Good luck to all. Yorkie Sue

Sue...what exactly do you feed your dogs.....I am in the process of changing the food I feed them in hopes of finding the best food for them (all long feeding from the Premium list of foods).

Thanks
Tina

New puppy in approximately 8 - 9 weeks
 

As we will get our new yorkie puppy in a short while, I am concerned about the best food. We are worried with the awful scare last year with the pet food supplier/s that killed so many dear pets. Am I better to buy only from the vet or can I buy quality, Safe food from a pet store. Also with such a tiny puppy, what treats and sizes are appropriate for a little one? We are so excited and are still throwing names out there. I went to petland to buy some supplies yesterday but didn't buy anything but a book. The bowls all looked so big, the harness and leash as well. We are in for a long learning curve in the weeks to come and any suggestions, and valuable would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for everyone's patience to a new puppy owner!:)
Cheryl