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06-23-2005, 11:11 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SE Michigan
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| New member with a picky eater Hi, I'm a new member and this is my first post. I have a beautiful, overweight, female, 2 1/2 year old yorkie named Reagan. She is a large yorkie, and the vet says based on her build she should weigh 9 to 9 1/2 lbs. She currently weighs 11.8 lbs. She's always been a picky eater. As a puppy, I couldn't get her to eat so I mixed her Iams kibble (I know I shouldn't feed her this but I don't know what else to try) with a small piece of white meat chicken tenderloin. This is what she eats everyday. Along with a couple of Naturo "Lite" treats each day. I've tried a variety of dry kibble - eukanuba, science diet, etc. - and she won't touch them even when I mix a little chicken tenderloin with it. She doesn't eat a lot, maybe just 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of total food a day. Of course, my husband supplements her diet with a couple of small pieces of peeled apple every once in a while when he thinks I'm not looking. I would like her to eat something nutritious and possibly get her to lose a couple of pounds. Any advise would be appreciated. Thank you. |
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06-23-2005, 11:44 AM | #2 |
YT Addict | My sis-in-law has a overweight dog and the vet put her on subscription science diet for overweight. Eventually if you don't feed her anything else, she will eat it. It is hard to be a tough mommy but sometimes we have to choose what is best for them, cause they don't know. |
06-23-2005, 11:49 AM | #3 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| No more overweight than she is, you should be able to contain her weight with daily exercise, but perhaps you are already doing this. |
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