What is the best dry food for a Yorkie Puppy?

Innova, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, Healthwise, California Natural, Solid Gold, Wellness Super5mix, Merrick, Blue Buffalo, Taste of the Wild,and Prairie are some of the best foods out there. I would choose the Innova or California Natural, myself.

Why not raw? It's easier than kibble and you won't have to worry about what sort of contaminants were added at the factory.

I'm in favor of dropping commercial dog feed and switching to a dog's natural diet: raw meat, organs and bones. A dog is fed 2-3% of the ideal body weight each day.

I feed raw/prey model; my 50-pound chow mix gets about 12oz a day, but when I have a gorge meal for her, like a turkey carcass that will take her 4-5 hours to eat, she won't be hungry or interested in food for 2-3 days.

The ideal diet should consist of approximately 80% raw meat, 10% raw edible bone, 5% raw liver, 5% other raw organs, the occasional egg, shell and all, raw.

NO veggies, NO fruit. Dogs cannot digest vegetables or fruits; they lack the enzyme necessary to break down cellulose.

NO grains; again, dogs can't digest cellulose, and the other ingredients are the primary cause of allergies and diabetes in dogs.

NO dairy; dogs are lactose intolerant.

NO supplements other than a spoonful of deepsea fish body oil for the Omega-3 that corn-finished meat does not contain.

For a Yorkie, a Cornish hen would last a week. And the dogs are soooo happy! It also results in smaller fecal piles, and they don't stink. Chewing on raw bones keeps their teeth clean.

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There are alot of different factors to consider when buying a food. What's your budget? How close are you to a pet specialty shop? Are you comfortable buying food online? My personal opinion is that by your dog being so small it's much more affordable to buy a high quality food. In the end you get more than your money's worth in regards to skin/coat, stool, hips/joints, breath, etc. By buying a good quality food you pretty much have to shop at pet specialty stores or online. Regardless of what you see on tv or in sales ads, Walmart and other grocery stores do NOT have high quality food. I have a 16lb pug and have tried her on several different foods. Bil Jac, Pro Plan, Nutro, Solid Gold, Wellness, Natural Balance, Natures Recipe and Science Diet. Out of the bunch I didn't care for the results I got from Science Diet. Her stool was HUGE and she started shedding really bad. Now, I wouldn't recommend changing foods alot of times, I had to because my dog has food allergies. Currently my dog is on Canidae Chicken/Rice and she's doing great.

Pro Plan Small Bites puppy would be a good choice. I feed my great danes their GIant Breed puppy food and they love it. This food is very nutritional and offers a great balanced diet for dogs. Just make sure when you switch, you do so gradually by mixing the old and new food together for atleast 3 to 4 days prior. If not you would find that your puppy will get horrible diarrhea, and no one wants that!

depends on the brand and quality of the food lower quality brands (all the ones from grocery or wal mart are low quality) use lots of fillers so your dog will need to eat more if you get a premium or super premium level food (no fillers like wheat, soy, by-products etc) with a meat source as #1 ingredient - you will feed a lot less and have a healthier dog (less poops too) small breed dogs should eat 2-3 times a day most foods have the amounts on the sides of the bags puppy will need puppy food adult will need adult food - DONT allow them to get the other dogs food

You want to choose a food with no by-products like poultry or meat. I would also try to stay away from corn. I really like Nutro and Blue Buffalo. You can find them at most pet stores. They are expensive but well worth it.

Well i have a yorkie that eats eukanuba yorkie food made just for yorkies and she just loves it so im sure your yorkie will love it too!Good luck hope this helps!

pro plan puppy food.might be good for him. but he might be a bit fussy for a while if hes been on the science diet for a long time. and i definately recommend beneful puppy.its got vegetables and chicken etc. its reallly good for puppies.

Solid Gold, Innova, & EVO are excellent brands for small puppies/dogs.

Don't believe everything you read and hear. People have had their dogs on Science Diet and other grocery store dog foods for years, and never had a problem.