Nutrition is perhaps the most important point in keeping a dog of any breed. It is the right menu that guarantees health, a good exterior and a cheerful disposition of the pet. There are features in feeding dogs of different breeds. So, when starting a Yorkshire Terrier, you need to know that a small, fragile dog requires a completely different approach than a medium or large animal. How to feed York? Veterinarians and nutritionists recommend careful attention to the nutrition of dogs of this breed, which is associated with the peculiarities of their digestion.
Puppy feeding
When a little Yorkshire Terrier appears in the house, a logical question immediately arises: "How to feed a York puppy to ensure its proper development?" After all, as you know, an unbalanced diet can lead to the development of diseases, impaired growth, improper body formation.
The easiest way to buy ready-made food intended specifically for puppies, while the choice should be stopped on high-quality, expensive products. They recommend buying only canned food, not dry food, which is harmful to Yorks. As the puppy grows, he is changed, according to the age category. You need to switch to a new diet gradually, first mixing the old and the new food.
You can cook your own food using natural products. The feed should be balanced in composition, that is, include in the required amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, trace elements. The puppy’s menu may include boiled meat, cut into pieces boiled beef and chicken, sea boiled fish, hercules, rice, low fat unsweetened cottage cheese, dairy products, boiled eggs (yolk), vegetables, fruits, unsalted cheese. York puppy is not recommended to give bones, pork, lamb, sweets, smoked, salted, pasta. At the place of feeding the puppy there should always be a bowl of clean boiled water.
York food
How to feed York? Proper nutrition is of great importance not only for the puppy, but also for an adult dog. The health and condition of the pet's hair depends on the quality of the feed. When organizing a York diet, you need to consider that their liver is a weak point.
It is wrong to think that dogs need to be fed one meat. Proteins make up only 20% of the diet. Half of the dog food should consist of carbohydrates and 30% of fats. However, meat is an indispensable component that an animal should receive daily. In addition, vegetables, fruits and cereals (rice, hercules, buckwheat) are essential elements of York food.
Adult dogs can be given purchased food or food prepared at home. It is recommended to adhere to the originally selected type of food - either ready-made food, or home-made food. But food from the host table to dogs is contraindicated, since the digestive system of York is different from that of humans.
How to feed York? It is better to feed an adult dog raw food: meat, ocean fish, vegetables, fruits, dry oats. The meat can be doused with boiling water before being cut, and soaked in hercules (do not cook). It is better not to feed the dog with river fish (or give it only in boiled form). From vegetables, you can make a salad with the addition of vegetable oil or fat-free sour cream. It is advisable to give preference to quail eggs, which must be boiled.
When choosing a ready meal, you need to know that experts advise feeding Yorks canned food, but not dry food. From the latter, dogs develop diseases of the teeth and digestive organs.
Clean fresh water should always be available to the dog.
What products are contraindicated
It is important to know how to feed York is not recommended? An adult dog is advised to give bones. But it’s better not to give such small dogs like York, you can buy special bones in a pet store.
You can’t feed these dogs with sweets: sugar, cakes, pastries, from which the liver is disturbed and festering eyes.
Yorkie's digestive system does not digest whole cow's milk. They should not be given pork and lamb, from which diseases of the gastrointestinal tract develop, especially the liver.
Salty food is strictly contraindicated, since salt is poison for York. It is recommended not to add salt to the dog’s food at all.
You should not feed York smoked, spicy, spicy and spicy dishes. Sausages, sausages, bacon, fatty meat, white bread, and legumes are harmful to the dog.
Food for York should not be too hot or too cold.
If there is a cat in the house, the dog should not be allowed to eat cat food. As a rule, ready-made cat foods include a lot of fats and proteins.