Yorkies are an adorable breed, quite friendly and very loving pets. Here are a set of tips you may use on homemade dog food for yorkies.
Raw feeding is a simple way to go. Just go to your nearest meat shop and ask for ground beef or sawdust. When you get home, have the meat thawed if necessary, serve half or one cup of meat, add a couple of teaspoons of virgin coconut oil, apple cider vinegar, a raw egg (probably once a week) and mix it all up. Serve it as is and see your pet lick the bowl dry.
Another suggestion is to get chicken necks and serve it the same way as mentioned above. Remember, raw bones are ok to be fed to your dogs and cooked chicken bones are the hazardous ones. They become brittle when cooked. As added measure, I chop up the raw chicken bones so that they glide easily into their mouths. Add a raw egg every now and then; you can also crumble the eggshell cause it’s a good source of calcium great for maintaining strong yorkie bones.
One main advantage of preparing homemade dog food for yorkies is that you can easily throw in the tablets, capsules and other forms of supplements or medications for your pet. The tablets will be way far into their stomachs before they notice it was in there.
Are you unsure about bacteria forming in the raw ground meat? If you are, then just boil the meat for about thirty minutes before adding food supplements and serving. You just need some lead time to cool the food down before serving. I’m quite sure, that will kill all your worries about bad bacteria.
Just make sure that when you do home made dog food for yorkies, you have to check for the freshness of the meat you are going to purchase.
Homemade dog food for yorkies is better that getting commercial dog food. Ask yourself, “what exactly is in this can or sack of kibbles?” Sure, the label says it all, the nutrients your dog should be getting. Fact is, how old I wonder is the animal that was placed in that can?
Yorkies given their size really do not consume much. It takes a couple of minutes to prepare their food in the rations they finish. You can even prepare these in ziplock bags and just thaw in the microwave when ready to serve.
January 12th, 2010 at 3:09 am
Why would you suggest “sawdust”??? I’ve never heard of feeding sawdust to pets??? Please answer as I’d really like to know. Thank you
Terry
January 12th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Terry,
Most commercial / industrial companies use sawdust as a “roughage substitute” when feeding cattle and and other livestock. As you can see in the rest of the article the writer doesn’t focus on the sawdust as it is a cheap and last option.
My opinion of the writer’s message is that you can take control of what goes into your dog. You don’t have to buy what the dog food companies sell. in some places this might even be considered a less expensive option than manufactured dog food.