My yorkiepoo Nylah has always eaten dry food for breakfast and dinner. For years she has picked and chosen when she decides to eat and got sick a lot because of it. Probably at least a few times a month she would not eat and then throw up because she had an empty stomach. I took her to the vet for unrelated reasons and she let me know that Nylah has some intensely built up plaque on her back teeth and would need it professionally removed. Thats when it FINALLY hit me that maybe she wasn't eating because it was hard for her to chew.
So, we started by soaking her dry food every meal which changed everything. She ate EVERY meal and was almost excited to eat like a normal dog. This however is tedious and causes her to eat at a different time than the other animals because we have to wait for it to soften. So I switched her to Pedigree Choice Cuts pouches. She loves them.
The issue is, they say on the box to feed 3 pouches a day per 10 lb. She weighs about 7lb and was never a heavy eater so I started her on 1 pouch for breakfast and 1 pouch for dinner (2 a day). She would scarf it down and then act like she was starving all day. Begging like crazy, and trying to eat the other dogs food. She never did this before. So I said maybe I was under feeding her and increased to the recommended amount for 10 lb dog. She is still acting the same way about food and I am worried that maybe the pouches are not enough? Am I supposed to be mixing them with something and not just feeding her those alone? Is there a better, more filling wet food that won't break the bank? Or maybe is she just really enjoying eating now and wants it more and im over thinking? Any advice, especially from anyone else who's experienced this switch would be so helpful.
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