What is a healthy and affordable food brand for teacup/toy chihuahuas? I am in a tight budget and can't afford to spend a lot of money on food for my little babies. I was buying them Eukanuba. But they were finishing this really fast. I leave home around 6am and leave their tray full. By the time I come back 5pm it's empty so I refill it. Sometimes I have to refill for the 3rd time before I go to bed.
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I have spent hours researching quality foods for my fur-babies, so I understand wanting to give them the highest quality. And, I also can't afford the super premium stuff. I feed Chicken Soup For The Dog Lover's Soul brand dog food. It is loaded with good stuff, and they no longer use a certain icky chemical preservative. I have included a link to their webpage, and while there you can click on "Find A Dealer" to locate a distributor near you. www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.../
I cant afford Eukanuba either. I use pedigree just be sure the letters PAE are not on the good if used by mark, since these letters on pedigree have been recalled. Check the fda dog food recall site by putting dog food salmonella recall in the search bar.
Starving your dogs will not help them. Pedigree will cause them to poop much less because there are not a lot of useless ingredients in it.
Hope this helps, also check out dogchannel.com, it has lots of helpful tips there for dogs and puppies.
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Since you are gone during the day, it would be to your babys' benefit if you had them on a feeding schedule. Free feeding isn't bad, but it also isn't necessary. Unless you have MANY pups, a high quality food should be fairly affordable for small dog breeds. You can go to the top of the lines and get a Top Premium food (like Wellnes, Canidae or the like), but you can also go with a very good food (Like Purina ONE) and it won't be that expensive.
I thought we were feeding our first dog good, healthy food, but when we went to adopt our second dog, I found out from the rescue group that the food wasn't quality. When you feed a quality food, the dog will poop less, and their vet visits will be cheaper because they'll live healthier. I also learned from our groomer I was feeding the dogs the wrong amount of food. Like LuvMyFurKids recommended, I would ask your vet to make sure you're feeding the correct amount.
Once we adjusted our feeding amount, our 15-lbs. bag of food went from lasting close to a month to well over a month and a half. We feed the boys Fromm food and pay $23 for a 15-lbs. bag. But when were were getting The Good Life Recipe from Walmart, we were paying about $9 for a smaller bag (not sure if it was about 7-lbs.?). So the price for a really good, A+ food didn't jump much. And we feed them less since the new food has no fillers, by-products, the gross stuff.
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I rescue Shih Tzus with serious health problems or severe abuse. Have changed to IAMS Proactive Health - Lamb & Rice. It is one of the few foods that you can switch to that will not upset their stomachs! Be careful, as at Walmart they sell 17.5 lbs bags for $18.77, but buying at PetsMart, I bought 22 lb.
We have 3 chihuahuas, one is a miniature. My dogs eat whatever you feed them, including table scraps. We feed them 2 times a day, morning and afternoon. They poop normally, I think--once at 6 am and again when we get back from school and work. They did get sick when we only fed them dry food, so we like to add an egg and sometimes 1 %milk. They're still alive (3, 2, and 1 yr old),and their coats are beautiful and shiny black! They have even had the cheapest canned food, but they poop too runny with that.
I don't know how much you're feeding, but my 10-15 lb Pomeranians each get 1/4 cup of Vet recommended food in the morning and evening. They'd eat more, but that would be overfeeding them. A 17 lb bag of food runs about $20, and lasts about a month. Depending on how big your chihuahuas are - you may be overfeeding them.
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