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yorkie/feeding/barking

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Question
Hello Dlee
I'm glad i found this sight,I have 3 dogs 2 yorkies Gyspi is 14yrs Bear is 2 Abby is a mix retriever and ? she is 5 and a sweetheart she gets along well with gyspi,bear and abby play alot together,but trying to find the right food for all of them is hard i have found a brand now that gyspi is starting to eat/Purina naturally complete with vitamins and minerals usually i would put some can food in so she would eat that would last a few days then she wouldn't eat the can food i want to make sure they are all getting the nutrition they need they all are healthy gyspi has alot of energy they all love to bark when someone comes in and when they leave i need some help in trying to curve this behavior.

Answer
Hello and thank you for your questions, I reccomend any food that has full meat in it not just meat by products perferbly no by products just chicken, or lam or chicken meal/lamb meal, fish ect ect. You want a food which lists whole meat within the first three ingredients, a food that starts with corn/wheat/chicken by prodcuts is basicly packaged garbage and shouldnt be fed. I advise against canend food only on speacial occassons as it causes plauqe build up, bad breath, rotten teeth, tooth infection and early tooth loss..also yuo will rack up more vet bills if you feed canned food as the dogs will need to be put under for teeth cleanings and removal or 'bad' teeth. I reccomend feeding each dog twice daily...not free feeding, place them in different rooms or there crates/kennels in the morning and evening offer half there portion at breakfest and the other half at dinner....dont offer what they decided not to eat from breakfest, after 1 weeks all three of my dogs got the idea and now eat there meals when offered... and it says money because the dogs do over eat when its left down. I can safelt reccomend  Blue, Aouthority from petsmart stores, Nutreance, Technical, Purian *pro plan and Nutro. As for barking I dont have this problem and I really dont know how to help you with it.