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Chihuahua Puppy Food Guidelines: Nurturing Your Tiny Companion

When our puppies first go home, we recommend access to food and fresh water 24/7 to prevent hypoglycemia. Small Chihuahuas need to be fed smaller meals multiple times a day. We highly recommend feeding your dog a natural diet of raw  meat, fruits, veggies, and supplements or vet approved home-cooked recipes by Doctor Judy Morgan, or ALL Provide dog food, or options like Primal or Honest Kitchen. These diets will help preserve teeth, support their immune system, and promote overall health. 

Feeding raw or gently cooked or homemade vet approved balanced home-cooked recipes are  healthier options for your babies then kibble as most common health issues in dogs such as thyroid, dental, liver  and kidney issues as well as dander, itching, shedding, and   poop eating habits some dogs get are largely due to the unhealthy, unnatural diets  that pets are fed. Some great choices for healthy added supplements to your dog's diet are  raw organic eggs, scrambled eggs,  turmeric, probiotics,  organic  coconut oil, food grade diatomaceous earth, goat kefir, Primal Goats milk , homemade bone broth and whole fat greek yogurt. Spinach, kale, carrots, green beans, pumpkin, dandelion greens, and blueberries are also great choices.

It’s a good idea to rotate protein sources if feeding homemade recipe. Examples of this would be one week you can use turkey, one week beef, and another week chicken, or fish. 

If your choice is to go with kibble,  we suggest 4Health, Farmina, and Fromms. These are free of corn, wheat, soy, by-products, BHT preservatives, and dyes - ingredients that signify inferior quality and that will shorten your pets life, degrade their health and can even cause serious allergic reactions in pets.  

However, we do  recommend you supplement the kibble with toppers  like Primal, or a  vet-approved home cooked recipe, as strictly feeding kibble can cause health issues due to the high carbohydrate content in most kibbles break down into sugar that can lead to health issues. 

Dental health is also  critical for long term wellness. Dental problems eventually can lead to heart damage. So dental care is essential to good health. We highly recommend giving real bones never cooked which you can find  available at your local butcher.   They will keep your dog's teeth clean and provide much needed oral-stimulation.  Raw bones, dried poultry feet, cows ears  and cow hooves are all good options depending on their needs. Only give treats with strict supervision at all times.                                                     

Some Education on Vaccinations

Most pet dogs are heavily over vaccinated. We follow a very limited vaccine protocol with our dogs. Small dogs suffer higher rates of vaccine related injury and death if the vet does not adjust the dose by weight since most vets give a chihuahua and great Dane the same dose which is one cc.  Vaccines contain many harmful heavy metals and toxins.  Long term effects of vaccines are often seen in the form of behavioral issues as well as physical maladies such as organ failure, anaphylaxis,  immune disorders,  and even death.

We follow a conservative vaccine schedule of core necessary vaccines per Doctor Jean Dodds and recommend following partial dosing of rabies vaccinations per Doctor John Robbs . I have included both of those pictures of recommendations. After core vaccines we recommend you do a titer test which most holistic vets will perform to prevent over vaccination. 

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