What are some food ides for a puppy who has very small teeth and has trouble chewing?

We have a 5-month-old female little yorkie-poodle-shitzu and a 8 month male yorkie-poo. We are not sure if our female is eating enough because she has a hard time chewing food. I am guessing that she is only able to eat ten morsels of food a day. What are some ideas of foods I can give her that are safe for dogs? |||Any dry food can be softened with a little water to make it moist, but even small dogs shouldn't have a problem with dry food.





Have you brought the female to the Vet to have her teeth checked?|||any kind of puppy food, warmed up in the microwave with water in the dish. the water will soak into the kibble and make it softer and easier to chew. you could also buy canned food. We've found that mixing kibble with some canned puppy food works wonders. When they start eating regularly, you can either choose to back off with the canned, or keep putting a little bit in. My dogs love it, especially when it's warmed up in the microwave.





If you still run into issues with your dogs eating, talk to your vet and see about getting a product called Nutri-Cal. It's a dietary suppliment that will also work as a substitute in dogs that won't eat. The moist kibble or the wet food will most likely work. If not, definitely visit your vet.|||I have a very small puppy and I prepare all her meals.


She only eats small amounts of food several times a day.


About every 4th day she does eat more than she normally does on the other days of the week.





I too used to worry that she was not eating enough.





She really enjoys fresh food so I make her puppy cookies and usually vegetarian meals which she loves.





For protein I add eggs, peanuts, lentils, beans (not too much)


soy products, oats and a variety of vegetables.





I occasionally buy her a dental bone to chew on for her teeth.














|||If she is small she may not need much food.Does she look like a healthy weight?Meaning does she have a slight layer of flesh over her ribs?If she does she is eating enough.If you feel ribs too easy then she needs to eat more.She should be able to eat hard food unless it is real big pieces.You may want to supplement with some good quality canned food or soften the food with water.Just do this for part of thew food since she needs hard food to keep teeth clean.|||Well you can give her food with warm water over it to soften it up or you can go with canned food for now. Also you can give her some chicken in with the softened food. there are really a lot of foods that are safe for dogs there are quite a few books on homemade food for dogs|||She might not like the food. Try to get other dog food and see how she like it. Or try to mix with wet food, then getting less wet food day after day, until she eats all dry food. Well most dogs like human food, but it might cause some serious problems on the dog, carrots %26amp; lil cheese would be fine.|||You can always feed her baby (gerber) food. you know like the "meat" mixes. You can also boil some chicken so it's soft for her. Maybe some hard/soft boiled eggs. If you want to give her hard dog food, mix a few pieces w/soft food til she gets a little older.


Good luck!|||there's puppy food that's designed to be soft for your puppy,


and its much easier for them to chew.


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otherwise, you can put just a little bit of water (enough to make it moist and squishy) and add bread chunks to it. |||well when my rat terrier was little we soaked her food then gave it to her. ( we only soaked hard puppy food but gave her some of the canned food to) the only downside is now she'll only eat most treats that are wet ;P|||I use to take can food(ground up kind) and mix a little of it with a little milk,it makes it kinda soupy and they always loved it.|||Because your dogs are cross-breeds, it's difficult to predict or recommend things. |||Wellness...


Very small pieces, about the size of a baby's knuckle |||small puppy food----boil egg|||maybe you should try to cut her food up in smaller pieces. |||kibble and bits!