Breeding quality Yorkshire Terrier puppies to be happy, healthy family pets!

Contact us at 319-310-8683 or knappcreek@southslope.net

Feeding and Watering
We feed Eukanuba Small Breed Puppy® and provide you with some to take home with your new puppy.  If you choose to switch your puppy to a different type of food, make the change gradually over a period of 7-10 days. Start with just the food we sent for a few days. On about Day 3 or 4 you may begin lessening the amount of the old food and increasing the amount of the new food. Continue the switch gradually until only the new food is being fed. We will provide specific feeding instructions when you get a puppy from us.  Remember to provide your puppy with fresh water at all times. Typically, puppies need to stay on puppy food for about one year of age. Occasionally, if they are gaining weight too quickly a switch to a maintenance diet will need to be made sooner. Please communicate regularly with your veterinarian about body condition and nutrition.

***Special note for small pups: Every meal is important! Skipping a meal can result in hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) shock and death. Below is a list of things to try with "finicky" puppies to encourage them to eat. Please contact your veterinarian and us right away if any problems arise.

• Soaking the food with warm water or broth

• Canned Hill’s Prescription a/d® food

• Hill's Science Diet Puppy® canned

• Yogurt – plain, vanilla or banana flavored

• Nutri-Stat®  or NutriCal®