There are few things worse than dealing with diarrhea in your Yorkie! We asked 800,000 members from the Yorkie community on facebook the following question: “What’s the best food for a Yorkie with a sensitive stomach?”
We’ve summarized the best answers below. Always remember to check with your veterinarian before making changes that affect your Yorkie’s health. iHeartDogs is reader supported, so some of the links below may be paid affiliate links at no extra cost to you.
35 best foods for Yorkie with a sensitive belly
Nguyen Instinct. Frozen in small pieces, I defrost what I need for each meal. Another important step is to have, test for allergies, environment and food. Make all the difference! My little one is allergic to some foods, after eliminating the food, he gets so much better! She’s been eating it alive for 6 years!
Author: Donna M.
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Boil boneless, skinless chicken (breast or tendon). Once cooked, use the water you boiled the chicken in to cook instant rice. Once all is cooked and cooled, chop the chicken and mix with the rice.
Author: Shari S.
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I follow a prescription, low-fat diet from Ills Science Diet ID. He has been eating grass for several years and then wet food for the past few years.
Author: Jenny M.
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Royal dog is highly recommended
Author: Julie T.
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My 11.5 year old boy is on the Royal Canine for Yorkie’s, also a wet meal and ground chicken or beef with cooked rice.
Author: Susie N.
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Wellness has a line for sensitive dogs. Not a bunch of fillers and good ingredients.
Author: Drita M.
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Royal Canine. Used it for all my Yorkies and still do. Also, I find if you can feed them a little in the morning, it helps their stomachs get stronger and a little bit throughout the day. Even just a few pieces. Sometimes I forage from my hand. Yorkies are very skillful eaters.
Author: Susie Pagel-M.
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I bought the Purina Pro Plan- they have one with salmon and one with lamb. My vet recommended it because one of my kids has Pancreatitis.
Author: Pollette J.
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Freshpet My Macy has a sensitive mom I’ve tried all the expensive vet stuff and it’s the only food she eats and has had no issues like all that expensive stuff. Albertsons has it Walmart has it and it’s good and fresh
Author: Karola S.
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Dr. Harvey’s V-dog and dog food. My Yorkie has been a vegetarian for two years, and all her kidney and stomach problems are gone.
Author: Jimena M.
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Raw materials are the best solution. Rabies one and gone, no fleas and ticks just use wonderide spray, inject puppies and done. Give away PetMoringa BALACE DAILY. I believe the heartworm or flea medication has caused my child to have seizures or pancreatitis and blood in the stools. She was eating Kibble (burnt food full of synthetics) then the vet put her on Scientific Diet ID, which was the worst! Feed poison, treat with poison and you will get a slowly poisoned dog. All natural here! Raw meat, bones. Homemade is best but don’t cook it, you’ll lose all the nutrients. It sounds crazy but I wouldn’t lose to another diet. Follow Cathy’s yorkies advice and recommendations. She specializes in dog nutrition
Author: Debi O.
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I have a 12-year-old Yorkie with whom we spent months like this. Tried about everything. Finally tried Fresh Pet Vital. No more diarrhea, perfect stools and no more stomach troubles!! I’m grateful to have found something that works for her. My baby LucyLou!!
Author: Libby M.
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Fresh Pet, it’s good for my 14 year old Yorki
Author: David P.
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The Taste Of The Wild. I love it and have no stomach problems. I’ve had problems with a lot of brands! Either she can’t poop or she won’t stop pooping. Also, it’s fuller so after a few days it will take her less food to fill up. It costs more but since she eats less, the cost is really the same.
Author: Karen Ferrell W.
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I have had success with green buffalo for small dogs, canned and soft
Author: Nancy Jolly N.
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I had a Yorkie with a very severe grain allergy, Blue Buffalo Grain-Free Small Breed. My current Yorkie does the same but he is very old now and has lost most of his teeth so now he still makes their moist food. (We have tried a variety of BBs, the best)
Author: Jennifer H.
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Pristine! Comes in small pieces or small cubes, great for children’s joints
Author: Kelly S.
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We have had the low fat digestible product Royal Cannine for many years now. Hold her dry food whenever she wants and feed her wet canned food twice daily. It helped. She still has occasional stomach problems but is much better. Rice, chicken, scrambled eggs. All the usual bland foods you give your baby a little hair when it doesn’t taste good, he won’t touch it. Also don’t like junk food.
Author: Aileen C.
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I also have pancreatitis and I have tried everything. The best I have found is Cesar. I know it’s probably not the best but we’ve had less problems with this than with prescription drugs.
Author: Dana Wahl W.
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Vegetables are cooked and cooled. Broccoli, carrots, such, but no corn. It’s bad for their stomachs
Author: Yvonne Roloff K.
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Nutro for sensitive stomachs is something my lil Yorkie has been eating for a while now. And keep pumpkin can be pure on hand.
Author: Janie Addair C.
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My baby has a sensitive stomach and I fed him Eukanuba for small dogs. It is precious compared to other foods but it works so it was worth it for us.
Author: Amanda R.
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Purina pro plans breed small sensitive stomachs. I have a small mixed breed dog similar to a yorkie and it always has stomach problems with most foods. He does a great job with the professional Purina plan.
Author: Amy Rast H.
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Health for both of my kids and they love to eat pomegranates and berries too
Author: Candy C.
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This is what my girls eat, they have very sensitive stomachs
Author: Nicki Wingate N.
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So is my Yorkie! I found this one! He loves it and it doesn’t make him sick.
Author: Lynne Knight T.
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I have two Yorkies and I bought them in Hills diet science for stomachs and sensitive skin it seems to be ok for them
Author: Tony M.
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My Yorkies are very sensitive to almost any food until our new vet recommended Purina pro plan EN. We haven’t had a problem since we changed! The best. We give them both splinters and wet it works like a charm.
Author: Vanessa M.
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Purina Pro Plan small breed for sensitive skin and stomach. I add a teaspoon of 100% pumpkin.
Author: Sheila J.
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Purina One Lamb and Rice I’ve had 4 Yorkies before and that’s what Dr. Faulkner recommends for my Yorkies!
Author: Betty H.
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The Hills Science Diet for Sensitive Stomach People is prescribed by Dr. Vet.
Author: Barbara S.
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iams it’s all i can feed my yorkie and it also prevents hairball disease
Author: Elizabeth D.
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I cooked a pot of boiled (shredded) chicken, canned carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, brown rice, scrambled eggs, and gravy. Pack about 3 cups and freeze, then feed to your baby. She’s picky, at least I know what’s in it, she’s 8 years old and doesn’t have many teeth, so this works well
Author: Brindy B.
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I used to boil boneless chicken white rice and small slices of carrot stored in the fridge but keep several bags in the fridge for the week, take out one as needed depending on my dog’s weight was 3 lbs so it didn’t ‘don’t eat as much as some
Author: Barbara M.
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Our baby has pancreatitis and now we only feed Cesar dry food and his dry food.
Author: Beth J.
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