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feeding a pup

#1 User is offline   suffolkpoacher 

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Posted 01 November 2009 - 08:45 PM

got a 8 week old pup so got him on pro plan and he is not keen on it gave him meat and he loves it ,just wanted him on pro plan as well cause it a good allround food for coat and immune system or so they say ,any ideas would be a help thanks,also tried mixing them.
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Posted 01 November 2009 - 09:54 PM

View Postsuffolkpoacher, on Nov 1 2009, 08:45 PM, said:

got a 8 week old pup so got him on pro plan and he is not keen on it gave him meat and he loves it ,just wanted him on pro plan as well cause it a good allround food for coat and immune system or so they say ,any ideas would be a help thanks,also tried mixing them.

use mince meat and mix with only a little pro plan to start , soak both together with warm water for about an hour and gradually add more of the pro plan to the meals , also feed small meals regulary ( 4 times a day ). that should help .
personaly i would stick to the raw meat and feed the BARF DIET :thumbs: forget the pro plan

follow the link it will tell you more about rearing puppies on barf diet

http://www.ukbarfclu...v...oc&docId=28

hope this helps

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 10:29 AM

pro plan is a bit on the expensive side i used supadog puppy to bang the weight on mine and it was 29 % protein with plenty of oil about 11% i think, can't go wrong with it.
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 09:44 PM

hi
feed all my dogs from pups on minced chicken and a good mixer and never had a problem they never seem to get board with it if your in Suffolk theres a company of at nedgeing tye the dog food company who sell it 30p a lb if i remember correctly my lads now ten and has always a sensitive stomach but the chicken never causes her problems.

hope this helps

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 02:05 PM

barf the way forward mate ;)
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 04:50 PM

RAW mate :thumbs:

For recipes http://rawfeddogs.net/Recipe/List
UK advice http://www.ukrmb.co....ntentnid=175912 and http://www.ukrmb.co....ntentnid=175913
and to counter some of the crap put out by the petfood companies and most vets
http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 06:57 PM

why piss about with pro plan , i get our pups on minced hearts at 3 weeks sometimes vary it with tinned cat food [ smaller chunks in cat food] they get warm milk in the morning and mince then minced sheeps hearts in the afternoon and maybe some soaked biscuit csj pup biccy for supper and theyve all done fine, just make sure you supplement the mother with calcium and vits and you will have no probs, at b top
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