Feeding Pups

[Big Jim101 29]

How often do you guys feed you pups and at what ages from when you get them at 8 weeks up untill they are being fed just once a day? Just wanted to see how other people are doing it now days?

 

ATB

 

Jim

[morton 5,367]

Little and often,quality before quantity.When they get to about 10 months cut down gradually to twice a day,when they achieve adulthood,once a day.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I feed 4 meals up to about 12 weeks, then 3 meals up to about 12 months then 2 meals a day thereafter.

 

Gaz

[Big Jim101 29]

fair enough, i usually do 4 up untill 12 weeks, 3 up untill 6 months, 2 untill a year and then 1 from then onwards. this sound about right to everyone?? its always worked for me

[mally 832]

fair enough, i usually do 4 up untill 12 weeks, 3 up untill 6 months, 2 untill a year and then 1 from then onwards. this sound about right to everyone?? its always worked for me

 

Thats about right mate, although it does depend on the individual dog. I usually feed as you do and its worked for me with the whippets mate.

[robwelsh 354]

I fed my bitch 3 meals up Untill 15-16months ,up to 12months I added one scoop of bone powder shit..but now she's on two meals a day, and that how itl stay unless she goes out etc..get as much grub into them as possible..with a smaller dog I wouldn't feed as much as I do with her..she's a big lass lol

[skycat 6,173]

I have often found that pups of 7 weeks plus don't really clean up their food properly if fed 4 times a day: most of mine have been down to three meals a day by 8 weeks, and 2 meals a day by 12-16 weeks. This has been their choice, not my imposed regime. If I find that a puppy is picking at one of its meals then I leave that meal out, which means that it is ready for the meal after. I've certainly found this since feeding raw: raw meat and bones seem to satisfy them for longer and they need to eat less in terms of bulk and weight than they do when eating cereal based foods.

[robwelsh 354]

Spot on skycat..since iv had her eating raw meat, bones ,bread and eggs oh and occasionally pasta mixed in she doesn't eat as much as when she was having biscuits and tripe..iv now stopped pasta and the last week or so she piling on the weight lol she's starting to look fuller and not so ropey looking , she still eats like a horse though

[Big Jim101 29]

thanks skycat, very helpfull as always!