Is too much exercise NOT good for 5 month old pup?

**finn's mom** · 10-13-2005, 10:28 AM

Yeah, as you've already heard, that's too much for such a young one.

But, it's good that you're asking about it, to make sure. I didn't let Finn really go at it til he was about a year old, as far as really jumping a lot and running full speed ahead.

As for food, I personally feed Finn a raw diet. He's in excellent health, doesn't vomit, doesn't get diarreah (unless I don't feed him bone for a day or so, then his stool is looser), has really white teeth...I will say that I obviously think it's the best way to go for pets, or else I wouldn't feed it to mine. But, if you don't do your research and aren't comfortable with it, I don't recommend feeding that way.

As for man made foods for pets, I think wolfsoul has given you an excellent list of foods to choose from. You want to look for meat sources in the first five (at least the first ten) ingredients...the way it goes is this (from best to worst)...

chicken meal
chicken
chicken by product meal
chicken by product

and, you can substitute the word "chicken" in that list with everything else (fish, beef, lamb, etc...). As wolfsoul already stated, if it just says meat, beef, chicken, etc...it's mostly water, fat, oils...You want to try to find something with "meal" following it...by products should be avoided if you can. That's basically everything else in the chicken (feathers, beaks, toes, etc...). Once you learn to read the ingredients, it gets pretty easy to figure out which food is better than others. Most of the food you can buy at your average supermarket is really not that good for your pet. I mean, if you just can't afford or get ahold of better quality pet food, it's understandable. I know there are pets out there that live full, healthy, long lives while being fed the worst diet available. I know people, though, that live long healthy lives and smoke and drink and eat horrible diets. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing.

I think it's good that you are asking questions, you will get a lot of advice and answers in this site. You just have to sift through the responses and choose what best suits your situation. Good luck!