Starving puppy?

[ginagt]

I would ask your vet what he/she recommends.
I fed my Golden Retriever about 3 cups of food per day 2 cups in the am and 1 cup in the pm. ( I figured she would burn the extra during the day that is why the bigger portion was given during the day). I did that until she was about a year old (she is now 16 months old). She is on the lean side and weights about 47lbs, which is a perfect weight. She gets lots of exercise, which is also something to consider when trying to figure out how much to feed your puppy. Big dogs need a lot of food to help them grow properly. I think you might need to feed more, but ask your vet, they should know best.

[lv4dogs]

If you are worried you can feed 3 meals a day, but I'd go back to twice a day in about a month or so.

I'd say she should be eating about 3 cups a day at this age, increase it slowly as she gorws, she may be up to about 5 cups a day in a couple months. Once she starts to stop growing you should feed a little less again.

When I got Kaige, he was 10 weeks old and was fed twice a day and got about 2-2.5 cups per day, but thats a slightly smaller breed than a lab/golden.
I know by the time he was 4 months of age he was up to 3 cups/day.
I tried feeding him 3 meals a day at 10 weeks of age but he wasn't finishing all of his meals in under 20 minutes, it would take him about an hour to eat his breakfast. When I started feeding him twice a day he started finishing all of his meals within 20 minutes.

BUT what kind of kibble do you feed? If it's Pedigree or another not so good brand you'll need to feed even more.

[Corinna]

I think i would also check and have her wormed . You can be feeding worms not puppy . A lot pups are born with them from Mom.

[lv4dogs]

I think i would also check and have her wormed . You can be feeding worms not puppy . A lot pups are born with them from Mom.

Yes thats a good idea. I didn't really think of it because I think I'm so used to people bringing their new pups to the vets ASAP for a general health check up anyways. They usually check for parasites and the like. The vet can offer you some advice on feeding & any other questions you may have too.

Good luck

[Lescoop77]

well the good news is that Bodie is going to the vet this weekend for his 9 week shots so we will ask the vet then about the eating. The owner that we got him from said that he had a womer shot at 6 weeks - but is it still possible that he could have them? If so how would I know? Like I said, the vet is this weekend - so I will be relieved after talking with him.

[lv4dogs]

well the good news is that Bodie is going to the vet this weekend for his 9 week shots so we will ask the vet then about the eating. The owner that we got him from said that he had a womer shot at 6 weeks - but is it still possible that he could have them? If so how would I know? Like I said, the vet is this weekend - so I will be relieved after talking with him.

Most puppy wormers need to be given in series, similar to puppy vaccines, and a lot of the over counter de-wormes don't usually work as well (not sure if thats what the previous owners gave or not) but yes it is possible that your puppy may still have worms. If your puppy is highly infected you would know, buldged belly, vomiting, you'd see worms, puppy would be sick etc... but if she's just midly infected there probably won't be any viasble signs.

Your best bet is to have your vet do a fecal check on your pups feces, and you may even want to deworm once even if that comes up negative just to be in the safe side.

Good luck at the vets!

[michelle reid]

Hiyah
heres a solution a puppy if nine weeks should be getting feed 4 times a day. It should say on the dry kibble bags how much a dog of that age should be feed then you should divide that into 4 meals a day.

Hopefully that way your puppy should feel its being feed trough out the day.

Email me back and tell me if this helps you and your puppy

Love Michelle x