when to ween off puppy food

[vinjashira]

I used puppy food for Snowy until she was 12 months old.

[lv4dogs]

Bri, personally I'd keep her on puppy food until she's about 9-12 months of age.

[zoey]

Hi.
I thought I'd respond to this old thread. Thanks for all your responses.
I'm mostly feeding Daisy raw, now, and have been for about 6 weeks. Chicken, veggies, some steak & roast beef, beef kidney & liver. She's responding well.
But I keep a quality puppy kibble around,
just in case.

[bckrazy]

That is awesome that you're feeding her raw! =) I'm sure she loves it.

How often do you feed bones? Steaks are totally muscle meat, which should be limited... beef rib bones, with the meat on them, would be better; and whole ( or half ) of a Chicken, etc. Just make sure you don't over-do the muscle meats and keep in mind calcium to phosphorus ratios.

[zoey]

That is awesome that you're feeding her raw! =) I'm sure she loves it.

How often do you feed bones? Steaks are totally muscle meat, which should be limited... beef rib bones, with the meat on them, would be better; and whole ( or half ) of a Chicken, etc. Just make sure you don't over-do the muscle meats and keep in mind calcium to phosphorus ratios.

Bckrazy, Hi.
Usually I"ll bake a whole chicken in the crock pot and give her some of the meat and bones from that. (It's good b/c the chicken bones get soft that way.) I have given her raw chicken breasts too. She also loves bacon, mackeral, salmon, & tuna. I give her some organs too, usually about 3 days a week, (beef liver or beef kidney so far.) A buddy of mine that we visit often, cooks beef ribs a lot, so she gets that or a small amount of steak. I always feed her lots of veggies. (She's always loved them.)Turnip greens, rutabaga, squash, bok choy. She's like every veggie we've tried, but raw celery. It's good b/c while I'm chopping them for her, I always eat a bit myself. (The green leafies are such an excellent source of calcium especially for folks who cannot absorb calcium from milk.)
She likes fruit too; Granny smith apples, banana, grapes etc. Lately I've itroduced rice into the mix. That's going well, though I"m going to purchase brown rice next time.
I stay away from kibble more and more. It only gives her gas and upsets her digestion, anymore.
The only thing i'm not sure of, is sometimes i think i give her too many bones from the chicken. We usually spit the chicken and she'll have all the bones. Do you think that ratio is too high then? Maybe I should just toss some of the bones. Thanks.

[mruffruff]

I thought cooked bones were a no-no.

What you are feeding isn't a raw diet. Raw means absolutely no cooking.

[zoey]

She likes the cooked bones. Why what's wrong with them?
Sometimes I cook the meat and we share it.