Re: Abbey news- Answer to amt food GH

[Ilene Cook <asorosgd@ameritech.net>]

Yes, I agree. If a puppy is eating all their kibble each feeding, then
you need to increase it the next feeding. This is the biggest problem my
puppy people have, is when to increase food. An eight week old puppy,
will pick at food for awile. Seems around 9 to 10 weeks, they become
chow hounds and start to gobble the food. It is hard to say exactly when
a puppy will reach this phase, but you need to watch for it. By the time
they are 12 weeks, they will be eating two to three cups a day. 

                                 Ilene

Gina Heitz wrote:
> 
> > Well after all that good news, it must be a full moon because she
> > has cried
> > the last 2 nights...ALOT!  My thought is that she is hungry - I'm
> > going to
> > try and increase her food and feed a bit later at night and see what
> > happens.
> >  If anyone has any other ideas...I would love them.
> 
> Joyce,
> 
> Joyce is feeding FFR  and it may vary well be time to up the food a
> bit on kibble fed puppies.  I would not recommend feeding later in the
> eve.  You might find her waking you up in the middle of the night to
> need to go out.  Just up the amount of food you are feeding.  I would
> say by about 1/4 cup each meal.
> 
> Raegan is eating close to a cup of kibble this week  2 x a day, but is
> not finishing the PM meal so this is a good sign to me that she is
> getting what she needs but not to much.  She is getting more exercise
> here since she is always busy and not getting her normal naps.  She
> get's a lot of exercise at home but with two almost 10 week puppies at
> the same time you don't they don't get near the rest one does when
> they are "alone".
> 
> Also can Buz give Abbey a small snack mid day?  Apples, carrots or
> even a couple of small very small no bibber than this dog cookies?
> 
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> On dog cookies time to repeat this:
> 
> Cookies have to be added into or rather subtracted from the amount of
> food your feeding.   One large Milk bone is equivalent to 1/4 cup of
> kibble.
> 
> Gina :-)

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