AMOUNTS TO FEED LARGE BREED Puppies
If you have a puppy that is under 6
months of age, you should make the
feeding transition quickly
so as not to disrupt their growth patterns.
This should be done in 3
meals or less using
the Precise
or Precise Plus line
of foods. I like the Precise Canine
Adult Formula or Precise Super Premium
Foundation formula, both support growth
very well.
Puppies: Start
with 50% old food and 50% new food and
sprinkle your Probiotics on top of the
food to smooth transition. The
Probiotics can beBakPakPlus, 4
in 1 Probiotics or Filling
N The Wholes. And
make the transition over by the third or
fourth meal.
Adults: start
with 25% new and 75% old food and use probiotics but
take 2-3 days to move over to new food
totally.
USING THE CHART
GIANT BREEDS - Dogs maturing over 100
lbs or more at 18 months.
This chart is based on the assumption
that a dog may be crated or less active
during the day while the owner is at
work. Use this guideline to help prevent
growth diseases in puppies ( HOD). The
most sensitive time for growth problems
is from 2 months - 6 months of age, with
the most common being 11-16 weeks of
age. Giants (Danes, Newfies,
Pyers, Irish Wolfhounds etc.).
On the chart below, start
with the low end amounts (females) and
on males use the mid-range amounts. They
should not be fed at the high end amount
until they are in the at least 1/2 way
through the month. Example:
If your
female puppy is 10 weeks old she would
be on 3 cups a day of kibble divided
into 2 feedings.
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** LARGE
BREEDS - Dogs that mature between 45 -
99 lbs.
Greyhounds,Labs, Boxers, Collies,
Goldens, Shepherds, Dobes, Rotties etc., should
be fed the low
end amounts
on chart up to 5 months, then at 5
months and up they tend to hold around
5-7 cups of food, unlike
the giant breeds - so hold in this range
of 5-7 cups -increase or decrease
according to activity levels. You want
them well covered, but with the last rib
showing slightly.
2 months 2-4
cups per day - (divided into 3 meals
daily)
3 months 3-5
cups per day - (divided into 2 meals
daily)
4 months 4-6
cups per day - (divided into 2 meals
daily)
5 months 5-7
cups per day - (divided into 2 meals
daily)
6 months and up 5-8
cups per day - (divided into 2 meals
daily)
Vitamin C or Ester
C - 500 mg daily with
food (this is a minimum...we like to get
them up to around 1500 mg per day as adults)
Probiotics -
Purchase a "multiple
beneficial bacteria" Probiotic
product from the refrigerator section of the
health food store - (acidophilus) and double
dose for 2-3 days, according to the
container for an adult human - then just
once a day to get the flora of the gut
established.
If you do not have a
health food store, ask the pharmacist for
help...you want a Probiotic or Lactobacillus
Acidophilus product.
Yogurt does NOT have
enough cultures or guaranteed living
cultures so don't bother to use it for this
purpose. Plus, tYogurt will add calcium to
the pups diet which we do not want during
the growing phases.
Purchase a small
bottle of MSM-
Nutritional sulfur start
dosage 1000 - 1500 mg daily divided into two
meals. MSM is critical in helping with
malabsorption of nutrients/minerals.
