Illaroo

Well I'm awake at nearly 2am cause I'm feeling the joy of a baby not sleeping thru the night ;) Tonight at least he's only cried when he genuinely needs to go to the toilet... He's doing well, thanks to all on the diet advice - currently 70:30 nutro to chicken necks. Now the wormer's kicked in (OMG that was unbelievable) he's in much better shape. Vets on Monday, there's a delta chick there that runs puppy preschool so I'll ask about all that too. It's been 8 years since I did the puppy thing so every little bit helps. If my camera and my pooter would only play nicely I could do the piccies - including the reluctant "aunty" letting him sleep with her in front of the fire... he's allowed to suck on her tail but if he goes looking for milk it's a no-no . Once I master the technology I'll start a thread somewhere out of the nutrition forum. Side note - his 2 sisters - who are staying with their mum - are on solids (and a worming program) there too now cheers to all for helping

thanks guys for the advice. Vet def high up the to do list. I don't disagree - but to answer "why wait" - it is to make sure that I am capable of doing the right thing, and understand what the right thing is - versus rushing in on emotion and then not having the knowledge (let alone the puppy food on hand!!!) to give him what he needs. Sorry if that came across defensive Pics and updates will come

Hi all, this is my first post on DOL, though I have been lurking for quite awhile. I have searched for this information but can't seem to find it. I have been given a new member of the family, a stafford x bull arab/ amstaff pup. He's getting here in the next day or so. He's apparently 8 - 9 weeks old but I would put my money on closer to 6 weeks. Diet atm (now as mother dog & owner have both started refusing to feed) is pal puppy milk only. I don't have the confidence to design an appropriate full raw / natural diet for a puppy - too scared I'll miss something important while he's developing - so my plan is feed 1/2 & 1/2 good quality dry, and raw. My question is: is it as simple as feeding half qty of the manufacturer's recommendations on the dry, and then halving the general raw recommendation? Ie, if Nutro as a complete feed should be say 150g / day, and raw (going of 10% current weight, as I can't begin to estimate adult weight) should be say 120g/ day, is it ok to go 75g dry food and 60g raw meaty bones? If I were talking about an adult dog I'd be happy to run with dog too fat = feed less, dog too thin = feed more - but I don't want to trial and error with a baby. Also - other than soaking the dry in, if not pal puppy milk, some other lactose free milk, is there anything else I should be aware of re transitioning? There isn't alot to transition FROM, if that makes sense.