Puppys Diet!

[Dame Aussie]

I'm worried I'm not feeding the right amount of food to my pup. She's an aussie shepherd and is 13.5 weeks old. She currently weighs about 9 kilos.

We've been feeding her 3-4 meals a day, dry food for breakfast and lunch, raw meaty bones, dinner is some dry and either sardines or chicken and vegies....Ive noticed that over the last few days she's been ravenous!

A couple of times I've fed her and then fed her again and shes eaten it all straight away.

I know if she doesn't eat it within a reasonable amount of time to take it away but i just don't want to over or under feed her!

can anyone tell me what amount she should be getting? She is healthy, energetic, putting on weight and is not even close to being overweight.

Also, she eats EVERYTHING she sees, shes like a vacuum cleaner, the other day I let her out and before I had a chance to get in her way she was licking up a big pile of bird poo! She eats dirt, rocks, leaves, flowers branches off the plants in the garden, she even started chewing the concrete! She has heaps of chew toys and gets bones so I don't know what to do!

I know they explore with their mouths I just worry about her eating a rock that's too big or something similar!

Long I know but any suggestions would be great!

Thanks

[Bjelkier]

Have you wormed her recently?

[wylie]

A couple of questions for you

Have you wormed her?

Have you increased her food intake as she has grown?

Puppies go thru growth spurts and there food intake needs to be increased and then they will need to have it decreased again when there system is no longer growing.

As long as you can feel ribs and back bone through light pressure i would increase her food intake at all meals and see how she goes with that.

If she starts stacking on the weight it can then be reduced slightly.

Good luck

[Dame Aussie]

We picked her up 2.5 weeks ago, on the day after we picked her up she went to the vet had her second vaccination, a drontal tablet and an application of advocate. Is this current enough?

[Dame Aussie]

A couple of questions for you

Have you wormed her?

Have you increased her food intake as she has grown?

Puppies go thru growth spurts and there food intake needs to be increased and then they will need to have it decreased again when there system is no longer growing.

As long as you can feel ribs and back bone through light pressure i would increase her food intake at all meals and see how she goes with that.

If she starts stacking on the weight it can then be reduced slightly.

Good luck

She is getting more now than she was for the first week or so and if she still seems hungry after being fed I give her a bit more but I'll have a feel of her ribs etc tonight and maybe increase it a bit more. Thanks!

[wylie]

Puppies should be wormed at the breeders at 2,4,6,8 weeks

Puppies should then be wormed at 10 and 12 weeks at there new home then monthly to 6 months and 3 monthly till a year.

You will need a good all wormer check out the drontals at the supermarket.

Please remember to worm for the correct weight, if the wormer says up to 10kg and your pup is over 10 kg it is better to go up to the next 5 kg mark