Raw Feeding A Small Puppy

[menacebear]

OH and I are obviously crazy. Stark raving loonies. We are back up to 8 dogs again after rescuing a little guy some well meaning people had brought from a pet store. What a shame their dog hated him on site and they decided it was best he moved on within 24 hours

Leroy is ment to be a JRT pup but I'm more inclined to think he is a Parsons russell or fox terrier mix. He is 5 months old and was in the pet store from 8 weeks old to 18 weeks old. Lucky pup huh? Never seen sky or grass for 10 weeks. Poor little guy is a little overwhelmed sometimes but has fit right into our pack.

I feed all my dogs raw food and at the moment Leroy is on 3/4 cup of Iams puppy food in the morning and a chicken wing in the evening. I have just bought our boxes of chicken carcass for the next week or so and want to feed him carcass if I can. We weigh all the dogs food individually and the big dogs all get around 2% of their body weight in raw.

How much should I feed a puppy? I have never had a small breed dog before and have no real idea how much to feed him. Is it still 2% of body weight? Or 2% of adult weight? At what age can I get him onto straight raw food? These dogs are all so confusing!!!

Leroy thinking all his luck has come at once, allowed on the couch at my brothers house.

Trying to show the length of his body and nose-more parson like than jack like

My brothers dog Dozer and Leroy

My niece Holley and Leroy. She is in love

[puggy_puggy]

For pups 10% of their body weight daily. Divided into 3 meals a day. Once he has stopped growing you cut it back. You can feed raw from the time they are weened.

What else do you feed other then chicken carcusses?

With pups I have had they had minced chicken carcuss mixed with veggie/fruit slops for breakfast & dinner and a lamb bone for lunch. Sardines, offal and other meats were mixed into the carcuss & slops mix every few days.

Edited July 3, 2009 by puggy_puggy