aussielover Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 My girl had no troubles finishing her meals from day 1. What a greedy guts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerlove Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 aussielover said: Does she get treats in between meals?If she does, you need to subract these from the meals. I would give 1/2 a cup twice a day and then maybe some chicken necks/frames, an egg, or a chew ,or something in a kong etc at lunch time. Does she look healthy, it is unusual for a lab to not finish a meal, no matter how big! Chicken necks? At 9 weeks? Is that OK? She looks wonderfully healthy and her eyes are bright and alert. Think I`ll just reduce a little as I want to avoid her gaining excess weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerlove Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Niques said: I would just feed her what she can finish if she's only 8 weeks old. James didn't eat his full recommended meals for nearly 2 weeks after being brought home. I was convinced I had a labrador with no food interest....I was wrong It just took him a while to settle in. I can't remember exactly but I'm sure we were getting 5-6 poos a day as well.I wouldn't be concerned about her not finishing being due to overfeeding until you're sure that she's fully settled into her new environment and you can remove that as a cause. If you're interested, James' diet was: 3/4 cup dry food, palmful of mince and splodge of cottage cheese/yoghurt for breakfast, chicken wing for lunch and 3/4 cup of food and mince for dinner. Until 16 weeks, at which point lunch was dropped. But as I said, he wasn't capable of eating the full amount for a week or two after coming home. Give her a bit of time yet. We feel she is settled into her new home.We adore her and she is a happy little pup. Maybe we need to vary her diet a bit more adding the sugested chicken necs/wings/eggs etc. Thank you all so much for sharing ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickbrownfox Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Archerlove said: Chicken necks? At 9 weeks? Is that OK? I have an 8 week old Airedale terrier and he loves chicken necks. The most important thing is to mash the chicken neck first with a meat mallet so they can't choke on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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