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05-31-2015, 03:55 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2015 Location: Columbia,SC USA
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| 15wks free feed or schedule I work from home and I was wondering if it's better for free feed our little one who's just under 3lbs or do a routine. She's underweight because of the situation she was in, the last time she was at the vet at 13wk she was 3.6lb but due to the home she had she was 2.6 or 2.7 yesterday at the vet when we got her. I don't want to stuff her but you can feel her spine fairly easily. |
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05-31-2015, 03:57 PM | #2 |
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| I am far from an expert but until her weight gets up I would let her eat as much as she wanted anytime she wanted
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05-31-2015, 04:00 PM | #3 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I am a fan of free feeding pups.
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05-31-2015, 04:50 PM | #4 |
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| If its the only puppy there free feed. If you have more then one dog keep them separate and free feed. That way you know the pup is the one eating |
05-31-2015, 05:05 PM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member | I free fed until about 14/15 weeks while housetraining; Veau and I just couldn't get it down. Around 15 weeks old I put her on a scheduled feeding: 5 am, 11 am, and 5 pm(i take up water by 6 pm). Housetraining has become easier and her bowel movements/urinating more predictable. She actually eats all of her food now as well, instead of picking over it when she was free fed. Puppies less than 14 weeks or 3 lbs I would free feed. |
05-31-2015, 05:52 PM | #6 | |
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05-31-2015, 06:18 PM | #7 |
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05-31-2015, 09:17 PM | #8 |
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06-01-2015, 04:43 AM | #9 |
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| Since she's underweight, definitely free feeding, at least until she is a normal weight again. I've been free feeding my Bella ever since she was a puppy, and at 2 years, she is still a healthy weight--not overweight at all. |
06-01-2015, 04:43 AM | #10 |
YT 1000 Club Member | I don't know if this is directed towards potty training my son or housetraining my dog, but if you have kids it's pretty much a given you don't have them drink any large quantities 30 mins to an hour before bedtime. Have you solely potty trained a toddler before? OP, I'd like to add that my pup is on a completely different food(Primal) than what I originally had her on(Fromm/Stella & Chewy)which is why she gobbles it down so fast. Even if I left Fromm down for her all day she will only graze and wait for the Primal. I like schedules and predictability( I have other dogs, a husband, and a child; I need predictability where I can get it ) so if you're like that you may want to put her on a schedule. If it's easier for you to free feed, do it. Personally, once she gets her weight stable I'd give scheduled feeding a trial run. |
06-01-2015, 04:49 AM | #11 |
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| It's not only cruel, it's unhealthy. I don't pick up Bella's water until bedtime (she sleeps in her crate). Yes, we have to take her out in the middle of the night for a pee break, but don't some of us, as humans, get up in the middle of the night for pee breaks? It's cruel to try to force a dog to fit your own schedule when it puts the health of the dog at risk. It's part of the responsibilities of pet ownership to make sure they are fed and watered and kept as healthy as possible. I've read that it's okay to pick up the water one hour before bedtime, but at 6 PM? No way! |
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06-01-2015, 09:08 AM | #13 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | It's really totally up to you. If you have only the one pup, then free feeding is really easy and convenient - and most dogs raised on free feeding don't overeat unless there is something going on (ie like Cushings). Since she's underweight, you may want to free feed so that she can take advantage of any time she'd like to graze. I feed at meal times 2x a day - but I have 4 dogs, lol, so it's a little tougher to free feed here. Plus, our Wylie has Cushings and even though it's managed, he still has an overactive appetite.
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06-01-2015, 09:23 AM | #14 |
2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member | Scheduled feedings, equals schedules Poops and a better chance that you will have of getting potty trained sooner. Puppies have tiny bladders and tiny intestines and typically will relieve themselves within the first 15 mins after eating or taking a drink on water.
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06-01-2015, 09:46 AM | #15 | |
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