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Originally Posted by xoxodoglover89  My boyfriend's sister informed me today that she just got a 6 week old Bull Mastiff/Black Lab. puppy from a breeder. She knew that it was an awefully young age to be taking a puppy home and she called the Humane Society about it, but they said it's the breeder's decision to decide when they want their puppies released. This's her first time having a puppy. Her and her boyfriend rescued a Mastiff about 1-2 years ago. He's older and pretty laid back and seems to be really enjoying this puppies company.
She's currently feeding her Puppy Chow (nasty I know) 1/2 cup twice a day, but she said it seems like she's still hungry. I told her that with her being as young as she is, it's probably better for her to be fed 3 times a day, at least until she gets a bit older. Is a 1/2 cup 3 times a day enough for this dog? Does anyone have any recommendations?
Also, how long should she stay on the puppy food? I've heard a few cases where people began switching their dog over to adult food around 10 months or so being that it's a bigger dog as being on the puppy food for too long can cause some problems. Is this true? If so, at about what age should she change over to adult food? Obviously she has a long ways to go, but just so she has an idea. Also, with the feeding, as the puppy starts getting older, how should she increase the amount of food to give or change the servings?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
I used to show Great Danes. It isnt good for large breed dogs to be on puppy food because the high protein levels cause uneven growth of bones.
If you can educate her on how with premium food you feed half as much and have half the "output" and 5times the nutrition and less allergies from fillers and other unmentionables that shouldnt be fed to any dog. She will also make up for the cost in the dog food by feeding half of what she feeds in purina/pedigree or ol roy, and the skin conditions, allergies and sick visits to the Dr.
Tell her to find out the puppys weight and consult the back of the bag of the bag she buys.