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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Each breeder preferences are predicated on what they decide with their vet. Some vets feel if you are feeding a high quality adult food their is no need to change to a puppy food. My vet feels that each female should be treated to their own invidual preference. Some of my girls will adjust to a puppy food of the same brand of adult food I've been feeding. Other's won't touch it, so we keep them on their regular food.
Once your girl has been bred and during her last trimester, you'll have to increase the # of meals she'll be getting throughout the day. It is best to feed her seperately. Once she's whelped she'll be eating her meals within close proximity to her pups....so, get her use to it now. I find it easier to feed mine seperately, that way I can monitor each dog's food intake. |
That's what I figured. This will be the first time having to feed them separately and I'm not sure how difficult it's going to be. Stormie (mom) and Blaze (son) are pretty inseparable for the most part. At least with this heat, she will be in Kansas (that's where our stud is) and not around Blaze. Her last heat was torture for all of us since they had never had to be separated before. But you're right.... they need to get used to being separated some for when the pups arrive. I'm sure he'll be better at it by then since he's getting older.
But is it "harmful", you think, for Blaze to eat the puppy food also?