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Originally Posted by luvfaithhill  Wow, this thread is OLD! I did read all 28 pages  I have a couple questions that I hope someone can help me with.
I'm picking up my puppy on Monday. He will be 12 weeks old. How old should he be before I would switch to a prey model diet? I don't know if I should start right away, or if that would be too much for him... OR, if I DON'T start right away, would that make detox too hard? I'm a little confused.
Also, on the 80/10/10 ratio... everyone says to base that ratio on a whole week. So... since I'll be starting with chicken, is it boneless chicken for breakfast and a drumstick for dinner? But a drumstick everynight would surely be more than 10% bone... so maybe just two drumsticks a week, and the rest boneless breasts? Or maybe just ground chicken, because he'll be little?
Please help. So confused! |
There are a lot of breeders who wean their puppies on to PMR so you should be fine! We typically feed raw meaty bones that are more than 10% bone so we give a bone meal 2-4 (depends on the bone/week/etc.) nights out of the week. The rest are boneless meals. I wouldn't start with a drumstick... a 12 week old puppy wouldn't be able to chew that. You could start with some chicken wings or even better, bone in chicken thighs. He should be able to handle the breast okay and I would feed that over ground meat. Ground meat has a larger chance of bacterial contamination although we frequently feed our dogs ground meat, they are older and have a well developed immune system. A small puppy would be more susceptible to infection if there were bacteria present.