I'm worried that I'm not feeding the right amount to our 15 week old (as of today!
) puppy, Karli. She weighed 3.3 lbs at her last vet visit on Friday and they seemed to think she was doing fine, but I'm concerned because she is BEGGING for more food and sounds so pitiful!!
It breaks my heart!
Currently, I am feeding her 1/2 a cup of Wellness Core Puppy, per the instructions on the bag. She gets 1/8 of a cup in the morning, another at noon, again at 5pm and also at around 7pm. Sometimes I'll combine the 5 & 7pm feedings into 1/4 cup once instead of splitting them. However, last night she was digging at the bag of food and whining so sadly! I sure don't want her to be over weight so I don't know if it is a good idea to increase her food or not. How do I tell if she's really hungry or just likes her food? I mean, I think she'd eat the whole bag if she had access to it!
She weighed about 2.3 lbs when we picked her up at 11 weeks and she weighed 3.0 at about 13 weeks, so she's steadily gaining weight. I'm going to try increase her food about another 1/8 of a cup and see if she still acts hungry again tonight, but I wanted some other opinions too!!
Oh, and also, if it matters...she poops usually 3 or 4 times a day and it is solid, so no problems there.
-C