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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I believe in free feeding the first 6 months or so, puppies are prone to hypoglycemia and food that is always available will help prevent low blood sugar. Joey's breeder told me to keep food available at all times. Their tiny tummies can handle much food at one time, so having it available 24/7 will help prevent that. Joey's weighed about 2 pounds 2 ounces at 12 weeks, but I don't know how much he weighed at 13 weeks. As an adult, he weighs around 5 1/2 pounds. They say you can't make a puppy fat; they go through growth spurts so it may vary how much they will eat each day. I wouldn't worry about their weight as long as they were gaining. After about 10 or so months, you might have to watch how much they eat, because they have stopped growing and are just filling out, but the first few months, they really need lots of calories. Their weight can vary at different times during the day, I wouldn't weigh him more than once a week, and I would not worry, at this point, about gaining too much.
I just realized, I shouldn't have answered, Joey weighs more than 5 pounds as an adult. Sorry. |
You're forgiven Nancy, hehe this forum is so big that I thought it wouldn't overwhelm me so much if I study what people write to make a thread category like this. That way I can keep it straight without having other posts to muddle through. Easier to make comparisons.
I totally agree with you about obsessive weighing. A couple of years ago I bought a toy poodle from a home but they lied about her age. I totally obsessed with how much she weighed trying to figure out her age and prox adult size and I'm not going to do that with Pooky. I'll have to weigh him each month to make sure he's getting the right amount of food and when adulthood arrives I'll know where he landed. Totally agree with weight fluctuation, as does mine
