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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  Is that the food the breeder had your puppy on? She should stay on the food the breeder had her on or you are going to join the masses that end up with a dog that wont eat anything, or is so hard to find something she will eat.....very frustrating for you but dangerous as well as frustrating for the puppy. She should remain on what she has been brought up on from the breeder, until she is very well established in your home and with her new family, routine, etc......usually around the time you would switch her from puppy food to adult food @ 8 months to a year.....unless she suddenly does not tolerate the food any longer, leave her on what she is used to! She needs to be eating puppy formula food!
She is a puppy and she is indeed teething....just provide her with lots of things that she can chew on....Kong toys and those rope toys are good.
NutriCal is kind of an emergency supplemnt for puppies that are not eating....if she is eating, you wont need to give her that as part of a regular diet. |
"...... our vet said that it is good to give nutrical to the younger ones up to three times a day,
particularly if they are not eating well"..........
If your puppy is eating well and is getting enough to eat, which usually means allowing a puppy to have access to meals at least 5-6 times a day or even better, free feeding, supplemental glucose is more a CYA type of thing, rather than a necessary daily dietary supplement. Puppies younger than 12 - 14 weeks of age are particularly susceptable to possible hypoglycemic events from not enough eating. Rather safe than sorry, especially if the new owner is swapping food on the puppy as soon as they get them home, adding to the stress the puppy is experiencing.....or going right into structering meal times around 3 meals a day, which I do not think is acceptable for a little puppy.....NutriCal is a good "safety net" to make sure glucose intake is covered, but not all puppies require NutriCal as part of a balanced daily diet!
Stress and other factors also adversly affect a puppy glucose expenditure, so NutraCal certainly will not hurt as a
safety net for your puppy......