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Lacy's Mom · 11-09-2006, 08:48 PM

I prefer putting the dry kibble in a food processor or blender and turning it into a powder then it mixes easily within seconds with hot water and you can make a fresh serving each time without the risk of bacteria forming.

At 8 weeks he should also be capable of eating dry food just as it comes so be sure and leave some of that out in a bowl along with his water. The goal is to get him eating only the dry so he can have healthy teeth.

Keep him on whatever food the breeder had him on so you don't cause a digestive upset. Hopefully, it is a good quality puppy formula with no meat products or no corn. If not, look at changing it in about two or three months after he is well settled in. Very slowly, of course, by adding a little of the new with the old over a two week period.

11-09-2006, 08:48 PM	#3
Lacy's Mom YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 3,065	I prefer putting the dry kibble in a food processor or blender and turning it into a powder then it mixes easily within seconds with hot water and you can make a fresh serving each time without the risk of bacteria forming. At 8 weeks he should also be capable of eating dry food just as it comes so be sure and leave some of that out in a bowl along with his water. The goal is to get him eating only the dry so he can have healthy teeth. Keep him on whatever food the breeder had him on so you don't cause a digestive upset. Hopefully, it is a good quality puppy formula with no meat products or no corn. If not, look at changing it in about two or three months after he is well settled in. Very slowly, of course, by adding a little of the new with the old over a two week period.