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Feeding your puppy

By Dr Laura van Dalen.
By the time that you take your puppy home, he or she will be weighing about 12-15 pounds. We feed our puppies Pro Plan puppy large breed Formula, chicken flavor. You can find this food at PetSmart, Petco, Chewy, Amazon, etc.
At 7-8 weeks they usually eat about 3/4 cup 3 times a day. By week 10 he should be eating about 1 1/2 cups 2 times a day. This amount increases rapidly as the puppy grows to about 3 cups for females and 4 cups for males twice a day by the time they are 7-8 months old. As their growth rate starts to slow down, so do their food requirements. You should start decreasing the amount of food until your puppy is about 2 years old and keep him in good body condition.
Use common sense. If your puppy/dog is too fat, then feed less food. If he is losing weight, then increase the amount of food.
If you prefer to feed your puppy 3+ times a day, you are most likely going to end up having problems potty training him. Most puppies like to release themselves after they eat, so the more times a day you feed him, the more times a day you are stimulating his need to eliminate.
A 10-week-old puppy needs to eat 2 times a day only. However, the important thing is how much food he is getting through the day. Split that amount into 2 or 3 parts.
Keep him in 2 meals a day until he is at least 1 year old or keep this schedule through your dog’s life.
If you have a very heavy puppy, you should feed less food. Remember that heavier puppies are more propense to joint problems.

Dog Food rating and analysis, based on ingredients.
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Dog Food Ingredients, Nutritional values

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  • Home
  • Boys
    • Bruce
    • Potter
    • Bosch
    • Noble
    • Monty
  • Girls
    • Willow
    • Whitney
    • Margie
    • Tonga
    • Santy
    • Rummy
    • Briana
    • Tessa
    • Bora
    • Patsy
    • T'Pol
  • Available
    • Available puppies
    • Available adults
    • How to get a van Dalen puppy
  • About Us
  • Champions
    • Bosch
    • Briana
    • Tonga
    • Bruce
  • Education
    • Health >
      • Is your puppy sick?
      • Hip Dysplasia
      • Ovulation timing in the bitch
    • Training and Behavior >
      • Crate training
      • The Leash
      • Puppy biting or nipping
      • CGC Program
      • The Collar
      • Introducing your new dog to your cats
    • Choosing the right puppy
    • Champion Bred Labrador Retrievers
    • Labrador Characteristics
    • Labrador types
    • To AKC or not to AKC
    • Enriching Our Dogs Lives