Thank you so much And i think i should cut off the supps immediately as otherwise i have few bottles left and i will not wait for them to end.
Aah thank you so much I think since people mostly give chapatis etc so may be thats why vet has this habbit of suggesting these supps. Whatever it is since i have always believed that I should take your all advice and I actually trust you all a lot so m gonna stop all supps right now. So no more supps just his food and daily walks and playtime. Well almost all brands that i have seen on dogfoodadvisor are available here in India but since this drool focus is wheat and corn etc free plus it fits my pocket so im taking it. I started off with RC puppy and shifted to focus food 2 months back.
Just one more question- As per pippa's article we should exercise our dog with that 5 minutes rule. So he is 8 months and should have 40mins of exercise. Now my question is Charlie is very active he want to play 'fetch' all the time with his ball. So does he needs walks twice daily too with that? Or when he plays too much then I should only take him out for a walk once a day. Plz guide!
Juno always had 2 walks a day based on the 5 minute rule, plus sessions indoors and in the garden where she could run and retrieve, and also training sessions which always involved some hide and seek and recall. With an 8 month old, full of energy, it's hard to know how much is too much, but as long as the play sessions aren't too long I would think your fine. Playing with your dog is so important and builds such a great bond, so I would say don't worry
The '5 minute rule' is just a guideline, and in any case it only applies to walking on a lead, and not to romping around playing freely.
I would just point out that you don't want to let your dog chase a ball over and over and over, because it's bad for his joints - at any age, but especially for a puppy. If you can teach him to sit and stay still while you throw it, and then release him to go and get it - or, even better, throw it into long grass so he has to search for it - then that is far better for him. The slamming to a stop, along with the twisting motions they often make when running for and catching a ball, are very hard on the joints and can cause issues in later life. I always make my dogs work for their ball. They love the ball, but they have to do something good in order to get it. So it's not just mindless running again and again and again. I might ask for some heel work, or a recall, or a stop, or a sequence of other behaviours, and when they do it well, they get to chase the ball once - and run around with it in their mouths for a few minutes if they choose to (one will, the other will always bring it straight back in the hope I'll throw it again). Doing this means that the ball is used as a great training reward, so helps that training, and you're also working the dog's mind, which wears them out more.
No-one can answer that question. There is no evidence behind the "5 minute rule" - it is just something that someone made up to guide what people should do. So it's just an opinion. Since there is nothing backing up this 'rule' there is nothing to tell you anything about what it means in terms of whether it is 40 minutes once a day, or twice a day, or if it only applies to lead walks, or off lead, or walking on pavement, or on grass...nothing, no more guidance is available. My own view is repetitive fetch where the dog chases something (rather than controlled retrieves) is bad for joints, and I wouldn't use that to exercise any dog, and definitely not a puppy. My own interpretation of the "5 minute rule" is that it is that amount of time once a day, and it was best to allow my puppy to freely exercise at his own pace for that time.
Ohh goshh and I thought this quick fetch is nice for my puppy I immediately understood when snowbunny talked about those quick movements as charlie always runs jumps and moves as quickly as one can imagine and brings back the ball to me to throw it again. I never knew its nad for him thank god i asked it here. Will try and ease things on this front now. Also May i please know the reason behind these 2 as well ??? 1- sometimes he gets too hyper like madly running here and there up and down and hurts himself sometimes - what does that means?? 2- why he sniffs my helpers butt and sometimes even mine?? My lady helper gets very offensive on this and for me i don't understand why he is doing this with me these days when i take bath daily and for me this has only started since he is back from the dog hostel after staying there for a week. Before this stay he hardly ever did this to me.
Hi may i please know how good is fermina's N&D ancestral grain and grain free food??? I saw a 5 star rating on dogfoodadvisor site. Are they good? And which one is better if i may please ask. And maxi puppy is the correct one for him right?
@ana_charlie I don't think this is a common food used by forum members - I haven't heard it mentioned by anyone. The "which food?" debate is fraught with difficulties. Someone more local to you may be able to recommend it. Perhaps someone may pop up on the forum with some information, but I would be surprised to be honest. We generally don't get into recommending particular foods on the forum I'm afraid. One kibble from the middle of the price range is probably not hugely different to the next. Feeding a reasonable quality kibble is generally better than using non-kibble diets unless you really research them very carefully. If your dog eats it, and looks good on it, and its within your budget, then it is worth trying.
Yeah you are right but i read that Narutal and delicious brand is better than Eukabena Royal canin drools or pedigree. I started off with Royal canin and he liked it then i read it contains maize thats not good so i started feeding him drools focus which is wheat and corn free but he is giving me tough time eating that and i think i should better switch to this new brand as have heard quite a lot about it plus its rated as 5 star on dogfoodadvisor so i think i should give it a try but wanted to ask people about this here first.
He sniffs bottoms because he's a dog It's how dogs greet each other - they have amazing noses and get an incredible amout of information from a butt sniff. .
Some people think that maize in dog food is good, and some people think that maize in dog food is bad. Some people think that dogs often have allergies to wheat and grain, and other people think that it's very, very rare for this to be the case and if a dog has a problem with a food it's more likely to be about the source of protein in it. I'd say that unless you have done your own research and formed a view why corn in dog food is bad, it's not all that sensible to switch away from a food that your dog liked, and was doing well one, to one he doesn't like. So you could consider going back to the dog food you were using, and he was eating without any problems?
If he eats Royal Canin I think I'd be inclined to stick with it. There's nothing inherently bad about maize. As long as your dog tolerates it, why not go with it?
