It used to be quite common to feed puppies one meal of weetabix / porridge with milk for one meal a day. I did with the puppy I had back in the mid-80s and I can’t recall it causing any problems. However I wouldn’t do it now, having read that puppies are unable to digest cow’s milk, and also being (perhaps unjustly) concerned about wheat, my last dog having had skin problems which seemed to be linked to wheat. I’d say that it’s probably best to just feed kibble to start with, as at least if your pup does have any tummy upsets you can rule out milk as a cause.
That’s what I was thinking, my partner has had 3 labradors in the past. He insists on the weetabix for breakfast, time to find some evidence to back that puppies are unable to digest cows milk. X i think the breeder will be giving them weetabix for breakfast.
My friend feeds her German Shepherds Weetabix for breakfast (and ham, and pie throughout the day). The younger one (she's a GSD x) is a right fatty. I'd stick with dog food. When I was a teen, we fed our Heinz 57 puppy weetabix. He sat on my knee in the car when we drove him to the vets for his jabs. He honked up the weetabix into my lap, it slowly filtered through my jeans during the journey. I can still feel the trickle on my legs. For this reason alone, I would not feel weetabix - I am scarred!
I think I’ll have to move Keir to two meals at about 7 or 8 months. His three meals are 120g each at the moment. He’s a bit skinny and growing fast, but if I put them up to 125g his poos become soft. .
We used to feed our German Shepherd weetabix with milk for breakfast but that was back in the 70s/80s, she also ate grapes, chocolate and everything she shouldn't but she lived a very happy life until she was 16. Now though I would not give milk with it but maybe just with water? Bread is supposed to make them bloaty and if that is the wheat content I would assume weetabix might do the same though. It can't be doing the cairns any harm if they are age 70!?
Have tried to mix all sorts of other bits - wet puppy food, rice, stock etc. - with her kibble and stilling she is turning up her nose and leaving it. So I looked on the Labrador site and have followed Pippa's instructions for dealing with fussy eaters. Put the normal food down at meal time, leave for 5 minutes, remove if not eaten and put down again next meal time. Repeat until dog so hungry will eat it. It seems to be working so am keeping my fingers crossed. My problem was that my husband would put slices of meat and cheese in her bowl when he makes himself a snack, so she checks her bowl for treats a lot and I am guessing she prefers that in her bowl to kibble - who wouldn't!
The owners of the cairns are Lol I spoke to other half and he said it be fine on weetabix, I’m reading to deeply into it. I said this is our fur baby we are talking about, its not just a dog, its our dog, he just smiled at me.
If you look at a list of what dogs are not supposed to eat there are a lot of things that can do them harm but a lot of it is also minor things like feeling bloaty (we are like that with wheat too), also no sugar because harms their teeth (same as us) etc. You just need some common sense sometimes. Also we are responsible for these little creatures who love us and rely on us, I never had kids but I don't think I could have managed with all the worry - if it is like this with a dog!
Homer went from 4 to 3 meals at 4 months then stopped taking his 'packed lunch' to his dog sitter's when he was about 7 months old. We gave him a snack later in the afternoon then his normal dinner. Recently at 5 years old Homer started getting fussy about his food, I started adding in all sorts of tasty treats to tempt him to eat, then realised when I weighed him at the vet that he was putting on weight. He now has a much smaller breakfast, if he doesn't eat it then it I top it up a little to make up his normal dinner quantity. Up until now Homer always had the upper limit to the recommended range of food as stated on the packet but now its closer to mid range. He's not loosing weight. I know this is all much easier to judge with an adult dog than a growing puppy.
There is an article on The Labrador Site https://www.thelabradorsite.com/toxic-to-dogs/ but you can google it too. Some things are really worth knowing, for example chewing gum, someone posted on facebook that their french bulldog puppy was killed by eating just a few pieces of gum. Maisy is always sniffing in the gutters and I have to make sure she doesn't hoover any up. But don't stress out too much, if you read everything bad about having a pup or dog it would put you off. Just enjoy your little fur baby.
