Hiya, Doug is our new chocolate lab, he is a lovely cheeky naughty boy who has won our hearts. I'm not sure how much we should be feeding him, he has a tin of chum puppy food and 100g of puppy kibble is this too much we spread it over 4 meals a day? Any help will be welcome thank you X ps Doug is 8 weeks old
Welcome Doug and Doug's mummy! Others will be along soon with more experience than me, but I do know that a lot depends on the brand of food. Does the packaging have any "recommended amounts" on it? Looking forward to hearing all about your adventures with your lovely boy. (And you will be pestered for photos soon.....we do love puppy photos....!!!)
I will check but one seems to say one thing and the other something else.. We are off to the vet next week and I'm sure he will let us know if Doug I'd too Fat!! I will try to upload some photos of Dynamic Doug but not sure how?? Any helpers welcome x
Hello there ...welcome to the Forum...I didn't get my dog until he was 5 months old so I didn't have this period.I did feed Dexter what the breeder told me initially and swapped him very gradually onto a better quality kibble . I have never fed the quantity on the packs though ,I would probably say I feed Dexter 2/3 of the recommended amount....BUT you have a real youngster with you at the moment and he's had a big change moving in with you and leaving everything he knows behind so I wouldn't make changes with his diet until you have seen your vet ....his little puppy tum will be easily upset.... Love 'Dynamic' Doug ....I might pinch that off you for my boy as he is Dynamic ++++++ X
Hi and welcome from me and 2.5 year old fox red girl, Harley I look forward to hearing more about dynamic Doug
Thank you for the lovely welcome, how nice is it to feel there is somewhere that I can go if I need advice with Doug..,I'm off to bed now Doug has already gone in his cage for a few hours. Night night everyone. X
Hi and welcome from me and Juno. Can you ask your breeder as to how much to feed Doug of each? What puppy kibble are you feeding with the puppy Chum? Many of the manufacturers over estimate the quantity of food is needed so most of us reduce from the recommendation
Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing pictures of Dynamic Doug. To share photos, you need to either become a "forum supporter", which costs £10 and allows you direct uploads: http://thelabradorforum.com/account/upgrades Or you can host your photos on a file-sharing system, like Photobucket, Flickr or Imgur and then copy the "BBCode" into your post here. Here are some articles about how to do this: Imgur: http://thelabradorforum.com/threads/posting-a-photo-from-imgur.12177/ Photobucket: http://thelabradorforum.com/threads/posting-a-photo-from-photobucket.12914/ Flickr: http://thelabradorforum.com/threads/posting-a-photo-from-flickr-update.10872/
