Ok, my wife's been doing a good amount of research on this today and we still have just one question. How do you guesstimate a pup's adult weight? My pup's a little over 40lbs. and five months. Fair guess that he'll be about 75-80lbs.?
Oh, I lied, I have another question actually. Is it safe to switch our 13 year old dog over to raw?
The white GSD in my signature. I'm more curious if there's a formula. For instance, my old dog is a rott/pit mix and ended up weighing 75lbs. in his prime. How would a mixed breed owner figure this out? I've seen that a pup's weight at four months is about half of its adult weight. I don't know how much stock I put in that, though. I figure that you fine folks would most certainly know more about it that some random site on the net.
I would say that you could start out using the 4 months being half their adult weight formula, and then watch to see if they become too thin or too fat over time.
The rule of thumb I've seen (where you don't need their expected adult weight....I've got a mutt too) is 5-10% for a puppy, lowering as they get older. I think at his age he should be okay in the 5-7% range, based on what I've read, BUT - the true test is monitoring his weight, energy and growth.
Neb is now almost a year old and I feed him between 3-5% of his body weight. He is a smaller dog though (30lbs) and done the bulk of his growing - I expect him to fill out a bit since he's still got all his bits, but that's about it.
Just want to let you know that I switched one of my dogs to raw cold turkey (no pun intended) when he was 12. He passed away last October (he was going on 15) but I'm thoroughly convinced the diet added lots o' time to his life.
Just fyi. When my guy was 5 months old he was 53 lbs. He's now 18 months and 65 lbs. I'd hazard a guess that he won't hit 60.
I agree with the others - just watch his weight. He's probably hit the top end of his growth spurt, but he's still growing nonetheless. He'll love his raw food.
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Ok, my wife's been doing a good amount of research on this today and we still have just one question. How do you guesstimate a pup's adult weight? My pup's a little over 40lbs. and five months. Fair guess that he'll be about 75-80lbs.? ...
You don't even have to, if you mean for estimated raw food. You can go by the other rule of thumb, or 5-10% of the growing puppy's present weight.
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... Oh, I lied, I have another question actually. Is it safe to switch our 13 year old dog over to raw?
I have pre-owned adoptees: adults and seniors.
I go slowly and gradually with the seniors' diet makeover, but they always get switched to real food.
I think it's the best thing I do for them.
I have never seen it fail to improve their overall well-being, not to mention their extreme joy at receiving fresh food! I have one little old guy who who lives for his dinner; he vibrates while he waits for the dishes to be prepared.
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