Lisa Kiesewetter Webboard User Reg: 06-11-2013
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I'll be getting a new puppy in the next few months and want to feed it the raw diet... I've been doing a lot of the reading and it say to feed the dog 2-3% of its adult body weight. I don't know how big the puppy going to be, I have an idea but that's it. I don't want the puppy to grow to fast but want to make sure I'm giving the pup enough to eat. I want to make sure I'm ready when the puppy gets here in a few months so any suggestion/ ideas are well appreciated!
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I'll be getting a new puppy in the next few months and want to feed it the raw diet... I've been doing a lot of the reading and it say to feed the dog 2-3% of its adult body weight. I don't know how big the puppy going to be, I have an idea but that's it. I don't want the puppy to grow to fast but want to make sure I'm giving the pup enough to eat. I want to make sure I'm ready when the puppy gets here in a few months so any suggestion/ ideas are well appreciated!
Have you fed raw before? I want to make sure you know that there is very little calcium-phosphorus wiggle room when feeding a growing pup, and that's even important with a large breed.
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Knowing the sire and dam will give you enough information to determine the optimal adult weight of the pup with enough accuracy to pick an appropriate meal size to start with.
Then, as with any feeding method, feed the pup standing before you based on appearance.
Connie's caveat is an important one. It is entirely possible to correctly raw-feed a pup. But it requires know how.
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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Often pre-made raw foods are easier & a safer bet when feeding pups & making sure that the diet is perfectly balanced. I have done both home made & pre-made & a combination.... But I have been feeding raw for 10 years. I would not 'learn' how to feed a raw diet with a young pup. Way too easy to screw it up, to the detriment of the pup, if you are not perfect. JMO
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Often pre-made raw foods are easier & a safer bet when feeding pups & making sure that the diet is perfectly balanced. I have done both home made & pre-made & a combination.... But I have been feeding raw for 10 years. I would not 'learn' how to feed a raw diet with a young pup. Way too easy to screw it up, to the detriment of the pup, if you are not perfect. JMO
Yep Yep Yep
Lisa, have you had a young puppy before? Lots of new things to learn. I have had many pups and
I still learn new things with each one. I am all for a pre made raw while one is learning.
Lisa Kiesewetter Webboard User Reg: 06-11-2013
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Yes I've had puppies before but this would be my first pup that I've fed straight raw food. My other dogs are older and I'm switching them to raw food. I've gotten several of the books from Leerburg about feeding raw. I've looked at THK and am leaning that way and then just adding meat to it. If I go with that route so I add any supplements? I know it very good food I use to feed it to my other dogs. I want to make sure the puppy gets all the nutrient that it need...
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With very few exceptions, modern Western diets are deficient in long-chain Omega 3s. Grain-fed slaughter meats and poultry and several other factors have greatly changed the ratio of 6s to 3s in modern diets for pretty much all but fishing cultures (and remember that dogs need their long-chain 3s to come to them AS long-chain 3s; their ability to convert the shorter-chain 3s from flax, canola, etc., to DHA/EPA is just about zero).
Fish oil is the practical way to supply the long-chain 3s that dogs need, and natural E given along with it will replace the body's stores of E that are used in processing oil supplements.
THK with RMBs is a great bridge to raw that can go on indefinitely. You could use two of the three puppy-suitable THKs and provide variety that way as well as by varying the add-ins.
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