Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Maisha Butler
My sister was thinking the 5-10% of his actual weight makes more sense but with a growing puppy we would have to weigh him every week. I'm going to call the vet Monday and see if they charge just to weigh the puppy. My limited experience with vets is that they charge for everything...but we'll see.
Isn't the scale right in the waiting room? We run in, I have each dog step on the scale, and we run out. I'm not the only one who does it, either. I know a dog on a reducing diet whose owner pops in at the vet's twice a week.
Also, I can get a very close reading even with my 19-pound dog by standing on the scale at home with and without the dog in my arms. (I know this would be hard with a real dog, and that's why we run in and use the vet's scale every now and then, but you still have an easy-to-lift pup.)
then I start them on ground ruminant (goat, sheep, cow) or pork and about weening time I start to increase the fat. ...
And how about lamb, which is also readily available (and at least where I shop, something called "lamb flaps" is cheap)?
Lamb would be very safe.
And as for the poultry, I had a problem with it in the past, therefore I won't feed it, there are others who feed it without any problems. Campy. will only be a problem with a dog/puppy that is already sick. If your puppy isn't going to get sick it won't cause a problem, I can't predict for sure that a puppy won't get sick. By the time they are sick it's probably too late to get the Campy out of the gut.
I guess you just have to weigh the risks and decide whether you want to feed poultry to your own puppy.
The older the pup (at least 3 months) the more comfortable I would be feeding poultry.
i weaned my pups onto poultry by taking a hammer to 1/2 chicken wings, and am increasing from there. i was advised to only start them on chicken, and gradually add in other protein sources. so far, they're doing great - they're 6.5 weeks old right now, and are eating chicken, small amounts of organ meat, yogurt, and a few drops of salmon oil & vitamin e oil. they get a lunch of 'blueridge beef' puppy mix and a bit of smashed up banana, and then more chicken wing for dinner. i've never heard of "campy" before, so now i'm off on a mad google hunt!
our vet actually encourages anyone to come in and use the scale!
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Re: feeding 8 week puppy raw
[Re: Maisha Butler ]
#193304 - 05/03/2008 07:13 PM 
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I know a dog on a reducing diet whose owner pops in at the vet's twice a week.
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