feeding a 12 week old, old english sheepdog
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| We got our Sheepie at 12 weeks too - our breeder recommeded 4 small feeds thoughout the day, (we used Purina Pro-Plan (puppy) with Chicken & Rice) and a supper of warm puppy milk with a rusk before bedtime.
All the best Mikey & the Woof http://groups.msn.com/mjpix/shoebox.msnw |
| We bought Abbi at 8 weeks. We were told to give her some milk with her food.
Turned out that Abbi was allergic to straight cows milk. She had problems later because we gave her Too much calcium in her food. She ended up having a sensitive stomach and now only eats lamb and rice mixtures, where lamb is the first ingredient. Why lamb? I am not sure, but have been told its the only meat with no additives of any sort. Rice is mild, easy to digest, and can counter-act Abbi's bouts of diarhea. Chicken works fine for most though. Don't feed them anything with onions or spices in it or you will regret. Feeding puppies 4 times a day is a good idea. Even when they are 6 months, it is good to feed them 2 or 3 times a day. Big dogs can get to where they bolt their food down which can lead to deadly stomach twists and extensions. Teaching the dog to eat smaller amounts is best, and for puppies, the only way to go as they have a high metabolism. Later, when they are older, just feed them before bedtime. Sometimes when Abbi, who is now 4 years old, starts bolting down her food I take it away from her. I wait at least an hour before givng her the other half. There's many reasons for this. One I don't want her thinking she has to scarf down he food. I dont want her to go running off afterwards and either up-chuck or get stomach problems. And I want to make sure she never gets possessive over the food bowl. We have too many not-very smart kids coming over to take a chance on any kind of aggressions. Teach you puppy early not to growl or become possive of its food or toys, by taking them away, petting the dog, then givng them back. Never do it as a punishment, but more as another family interaction event. When you are sure the dog is used to 'the event", let someone like hubby try it, then the kids. Our dog has no issues over her food or water bowls. Now her toys, we haven't actually gotten all of those possessive( i cannot spell to day!) tendencies worked out. Abbi will still go bury her most favorite toys. I think its because I throw the really torn up ones away, and they are usually her favorites. |
| whats a rusk? |
| umm.... it's made by Farley's baby foods. A rusk is a malted buscuit given to babies (sometimes softened up in milk). It's about the size of a drinks coaster.... |
| I still feed my adults twice a day. I am so afraid of stomach torsion, twisting, that I avoid overfeeding them. Twice a day feedings doesn't overload their stomachs.
sheepieboss |
SheepieBoss wrote: I still feed my adults twice a day. I am so afraid of stomach torsion, twisting, that I avoid overfeeding them. Twice a day feedings doesn't overload their stomachs. sheepieboss 
We have just purchased a 9week sheepie, which i am sorry does not have a name as yet! My question is what is stomache torsion, twisiting? Also i have been advised to feed puppy 3xdaily will this be enough?? |
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