Hey Everyone -
My puppy Riley is almost 4 months old, she is about 25 lbs right now. Shes been growing pretty tall & long quite fast it seems to me, but she's pretty darn skinny. I am currently feeding her twice a day (about 6:30 am and then about 6pm), both times she gets a little more than 1.5 cups of food. She is eating the Blue Buffalo Large breed puppy - Chicken & brown rice food.
She goes to puppy day care everyday while I am at work, she gets dropped off around 8:30 and picked up around 5:30. She absolutely loves it there and is always excited to go in but is also always super excited to go home too as she's exhausted and had enough playing for the day.
Anyway the other day I picked her up from daycare and one of the woman working there told me Riley had thrown up bio that day. She suggested that I consider feeding her lunch at daycare because bio usually happens when they are hungry and their stomachs are empty. I have actually debated on starting to feed her 3 times a day in hopes of fattening her up a little bit but wasn't sure if I wanted to do that or not because once she is old enough to be left alone I didn't want her to expect to be getting fed lunch.
I am sure as she gets older and isn't actively playing all day at daycare and is switched over to adult food I could probably get her back on the 2 times a day plan but I just wanted to get everyones opinion on how often they feed their pup.
Thanks!
-Amy
My puppy Riley is almost 4 months old, she is about 25 lbs right now. Shes been growing pretty tall & long quite fast it seems to me, but she's pretty darn skinny. I am currently feeding her twice a day (about 6:30 am and then about 6pm), both times she gets a little more than 1.5 cups of food. She is eating the Blue Buffalo Large breed puppy - Chicken & brown rice food.
She goes to puppy day care everyday while I am at work, she gets dropped off around 8:30 and picked up around 5:30. She absolutely loves it there and is always excited to go in but is also always super excited to go home too as she's exhausted and had enough playing for the day.
Anyway the other day I picked her up from daycare and one of the woman working there told me Riley had thrown up bio that day. She suggested that I consider feeding her lunch at daycare because bio usually happens when they are hungry and their stomachs are empty. I have actually debated on starting to feed her 3 times a day in hopes of fattening her up a little bit but wasn't sure if I wanted to do that or not because once she is old enough to be left alone I didn't want her to expect to be getting fed lunch.
I am sure as she gets older and isn't actively playing all day at daycare and is switched over to adult food I could probably get her back on the 2 times a day plan but I just wanted to get everyones opinion on how often they feed their pup.
Thanks!
-Amy