How often do you feed a 8 week old puppy ?

12.08.2013 Hi everyone  hope this post works ive been trying for ages not very good on computers. Would like to ask ive just got a 8 week old puppy and how many times do members on here advise i feed her ? Ive googled it but it tells me all different things :/

Hi ...
I would say .. unless you have other dogs that can be food aggressive .. leave a bowl of complete dry dog mix in bella's bowl 24/7 with fresh water always available .. I can't do this as my male Thor he is food aggressive with his sister .. not us .. just his sister ... We feed them at either end of the kitchen 3 times a day .. Thors bowl always goes down b4 his sister's or he will use body language and stare ... That's enough for his sister to stop eating and if she didn't he would tell her off... You learn the signals pretty fast ... Hope I've helped ... /yawn .. good luck

thank you for reply no she is the only one . yes ive been feeding her 3 times a day but tinned food , so if i put a bowl of complete dog food out for her would you suggest i still use the tinned aswell ? sorry to be a pain ive never had a puppy this young before and dont know if to mix the food as i dont want her to be overweight but neither underweight. Ive been taking her water away at 10pm-6am , as some sites said take it away at night others leave it at all times thats why joined this site to get information from owners thanks x

Hi again ..
These are just my views others may say different ideas that could work just as good but at bella's age I would soak a hand full of complete dog mix with a little boiled kettle water .. just pour a little untill they soften ..they will swell up.... As you have been meat use the same meat with the mixer ... So 2mo 80% of the meat u have been feeding with 20% soaked mixer ... Each day drop the meat by 10/20% untill she is just on complete mix ... I don't advice going straight to mixer as ur dogs little stomach will get a big shock .... Hope this has helped .... Good luck ...

Sorry .....And as for water I don't think it matters if u leave water with them or without..... All the time we are in the home or awake in home ... The dogs can drink away ...at night .. or if we are out... the dogs are put in there crate cages without food or water .. untill we get back in or get up and let them out only time water is left in cage was summer just gone when it was hot ... And the bowl just bolted to inside of each cage  

Hi there I'd feed her 4 times a day at 8 weeks re food, wet food is mainly made up of water, what brand is it? id feed dry food here is a list of dry food recommendations :- http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/dry_food there is also wainwrights or James well beloved which are both good mid priced foods

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I fed Roman 4 times a day when I got him at 9 weeks then by 10 weeks reduced him to 3 meals a day. My vet has said to keep him on 3 meals a day until hes about 6 months old then drop to 2 meals x

Yes, 4 times a day until 12 weeks, then 3 times a day until 6 months. Then either 2 meals a day for life, or 2 meals until 12 months & then 1 meal for life.

I also wouldn't feed tinned food. It's about 75% water so you have to feed a lot more!