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PostSubject: Eating and Pooing....   Eating and Pooing.... EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 11:33 am

Hey all,
It has been a while since I had an inside puppy (dog). The others were farm(barn) dogs. Anyhow, Mya is a bindle of joy, but can get frustrating at times. She is going on 10 weeks and I am feeding her TOTW puppy high prairie. She seems to love it! My questions,

How much to feed and how many times. I been putting in about 1 cup 3 times a day. She does leave some left over.

Also, my girl is not going potty on a regular basis. It seems that I have to wake up in the middle of the night after a 5pm feeding to go poo. Is this normal? Also, I will add it seems she has a bit of gas right be for she has to go!
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Location : Ottawa, Ontario

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PostSubject: Re: Eating and Pooing....   Eating and Pooing.... EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 1:20 pm

Personally I think that 3 cups a day is way too much for such a little girl. My boys are full grown and only get 2 cups a day. That could be why she is pooping so much.

When Kesler was a baby, he was getting about 1 to 1 1/2 cups per day, split in to two feedings. It seemed to work for us. I ended up adjusting a bit when he was going through growth spurts. I used the amount of pooping to gauge how much to feed him Razz Good solid poops to me mean't we weren't over feeding him.

Also, if she is leaving food, I would take it away. I tend to like my dogs to eat everything so they don't start to get used to "grazing", and I adjust the amount I give them if they leave some. But that is just me Smile Someone else may have another opinion

Good luck!
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PostSubject: Re: Eating and Pooing....   Eating and Pooing.... EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 4:29 pm

Kiersten, I think you did a great job, Very Happy Rule of thumb, most huskies do not eat as much as the bag recommends, up to 25% less than the bag requirements. Under a year old I would feed 3 cups at max, the gas may be a result in a slightly higher protein level than the standard kibble. I know that TOTW has puppy and regular formula, and I believe the regular formula says all life stage, if it does, I would switch over to the all life stages and see if there's a difference with the gas. Puppies are funny in the potty department, they will grow out of the 5 am poo wake up, however, you did not actually state the regular basis, is it too frequent or not enough pooing you are concerned with? I also agree when she is done eating pick up the food and adjust the amount for the next time.
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PostSubject: Re: Eating and Pooing....   Eating and Pooing.... EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 5:18 pm

It seems that she poos ALL the time! Say i feed her at 5pm, she will have gone before the 5pm feeding, before bed, and then again in the middle of the night or early next morning.
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PostSubject: Re: Eating and Pooing....   Eating and Pooing.... EmptyTue Jan 13, 2015 6:03 pm

If her poop is solid and well formed, then she is eating a good amount and her body will settle down as she grows. If her poop is more of a pudding consistency then you are feeding too much, if this is the case cut down about an 1/8 of a cup per feeding, and keep adjusting until she has solid poops. Because she is a pup her intestines are shorter than an adult, I imagine food goes through their bodies faster, hence going more often. My biggest concern as a husky owner is not necessarily how many times they poop, but the consistency of the poop. As an adult on a high exercise day my girl eats 2 cups of kibble and may poop twice in the day, on a low activity day she will eat 1 cup of kibble and will go once. As a puppy it was more like 2.5 to 3 cups a day and she went several times a day. Hope thta helps more..... Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Eating and Pooing....   Eating and Pooing.... EmptyWed Jan 14, 2015 10:53 am

Thank you.
Another example is, last night. I feed her about 1/2 cup at 5pm. She woke me up at 5am and wend almost 3 times! Not to be gross, but most of the time it looks like soft serve coming out, but it harder than that. I did feed her a little more than 1/2 cup this morning at 6:30am and it was about 3-4 nice hard defined pieces.
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