Hi everyone new to the forum hoping someone can help. my demon cant handle kibble. just gives him the poos...we have since changed to raw and hes much much better no more poos every think is norm. when we got him the vet told us he was under weight and to feed him 10% of his body weight. hes now 10kg. surely 1kilo aday is way to much.....

also now hes upto weight how do I work out how much I should be feeding. thanks for any help in advanced.

First, you're puppy is absolutely adorable!

Secondly, I'm glad the raw is helping out your pup! There's quite a few different threads on raw feeding, if you search around the forum. I also found a link to better help you.

http://rawfeddogs.org/rawguide.html

Here is a raw food calculator as well.

http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm

Hayden_69 wrote:

First, you're puppy is absolutely adorable!

Secondly, I'm glad the raw is helping out your pup! There's quite a few different threads on raw feeding, if you search around the forum. I also found a link to better help you.

http://rawfeddogs.org/rawguide.html

Here is a raw food calculator as well.

http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm

Thanks for a fast reply. iv done a lot of reading. but im getting confused with this 2% or 3% of adult weight haha. iv asked the breeder for the adult weight of mum and dad is around 21kg and 24kg.

should I be feeding 250grams or 400grams?

Im scared of overfeeding him at same time scared of underfeeding him sorry if im missing some think.

I'd go with his dad's weight, since he's male also. If you're really concerned about overfeeding you could start low and then increase if it doesn't seem like enough. He's a cutie, good luck C:

I don't know that I'd feed a puppy two pounds a day or more; however, you could try to feed him about 20z a day in two or three separate feedings. So, either two meals of 10 oz or three meals of 7 oz.

I tend to feed puppies 2 - 3 % of adult weight. Teddy gets about 16 oz (1 lb) of food a day.

We go with about one pound of food a day as well for our puppies. A 24 kg male (unless he is racing or working hard in some other way) needs about 1 pound of food a day (450 grams or .45 kg) While a puppy doesn't weigh 24 kg, his body is growing at such a rapid rate that he needs that extra energy anyway. We have found that providing our puppies with an adult portion of raw every day is the perfect amount in spite of their much smaller bodies. Don't worry. It may seem like a lot but 450 grams is actually the perfect amount for your puppy. I would just divide it up into 2 or 3 feedings per day.

The best thing about feeding him based on his expected adult weight, is that you won't need to change his portions as he grows unless his activity level or metabolism changes. He can just continue with the same amount as he grows.

and congratulations on your cute new puppy.