Raw Diet - Puppy to adult dog feeding frequency change.

[airsafari87]

We have a 6 month old Tibetan Terrier who has now reached 75% of his final weight and has been on a constant raw diet, fed 3 times per day with equal portions sizes per meal.

He will be remaining on a raw diet going forward.

From what I understand the feeding frequency should be reduced from 3 times per day to 2 times per day at this lifecycle stage.

For reference his total food intake for the day is between 450g and 540g which is the recommended intake for a puppy of his weight.
An adult dog of his weight would be 180g to 270g total food intake for the day.

Couple of questions :-

I assume at 6 months he is still classed as a puppy with regards to feeding quantities?

When moving from 3 feeds per day to 2 per day, over what sort of timescale should the middle feed be reduced and the 2 either side be increased? Incrementally over 1 week? 2 weeks or longer?
Or could we just move right on to 2 meals per day now without any transition?

As far as being classed as an adult dog with regards to feeding quantities g quantities, I assume that will be when he reaches his fully grown size and weight and is stabilised for a period of time?

Again, what sort of transition period should the reduction in total daily food intake be over?

TIA

[stoop44rio]

My dog and past dogs were fed raw and occasionally some scraps from our cooking.
Change from 3 times to two around 6 months and yes he’s still a puppy. Make the feed times suit your schedule, your dogs not going to die because he’s missed a meal by a few hours.
I like to feed mine a lighter breakfast (6:30-8:30 am) and then around 4-7 pm a heavier meal.

[renmure]

We’ve always few raw to out GSDs and Great Danes over the years. 2 very healthy GSDs at the moment enjoy the raw diet. I think we fretted a bit first time round about transitioning from 3 meals to 2 but from then we’ve just switched on a given day.