8 weeks to 12 weeks growth - blimey!

[Ved]

The little fella is now 12 weeks old and just over 9kg. This is quite amazing since, foolishly, we've been underfeeding him for the last couple of weeks by misreading the label on his feed. We're using this as an opportunity to ditch the ste food his breeder was using (Gilpa), get a better brand (Arden Grange) and get him up to speed on his feed again and he's in excellent physical shape thankfully.

Anyway, here's Memphis at 8 weeks (4.6kg):





and now at 12 weeks (9.4kg)






Now to me that is utterly mental but he's healthy, happy and no doubt will be even better now he's on some quality food as of tomorrow.



David

Edited by Ved on Sunday 29th July 00:07

[bexVN]

You shouldn't just change the food straight over, mix the old and new diets together for a few days first. Slowly increase the new diet whilst slowly decreasing the old

Don't panic re underfeeding, he looks fine and you can often give less than the guides suggest. Get an idea of amounts from the packs but then observe him. We ck pups once a month which is ideal for ck'ing wt, feeding etc

Edited by bexVN on Sunday 29th July 08:49

[Ved]

Good advice, thanks

[JFReturns]

So, so gorgeous and a spitter for our choccy lab Yoda at that age. We too underfed him due to misreading labels (felt awful) but he is fine now at five and a half months. Getting stockier and stronger every day! As mentioned, it is best to gradually introduce new food a little at a time in the future.

[Jasandjules]

Better to underfeed a little than overfeed a little IMHO.

Rather than switch him from one commerical food full of grains/cereals that a dog doesn't need to another one, have you considered feeding raw food? Give him the best start in life.

BTW he looks cute as a button!

[Ved]

Jasandjules said:

Better to underfeed a little than overfeed a little IMHO.

Rather than switch him from one commerical food full of grains/cereals that a dog doesn't need to another one, have you considered feeding raw food? Give him the best start in life.

BTW he looks cute as a button!

We used to feed our old labs raw foods and veg but that wasn't until they were older but we will probably do something similar one day.

I've joked with the missus that i'm going to cook us both a steak one day

[Jasandjules]

Ved said:

We used to feed our old labs raw foods and veg but that wasn't until they were older but we will probably do something similar one day.

I've joked with the missus that i'm going to cook us both a steak one day

The sooner they get started on raw the better. No reason why they can't be slowly switched to it now, and there are a fair few good breeders out there who wean puppies onto raw immediately.

[Mubby]

awww he is a stunner!

[Sexual Chocolate]

is he a cookridge lab? Kind of looks like mine but maybe with a bigger head. Though mine is cuter

Anyway, super cute dogs, great temperament and all round best dogs in the world.


RE: Food. I fed mine according to the instructions on the bag and pretty soon he was slightly overwheight and on a lab its hard to get off again. you always have to remember they are the Frank Lampard of the dog world, meaning, there is a fat lad in there dying to get out

Edited by Sexual Chocolate on Monday 30th July 15:06