Am I overfeeding my 10-month-old puppy? How much should he eat?

Hi there and thank you for using PetCoach to address your concern. I would recommend keeping Rocky on a balanced puppy food such as Royal Canin or Science Diet. If you want to cook a home diet, I recommend using ( www.balanceit.com ). Please let me know if you have any further questions and I would be more than happy to help you further.

I think it is perfectly fine to feed him twice a day. I would feed him about 1.5 to 2 cups twice a day depending on how active he is. If you want to give him some of the human food supplements, that is fine but I would not make it his main diet as that doesn't have all the vitamins and minerals that he needs. i hope this helps.

Great question! At almost two months of age, Ooge is old enough to be fed a puppy formulated food. It has to be a puppy formulated food because puppies require higher amounts of protein, calcium, and calories than an adult dog. A puppy food will provide everything he needs to grow properly. Brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. On the bag, there is a daily recommended amount of food, and I would divide that into three equal portions to feed him three times a day, once in the morning, noon, and evening. Once he turns six months old, he can be fed twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. I hope this helps :-)

As young dogs vary in their activity level I adjust the amount depending on Coso. If he is ravenous at each meal you are not feeding enough. I gradually increase the amount at each feeding so he is hungry at meals and he just finishes the food. If he's starving I feed three meals daily, as he ages and slows down his growth he may not be as hungry then I feed twice daily. I recommend twice daily feeding for life and adjust the amount of food needed to keep him happy and at a normal weight. The feeding amounts on the bag are just guidelines. I prefer to adjust the amount on an individual basis. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Coso.

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I recommend feeding Rocky a good dry puppy food (like Science Diet, Purina One, Iams, or Royal Canin). If you do that, eggs won’t be necessary. If you still want to add an egg I would only give one a day. Kisses to Rocky!

Great question! Each food has a different daily allotment and no two foods are the same, so to know how much to feed Moose, I would check the label on his bag of food. That will tell you how much he should be getting daily, and then I would divide it into two equal portions for him to eat. I hope this helps :-)

My best recommendation is to have Rocky on a large breed puppy formula of high quality dog food. My preferred brands include Hill's, Royal Canin and Purina. Because all puppy foods differ in their caloric content per cup, feed the recommended amount based on his weight that is listed on the back of the food bag. I would also recommend weighing Rocky every 10-14 days because he will be gaining weight quickly and you will need to adjust the amount of food you are feeding him based on his weight. Eating his poop is a normal puppy behavior and probably not because of hunger or decreased nutrition. It is however this is a habit that needs to be broken so clean up his feces as often as possible and correct the behavior whenever you see it. I hope this helps. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Best of luck.