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What food and how much for my small 8-week-old puppy to grow?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Australian Kelpie | Female | 1 month and 22 days old | 5 lbs

I have just bought a 8 week old puppy. She was six weeks old when she was taken away from her mother and she is really small for a Kelpie cross staffy. I don't know what kind of food or how much food I should give her to help her grow. Please help

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on February 10th, 2018

Nala is very cute! She needs a puppy formulated food, and brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. Puppies require higher amounts of protein, calcium, and calories than adult dogs to grow properly, and a puppy formulated food will provide that for her. Go out to a pet store and get a puppy food for her now. She should be fed three times a day until she is six months once, once in the morning, at noon, and the evening. The bag of food will tell you her daily recommended allotment of food, and divide that into three equal feedings. Once she is six months old, she can be fed twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Good luck, I hope this helps!

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