How much Pedigree starter food should my young Rottweiler puppy eat?

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I'll need a but more information to help you: how old is snoppy? What breed of dog? How much does he weigh? Is he underweight or overweight? I usually recommend using the chart on the bag of food as a starting point, then if the dog is too fat feed less or is too thin feed more. I hope this helps and please report with more information if it isn't!

You can change to a light formula of science diet or Purina or change to a prescription food such as science diet metabolic formula to help. More importantly most people over feed as the bag recommendations are usually too much. A good starting point in 1 cup for 20 pounds of what they are supposed to be. For any larger breed dog, twice a day feeding is recommended and I would start at 2 cups in the morning and 2 cups in the evening that way you can still provide treats!

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Since you are bottle feeding I would start to wean sooner than if she was nursing from her mom. Milk replacers tend to either constipate or cause diarrhea. Since she is having loose stools I would have a fecal tested at the vet for parasites. Coccidia is common in puppies. By 2 weeks of age you can start dewormning with pyrantel pamoate every 2 weeks. Starting at 4-5 weeks offer canned puppy food and milk replacer twice daily. At 5-6 weeks mix canned with dry puppy food and bottle feed once daily and by 6-7 weeks just dry and off the bottle by then. Once stool a day is not enough. I would buy a different brand of milk replacer and mix with what you are using now to get a better consistency for the stool. 2.5 lbs=40 ounces, so you should be feeding 50 mls every 3-4 hours or 350 mls per day. I would divide that out every 4-6 hours and see how things go and start weaning in the next 1-2 weeks. I hope this helps!

Hello and thank you for reaching out to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Browny can eat any dog food diet that is formulated for puppies/growth, and ideally for large-breed dogs. Highly recommended brands include Royal Canin, Purina, and Hills, but other well known companies such as Pedigree are also appropriate. As long as the diet is not vegan, vegetarian or grain free, any puppy dog food diet should be OK. The dog food bag should have a feeding chart on it that outlines how much food Browny should be fed with each meal, based on her weight. I hope this is helpful!

Congratulations on your new baby! I definitely recommend getting him back on his puppy food, since it nutritionally balanced for his growing body. My favorite brands are Science Diet and Royal Canin. Feed the highest quality food you can afford, since this will help prevent illness in the future and save money on vet bills in the long run. The bad news is it sounds like he's training you they way he wants you, the good news is you can correct his behavior. Dogs can go without eating for a few days without any detrimental effects, unlike cats. So, to convince him he needs to eat his food, offer his puppy food in two to three meals a day. Read the directions on the bag or can for guidelines on how much to feed per day and divide that into however many meals you need to. You can offer dry, canned or a combination. It may help him transition if you offer him some canned food with the dry, and/or moisten the dry with some low-sodium chicken broth to entice him to eat. Try to keep him on a regular a schedule as you can. Put his food down in the morning and give him 20 minutes to eat it. If he doesn't eat it, take it up, and put it away for the next meal. Only give him treats for doing something, such as training or going potty outside, and only a few. You don't want to have him rely on treats as a meal. When it's time for the next meal, put his food down, give him 20 minutes. When he gets hungry enough, usually after a day or so, he'll eat. Don't feed him anything off the table either. If he begs and you feel you have to give him something, keep a bowl of his kibble on the table and give him that. Most dogs think it's fantastic because it came off the table from you.

Congrats on your new puppy! Rottie puppies should receive a high quality puppy food formulated specifically for large breed dogs. These types of diets contain the appropriate vitamins and minerals (calcium and phosphorus in particular) to ensure that growth occurs at an appropriate rate. The treats you are feeding are fine as long as they are in concert with an appropriately formulated primary diet. If you find that Bones is eating less food or having some sort of dietary upset, you can certainly change to a different type. Just if you do this, make sure it is done over the course of at least one week. This will reduce the likelihood of any significant diarrhea or vomiting during the transition period. Hope this helps!

Thanks for visiting Petcoach. You would simply mix the puppy milk replacement formula half and half or 3/4th (milk) and 1/4th (solid food) with the starter pedigree food. Then slowly decrease the amount of milk replacement over the course of a week until Ooge is completely on solid food. Here is a website link also that describes this transition more in detail. https://m.petco.com/shop/PetcoContentDisplayView?catalogId=10051