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yoko
Adult Weim
Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Posts: 300
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Fur Kids: Yoko
8 months old - rescue via GLWR |
 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: How many times a day do you feed? |
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We feed our 5 month old 4 times a day - at 8am, 12pm, 4pm and 8pm.
Is that nuts? I think I just started that because I figured more small meals were better and easier on her - I don't know if I just imagined that idea because I was freaked out about bloat, or if someone told me this, or if I read it somewhere. It seems that many of you feed only 2X a day.
I'm curious what everyone else does - how much (we feed 1 cup each time), how often... and how old your pup/dog is. |
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LunaBrown
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 21 Jul 2007
Posts: 2242
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Fur Kids: Luna, Weimaraner
Murphy, Kittycat
Paige, Kittycat |
| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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We started off feeding 3 times a day - Unfortunately we had to back to work the Monday immediately after we got her, but we came home at lunch every day to let her out for a potty and get her some lunch. As she neared the one year mark, we got brave and left her all day (the extra 30 miles each day were getting REALLY expensive) and cut it back to just two meals - 6am and 6pm.
Luna has eaten three cups of food the entire time we've had her - I don't know why this amount has worked the whole time, but it has! So when she was younger she got one cup 3x daily, now she gets 1.5 cups 2x daily. |
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blankenship7
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Posts: 1139
Location: Mount Wolf, Pa
Fur Kids: Carly Mae, weimaraner
Gunther, weimaraner
Henry, kitty |
| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| We feed twice a day as well, 7 and 5-ive tried to push it back a little but she goes crazy around that time and woofs it down if we wait longer. |
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Allyson
Adult Weim
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Posts: 330
Location: Dallas, Texas
Fur Kids: Hannah-11 mo. old Weim
Sam-6 yr old dust bunny (I mean long hair domestic cat)
Ben-5 year old sable ferret
Dover-4 year old white ferret |
| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Twice a day here too, well, sort of.
She gets breakfast in the morning, dinner when we have dinner and then her filled Kong in the evening. When I get the Kong ready I use some of her dinner food to fill it so that she isn't getting a lot extra though. |
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hoochmamas
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 15 Nov 2007
Posts: 1477
Location: new jersey
Fur Kids: a nonfur kid named kadin. he was 9 in august. 2 domestic cats.. hotto is 12, kendall (AKA benz) is 6.. hooch macalli monster is our weim, born 11-11-07.. mostly known as "Hooch", the late Boo.. weim |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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we feed hooch 1 cup kibble plus goodies.. 3x a day.. 5:30-6AM, 11:30-12noon, and 6PM..
he usually gets a 3 o'clock yummy, too.. a frozen kong or dried sweet potato..
we recently reduced the amount of kibble.. if he starts getting up in the middle of the night more than once, or starts to look too thin, we increase his amount of dinner kibble.
works for us.. |
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waitingonmyweim
Champion Weim
Joined: 09 Mar 2008
Posts: 664
Location: London, Ontario
Fur Kids: Lincoln - Weimaraner-9mths
Nissan - Cat
Nemo - Cat |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| hoochmamas wrote: | we feed hooch 1 cup kibble plus goodies.. 3x a day.. 5:30-6AM, 11:30-12noon, and 6PM..
he usually gets a 3 o'clock yummy, too.. a frozen kong or dried sweet potato..
we recently reduced the amount of kibble.. if he starts getting up in the middle of the night more than once, or starts to look too thin, we increase his amount of dinner kibble.
works for us.. |
wow. that's great that you only have to feed him 3 cups to maintain his weight!
I hear of some who have to feed up to 6 cups/day - that would get expensive! It just goes to show that a higher quality kibble is not *always* more expensive in the end!
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We feed Lincoln 1.5 cups in the morning at about 7:30 or 8 with yogourt, then we fill a kong with kibble and PB at 1pm and then 1.5 cups at about 6pm with more yogourt |
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Jager08
Young Weim
Joined: 20 May 2008
Posts: 198
Location: Kansas
Fur Kids: Jager - 10 Months Old
Eva - 6 Months Old |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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6:00 AM – 1 ½ cups of food
7:00 AM – Kong filled with Reduced Fat Peanut Butter
6:00 PM – 1 ½ cups of food
8:00 PM – Bone
I usually give them a few treats when I get home from work. |
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weimamama
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 1396
Location: Land of the Giants and Jets (East Rutherford, NJ)
Fur Kids: Blue, CPX (that\'s couch potato excellent) and
June. Both rescued Weims |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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2 feeds per day... 9ish am; 7ish pm
1.5C/feed for June
2C/feed for Blue
They also get various treats thoughout the day and just before bedtime! |
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versatilek9s
Champion Weim
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 929
Location: VA
Fur Kids: Maya, Sage & Macy--all weims |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Twice a day for all of them. |
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iris
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
Posts: 1047
Fur Kids: Rocky, Weimaraner |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Twice a day for Rocky, sometimes once because of his raw diet! |
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rejoh0605
Adult Weim
Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 272
Location: Alabama
Fur Kids: Wilson-Weimaraner |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Twice a day
2 cups 6:00 AM
2 cups 7:00 pm
he gets some treats in between
Last edited by rejoh0605 on Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:56 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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cgmayeaux
Young Weim
Joined: 20 Jan 2008
Posts: 197
Location: Hammond, La
Fur Kids: Bailey....Weimaraner
Dixie.....Cat |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow...I feel like I over feed Bailey, but he is so active!!! He gets 5-6 cups of food per day divided into 3 meals. If I cut back too uch, he starts to look thin. He weighs 76 lbs and it very active everyday....sometimes he is up and full speed from 8am to 8pm with no nap. Am I crazy? |
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iris
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
Posts: 1047
Fur Kids: Rocky, Weimaraner |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| cgmayeaux wrote: | | Wow...I feel like I over feed Bailey, but he is so active!!! He gets 5-6 cups of food per day divided into 3 meals. If I cut back too uch, he starts to look thin. He weighs 76 lbs and it very active everyday....sometimes he is up and full speed from 8am to 8pm with no nap. Am I crazy? |
I do not think you are crazy at all. When we had Rocky on dry dog food he used to eat 6-8 cups a day (also a pup though) and he has always been very thin and he as well is very active. I think every dog is different as well on the amount of food they consume and how their body metabolizes the food. Also it could be that the food is not high in fat. |
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freespiritmom
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
Posts: 1678
Location: East Texas
Fur Kids: Silver Bullet, Sam Elliott & Duke |
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| We also feed 2 times a day at 7 and 5 anything else and you would think my three were starving. |
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NenaGunther
Wise Old Weim
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
Posts: 1963
Location: Monticello, NY
Fur Kids: Nena CD, Weimaraner
Gunther, Weimaraner |
| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| versatilek9s wrote: | | Twice a day for all of them. |
Ditto.  |
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