| | Hi Yvonne
I'm no expert, just the owner of 2 lab puppies (yes, 2!), our black boy Rufus is nearly 15 weeks now. Our breeder told us that he would get loose poos if we fed him too much. So we look at the poos he does and adjust the food accordingly! We've found that they need a bit less than the bags say. He's on about 100g dry food x 3 per day. What i have noticed though is that when he poops in the garden, it's how you would expect, but out on walks, it's that bit looser, i can only think it's te excitement! We also have an old cat who rules the roost. It was a bit unnerving watching the hissing etc and we were worried he'd get his eyes scratched, but in teh end they have established boundaries, Rufus has worked out teh distance he needs to leave to get round him. We now feed the cat on the stairs as Rufus can't disturb him there. We got Bramble, who is now 9 weeks, a choc lab a week ago. The two dogs now chase each other like loons and play rough and tumble with fearsome noises, and are having a great time, which means Rufus now more or less ignores the cat, as he has someone to play with! Not that getting a second puppy is a solution!! That said, we learnt so much in the first few weeks with Rufus that Bramble is far easier!
Hope it works out for you.
M |
