What should i feed my puppy?

Question

i just got given an 8 wk old chuwawa what should i feed her and is she old enough for her first shots

Answer 1

Take him to the hospital at 4:00 PM.

Answer 2

I find it a little alarming that you got a puppy and just now you are trying to figure out what to feed her?

Anyways...puppy food. Softer foods at first, then after a few month mix the can food with harder puppy food. Then mostly hard food. You can give her puppy chow for about the first year, I recomment purina for puppy's. Always leave out the dry food in a bowl so she can help herself. Make sure she eats and give her some wet food.  

Answer 3

you should go to a local pet store to ask what kind of food you should feed her and ask when she should get her shots you should probaly wait til she is a year to get her shots

Answer 4

Wellness is a really good brand of dog food for your new puppy. Your puppy should have already gotten its first shots so its not too early.

Answer 5

first shots should have already been administered by the breeder,  check your paper work

you should have received some puppy food from the breeder,, the kind she was feeding him.

please call your reputable breeder

Answer 6

i dont know what food sorry but id probably wait for her shots tell she is 1year and a half hope that helped !!!

Answer 7

Yes, the puppy should have started shots already. And you should take him to the vet for a "puppy wellness" exam anyway. Your vet will also tell you about what shots are needed and get your on-track for them.

There is no food that is the *best*, different individual dog may thrive on different foods.

What you want to find is the HIGH-QUALITY food that *your dog* does best on.

Here are some good foods appropriate for a puppy:

* Canidae All-life-stages

* Merrick Puppy Plate

* Artemis Fresh Mix puppy

* Innova puppy

* Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul

* Wellness Just for Puppy

(More brands further down in my answer)

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Read the ingredients before you buy.

Here is my "short list" of rules when I am looking at dog food ingredients:

1) When I chose a dog food, I chose one high meat content. I want to see preferably at least 2-3 out of the top 5 ingredients be meat or meat meal (first ingredient must be!). Meal is simply the meat with the moisture removed.

2) I want to see higher quality grains, such as barley, brown rice, and oatmeal, instead of seeing wheat and corn. Or an alternative starch/carbohydrate such as potatoes or sweet potatoes.

3) I don't want to see any byproducts.

4) I don't want to see a lot of fillers.

5) I don't want to see preservatives that are believed to be carcinogens (BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin).

6) I don't want to see artificial colorings such as the Red, Blue, and Yellow dyes.

7) I don't want to see added sugars (sugar, corn syrup).

8) I don't want to see mystery meats (meats identified only as "meat" or "poultry".)

Here is an article about byproducts:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?...

And an article on what ingredients to avoid:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?...

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Here are some examples of GOOD dog foods:

* Artemis Fresh Mix

* Blue Buffalo

* California Natural

* Canidae

* Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul

* Eagle Pack Holistic Selects

* EVO

* Fromm Four Star

* Innova

* Merrick

* Nature's Variety

* Orijen

* Solid Gold

* Taste of the Wild

* Wellness

* ZiwiPeak

Or check this website; the 4, 5, or 6 star rated foods are all good foods. http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_...

(For a puppy, go with a 4 or 5 star food, the 6 star foods are high-protein, which I feel is better suited for adult dogs.)

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Higher quality food may seem more expensive at first, but it evens out. The higher quality the food, the less fillers eaten (and therefore the less p**p comes out the other end). Your dog eats more of a low-quality food to try to get the nutrition it needs, and most of the food just passes right on through. Also, higher-quality food will make your animals healthier, so you save money on vet bills in the long run.

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What *NOT* to buy:

Stay away from grocery stores brands. They are low-quality foods chalk full of fillers, preservatives, dyes, etc.. (Grocery store foods are those like Beneful, Old Roy, Alpo, Pedigree, Purina, etc.)

Beware "premium" foods. "Premium" does not always mean high quality food. Most of these foods have the same types of ingredients as grocery store foods, just a bit better quality of those not-so-good ingredients. (Premium foods are those like Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Bil-Jac, Royal Canin, etc..)

Another thing to be wary of: A lot of vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They get profit from the brands they keep on their shelves, that's why they push it. Truth is, vet schools don't focus a lot on nutrition. It's not saying that a vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, a lot of vets just are told "this is good food", so they pass the message along without proper nutrition knowledge. Also, some dog food brands (like Hills) support vet schools, so vets have heard of it from the time they start college, which makes them think it's good as well.

Hills company, the makers of Science Diet, are heavily involved in vet schools. "Hill's scientists author more than 50 research papers and textbook chapters each year and teach at leading schools of veterinary medicine" (Source of quoted section: http://www.hillsvet.com/zSkin_2/company_... )

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"Big box" petstores like Petco and Petsmart rarely have quality foods. (There are some higher quality foods at those locations, but most of the foods aren't.)

* Blue Buffalo

* Castor & Pollux

* Eagle Pack Holistic Selects

* Natural Balance

* Solid Gold

* Wellness

Also, grocery stores and Walmart aren't good places to buy food either.

Your best bets for getting quality dog food are:

- small, locally owned petstores

- holistic pet food stores

- dog boutiques

- farm supply stores

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Answer 8

what food was the breeder that you got the puppy from, feeding your pup?

Use that food and if you don't know you could switch to purina or eukanuba?

Answer 9

Wow, read your question...makes no sense!!

Chihuahua

feed Wellness Core  

Answer 10

She should have already received her first shots.  Check with the person from whom you received her.  You need to feed puppy food for the first FULL year.  The smaller dogs need the additional nutrient.  I recommend Science Diet - Nature's Best Puppy.  Or Lamb & Rice Puppy - Nutro is also a good brand.  Start by putting a small amount of warm water over the food to soften it.  She is probably very tiny so you can even add cottage cheese & scrambled egg to a few softened kibble to make sure she eats.  

Answer 11

I would measure out their food according to the Puppy food package and manage their food intake. Pick up the bowl when they are done.

Always Always lots of water. If you haven't given them a taste of it yet. The first time you put water down they are not sure what to make of it. Stick your finger in the water and let the l**k your finger and lead them to the water to drink. They will get the hang of it.

I start feeding my puppies Purina Puppy chow now, meaning 5 weeks and start to wean them because 6 weeks is just around the corner. I do wet my food and make it soft for awhile. I do this up until the are about 7 to 8 weeks old. I would especially as small as yours are.

Be ready with a little Baby Gas relief drops the first time you feed them. Just give your puppies a drop since they are so small.

I don't like the Purnia Puppy chow with the colored kibble, the red dye makes their p**p red and you can't tell if they might have worms or something. I don't like to use anything that changes the natural color of their p**p. I use the tiny brown kibble in the Purina Puppy chow. I also think the other gives them the runs.

Now about the runs, if they get this, meaning their p**p is not soild give them a tiny drop of Kaopectate every six hours for 24 to 36 hours until it clears up. Only use this brand or the genric form of it, it is the only one safe for a puppy. Or the Mom nursing for that matter. Do not let them get the runs, this is important. All puppies get them sometimes but you don't want something as small as a puppy getting dehydrated. If they have the runs long give them drops of Baby Pediolite (sp) and lots of water to drink.

Ok I may have given you a little too much information, put I believe all of it is important to know when you have puppies.

Shots 6 weeks and then 9 etc. Make sure you ask for a medical booklet to keep track of the medical history, Take it to the vet everytime you go, so that they can update it. Send it with your puppies to their new forever homes.

Answer 12

Don't feed her any puppy food you can pick up at the grocery store or walmart. The commercial brands like Purina, Pedigree, even Iams use mostly corn and animal by products which can be anything from beeks, brain, feet, blood etc. Go to a feed store and look for good whole puppy foods that have real meat as the main ingredient. Some good brands are Wellness, Chicken Soup for the puppy Lovers Soul, BLUE Buffalo. Go to the dog food analysis websitehttp://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/  and pick a 5 or 6 star brand. Feeding commercial brand dog food with corn as the main ingredient will make the puppy p**p more because it can not digest corn. The puppy also will eat less of the good brands because they will digest more and be fuller longer, it may cost a bit more but in the end it all works out.

Answer 13

She is ready for first shots and worming. Take to the vet immediately.

Food :  Go to a pet supply store, NOT the grocery store, and get a premium puppy food, something that says "small bites". Read the ingredents to make sure there is no corn or by-products in the food.

Good luck!

Answer 14

Yes she old enough to get shots. She must see a vet regularly.She can eat dry puppy food,You can give her the cheap stuff like puppy chow. If she has problem add a little wet puppy food. GOOD LUCK !

She will love you forever.

Answer 15

Try giving it puppy food.