It is essential to adhere to food schedules that are consistent for the long term health of your Lab. Labrador adults, like most dogs, work well when fed on a schedule. Twice per day is the standard as it allows the dog to eat and digest properly.
Puppies will require more frequent feedings, though, as they expend far more energy and smaller stomachs to hold their needed food. If you have a Labrador that gets a lot of exercise, you may want to consider feeding them less food more often, as they will likely feel hungry sooner.
Disrupting this can cause digestive problems that are unpleasant for the dog and the owner. According to Veterinary Centers of America, dogs are creatures of habit that need the security and predictability of their feeding routine. In addition, keeping the feeding schedule consistent helps your pet cope with other changes that may occur within the household. Lastly, never free-feed a Labrador. Your lab puppy will have an incredible appetite at 11 weeks. This is the biggest growth period for your puppy , so you can expect him to eat more food and seem constantly hungry.
Your puppy should be eating 3 to 4 meals a day , with equal portions for each meal. Your puppy likely will need around 3 cups of food throughout the day. As your puppy should be longer now, he should have a defined, slim waist. It is still ideal to offer your 12 week old lab puppy 3 meals a day , which can be tricky if you are at work all day, but this is also a prime developmental period.
Sticking to 3 meals a day will help with the digestive developmental process and ensure that your growing baby is getting the right nutrition. His weight should be regulated now, especially since Labradors in generally like to eat as much as is available without restraint. A 13 week old lab puppy is going to be busy. While he might seem like he is hungry, keep in mind that as a breed, labs typically indicate that they are hungry when they are not.
You want to keep your lab on a healthy lean diet, preventing any unnecessary weight gain. Also remember that your lab is going to be more curious than ever, which might mean that he eats items that are not food. This can be incredibly dangerous for your furbaby, so keep your floors clean and pay attention to what he is picking up outside.
Your 14 week old lab puppy should be potty trained by this point. He might need reminders still to go out, but he should have good control over his bladder. This is the point where he will be losing his milk teeth and be getting his adult teeth. The teething stage is where your pup will be biting the most, so keep him biting the right things by giving him chew toys as well as hard dog food.
The dry food will help relieve the biting sensation that is going to be his highest priority. The smaller and younger your Labrador is, the more often they need to eat. They need to eat three to four times per day. If puppies go longer without eating, their blood sugar level can drop which leads to a dangerous condition known as hypoglycemia.
The number of calories your puppy needs changes as they grow heavier and older. The daily calorie requirement of your puppy is calculated basing on their current body weight. Therefore, it is essential to weigh your puppy regularly to adjust their food portions accordingly. Therefore, their daily intake should be calories. Labradors can eat certain human foods that provide them with all the necessary nutrients they need to grow strong and healthy.
These foods include:. Some human foods are dangerous, some are poisonous, and some can affect the health of your Labrador. The following are foods that you should not feed your puppy:. Your puppy should weigh 2 pounds for every week that he is in age. So, for example, if your puppy is 12 weeks old, he should weigh around 24 pounds.
When lab puppies have reached between 18 and 20 weeks, they will be half of their adult weight. Since his weight will vary depending on growth spurts, watch the waist of your puppy to make sure that he is not too thin, but not too chunky either.
You should be able to feel ribs under his skin, but not visibly see them. Our recommendation for the best all-around puppy food for Labradors is the Royal Canin puppy food. This food is specifically designed for the Labrador Retriever breed, taking into account common future issues that they face as well as what the appropriate nutrition for a lab is.
It also has nutrition for healthy skin and coat development. This food is recommended to be served to puppies as young as 8 weeks up to 15 months. Our runner-up for the best puppy food for labs is the Hills Science Diet food that is made for large breeds. This food comes with both glucosamine and chondroitin, which is important when it comes to joint development for large breeds.
Considering how much puppies eat, you might need a budget friendly food. For this, we suggest the Purina Pro formula. This food is made specifically for large breed puppies and is formulated with high amounts of high-quality protein, including salmon, chicken, and lamb. The food is also legume-free, which is important in preventing bloat and digestive issues.
It is made with weight management in mind, helping your pup get off to the right start. Another great food choice for Labrador puppies is the Purina One SmartBlend puppy formula for large breeds. This means that it includes natural sources of glucosamine, which is essential for joint development for Labrador Retriever puppies. It also contains good levels of protein, which is important for brain, heart, and muscle development, putting your puppy off to the right start.
It must not be used as an alternative for seeking professional advice from a veterinarian or other certified professional. Please consult a professional before taking any course of action with any medical, health or behavioral related issue. For a list of all the supplies we get for our new service dog puppies check out our New Puppy Checklist on the PuppyInTraining.
Follow the instructions for recommended portions that come with the food you have purchased. Then if gaining too much weight scale back a little, if not putting enough on then up the portions a little.
Just carry on being firm, but happy and positive, continuing with your training and keeping it fun. She should settle down again. You should speak to your vet and only to your vet. You may get incorrect advice by asking on the web and might treatments that can make things worse. Please speak to your vet. My 8 month old Chocolate has done LOTS of damage to the trim and siding on my house the past few months with his teeth , which will cost plenty to fix some day, but will he ever stop doing this chewing so I can get it repaired without a repeat of this issue?!
He also has messed up some of the bottom of my chain link fence with his teeth AND pulled most of the bottom 6 to 8 feet of bark off my cedar trees!! Enough to where he got sap from the tree all over his hair, which is very hard to get off without cutting it off!!!! Please E-mail me also, if you can help!!!!
You should try playing with your dog. A lazy dog owner deserves the costly repairs that happen to them. Hi , I have a 40 days Labrador its weight is 2 kgs, I need some information about feeding. Can we mix cerelac into it? Hi Rakesh, 40 days is very young for a puppy, they should really still be with their mother. My lab pup has always been getting three meals a day: 6 am, noon, and 6 pm.
According to his vet. I took in a 2 to 3 month old rescue lab mix. How many times should I feed her? I also would like to train her to go outside as she was outside since birth in a grassy area under a car. I also have pads just in case for indoors. Please help!! I give my six month old labrador gms of dry food plus a little tinned meat divided into two meals.
The last meal is usually at about 4. He is clean in the house all the day. I take him outside in the garden last thing at night, but he never performs. However, he always poops in the house at around 5. What am I doing wrong?
If he always poops in the house at 5am you could try setting your alarm to wake you up at am and take him out to poop. We crate all of our puppies and they will hold it until we get up in the morning.
As soon as we get up we take them straight to their potty spot and they will pee and sometimes poop. Hello, I have a 2-month-old Labrador puppy and I understand that she needs to be feed 4 times a day, but what times should I feed her?
I think it depends on your schedule. Can you also please suggest the diet i should give to him? Currently i am feeding him 3 times home made meal. Best you can do is give your puppy some joint supplements like megaflex or glycoflex. Marble or tiled slippery flooring, weak nutrition or genetic bone disorders can cause this. If it increases, you should do xray to justify the cause. You can feed dry food starter of any brand like drools, pedigree, royal canin etc or home-made food like curd-rice, boiled boneless chicken-rice.
Ideally at this tender age, starter kibble of a well-known brand like royal canin will be good. As puppy ages, you can shift to home-made food or continue with dry food.
I have lab 75 days iam using royal canin starter mother baby dog its completed now.. Sir my lab is 10 months 20 days old and weighs around kg. Is he underweight? He was also suffering from skin infection for the last 3 months but now he is a little better. The thing is, his groin region has developed several dark spots and they look like scar tissues. What can I do to do away with the spots? I give him fish oil with food and bathe him once a week with benzoyl peroxide shampoo.
Thank you for your response sir. He weighs kg. Pedigree is mostly fillers. Better to give home-made food or better brand of dry food. You can try drools focus. Sir, 27 days ka Lebrador female puppy hai use kya khilana chahiye.. I have a 6 month old lab. How much chicken should he be having along with his kibble?
He weighs 34Kg. His weight is healthy. You are not under-feeding him. As you are already giving g kibble, only a few chicken pieces should be enough. Hello sir, I have a labrador and he is approx 10 and a half months old. I am giving him royal canin as his food but I want to know what else can I give so that he becomes healthy and grows properly? I have a 4 months old labra. He is hungry all the times. Compared to what you have mentioned, he eats a lot more than that and still want more.
Any observations around the same? I had buied a lab dog and it is six months old but since we live in a village area we do not get and food for him , so can u suggest what fruits , vegetables or non veg things to give him …. Hi, excellent post , very useful! My pet is 18months old Labrador but he weighs 29 kgs.
He has been eating only homemade food since 7 months boiled chicken twice a day. We feed about half a kg each meal. He is very active. He drinks a lot of water and pees a lot! He gets gaseous often! Is it normal? He does not show for interest for any other food items fruits veggies etc! Neither puts on weight! My female lab puppy will be 5 month on 19vth April must weighing around kg…. Sir, I have a 52 days old golden retriever weighing 4kg.. Is that enough?
Recently hes not interested in dry kibble and has it only with curd. How much curd can i give my puppy per day. You are feeding enough. You can use just enough curd to make the kibble moist.
He is active and gets proper exercises, what should i feed him to make him stout enough? Hi I have a lab of 40 days around. N sometimes I feel that her stool has blood in it. She has milk made of milk powder or curd with cerelac.
Sir i have 4 month labra can i feed him rice, chapati and please tell me how much time i should feed him??? I also give him pedigree pro ,when i should give him rice and pedigree???? Feeding twice a day will be enough at this age. Feed many times and dog will lose interest in food given.
My labrador is of 3 months…2days before he got hurt in his leg.. How much did you give? Usual dose is 0. Giving too much can cause gastro issues. Pain will decrease over time and he will regain strength.
I need your suggestion on what I should do next. Boneless boiled chicken rice, curd rice or chicken-veggy mix he should like and eat himself. If he does not eat at all, only option is to feed puppy milk replacer or soup via feeding bottle forcibly. My Labrador is 3 months. He has been feeding on RC maxi starter. However, I want to switch to home cooked nutritious food now.
I took a 45 days old lab puppy. The dealer said to give him the canin puppy food trice a day only. And when should we take him for vaccination? He plays alot but at the same time he try to bite everything. My lab puppy is 47 days old. After deworming and injection the health has dereorated and is not taking food properly and poops a lot which is in liquid consistency. Why is this happening and what food can be given to her. Happens sometimes after deworming and vaccination.
Should resolve itself in a few days. You can give starter dry food or home-made food like boneless chicken rice. Keep an eye on poop for worms. If diarrhoea worsens, give ors and contact vet for anti-diarrheals.
My lab age is just 28 days … today I taken by the lab puppy…. Avoid human cerelac. You can give starter food blended in water via feeding bottle after 40days age. My Labrador puppy is 4 months old and weighs around Feeding him Arden Grange. Is it ok…. Hey Dude, I have a Lab Female, 5 months stepping in. She weighs Having some hair drop issue. Suggest if any food pattern change.
Sounds good. Hi Sir, We took a 38 days old lab puppy of weight 3. We fed him Royal Canine starter for a day. We took it to a vet and he gave some injunctions. But on 6th day 44 days old he did not eat the rice with pedigree chicken gravy. It just ate for only one time. From next day yesterday he is not eating anything. Please suggest what indian food can i give to the puppy so that he can eat well and be healthy.
Puppy weight is same 3. Most labs should like boneless chicken rice. You can force feed a 45 day old puppy by feeding bottle if needed. I have 35 days labrador male puppy. I am giving him curd and a bread slice crushed in curd. His pop is in yellow color and not much solid is it ok?
He is not taking cerelac at all so i am giving him curd and bread 4 times a day. Keep him warm during winter months. Build his immunity with a good diet.
Homemade chicken is good. Give wet food if he refuses to eat solids during fever. If it happens repeatedly, you should find out the reason of fever. Hie, I have 6 month old Labrador female puppy, im feeding 4 times a days with good quantity, can you please suggest some tipshow can feed 2 tyms a day please.
Hello, I have a labrador pup which is 8 wks old and weighs 5. His diet is as follows. And if I have to replace them, what do I replace them with? Many thanks for your kind help. Warm regards. Hello I had taken 2 lab puppies before 3 days back…one was died today due to pravo virus…so that 2 puppy aslo done tested it got negative… actually the seller given very small puppies to us… please let me help out how would I take care of the second one food and for vaccine… actually he said that 36days for both puppies so I had taken… actually today I went to pet shop he said that these very small puppy..
Give puppy milk replacer as feed for now. Hello my labrador is 4 years old.. We give him 2 meals everyday which includes 4 chapttis with a little veg and curd each meal.. The problem is after slight resistance he eats the meal but he does not eat himself.. We have to feed him like a baby … Can you please suggest any food which would attract him and that he will eat it himself apart from non veg.
I have a 1. I feed him 5 times during the day and after 12 am I feed him at 4 am also is it okay? His routine goes as 8 am 12 pm 4 pm 8 pm 12 am nd 4 am? Once above 3 months, feed only twice a day increasing portion size per meal.
Hello Sir, My labrador puppy is about to Turn 3 months. I am feeding him Maxi starter 4 times a day, about gm total per day and cerelac Twice a day, about 1. I want to know if I can transition to Royal Canine Junior abruptly or not?
Also I want to incorporate some homemade food like boiled chicken and rice so that I can slowly transition do this fully when he grows up. I also want to Thank you for your advice and blog. Yes, you can change to junior food if you want, skip the milk as puppy is 3 month old already. Feeding twice a day will be enough. You can give mix of home-food and kibble. Thanks for the reply Sir, I ll start accordingly and stop the milk. As for mix of homemade food and kibble could you please suggest the proportions by weight as I am very unsure of it, and which treats would be suitable for his training sessions?
Very Thankful for your advice…. Can you suggest us with another brand. What would be the impact of continuing Royal Canin Maxi Starter upto 4. Please let me know your feedback. I am planning to extend this based on recommendation from a local expert.
You can do so. Many feed starter even in adult stage. Thank you for the very quick response. I need 2 more clarifications 1 What should be the daily feed quantity for Labrador at different weeks of their growth. Would be glad if you could guide about the week wise plan until the age of feed stabilization. I am convinced that sardine is very good for their coat health. You can feed boiled boneless chicken rice, curd rice, chicken veggie mix, egg rice, boneless fish and most fruits except citrus fruits from 60days age.
Once puppy has reached 3 months age, feeding twice a day will be enough or dog will lose interest in eating. Do not make sudden changes to diet, introduce new items with time. Feed quantity will depend on what you are feeding. If we change the schedule he will not adjust. Pls suggest. We are giving royal canin maxi puppy, as now there is lack of stock.
Looking to switch to pedigree but I read that it is not recommended, why? Comparatively pedigree has more fibre which I came across today. We give him royal canin dry food and curd rice with boiled vegetables carrot, beans and cauliflower. Please help me with the veg diet and quantity of home food to provide.
Pedigree is not comparable to royal canin. Among home-food, you can give egg-rice or soya rice apart from curd rice or veggies. Feeding more than twice a day will make him lose interest in food over time. My labrador is 50 days old.
Can you please let me know how much quantity exactly I should feed him in an entire day in GMs and into how many meals that should be divided? Also is it okay to feed him chicken soup, rice curd , lentils stock, vegetable soup at this age? Yes you can feed home-made food at this age if you want. Feed two to three times a day, total up to gms a day. For dry food, refer to portion quantity given by respective brand. My lab is 2. Feeding her pedigree pro starter mother and puppy 3 times a day arnd gms daily mixed with luke warm water and curd rice in the afternoon..
Seems she is little underweight. Any suggestion would help…Should i switch to some other food.. Looking for recommendations. Switch to a better quality starter dry food like royal canin, farmina or any one among the premium brands which she likes.
You can also try giving home-made food like chicken rice, soya rice or egg rice. Hi, My lab puppy is 5 months old.. But for the past 1 week he refuses to eat , especially from his bowl.. He has to be coaxed to eat now.. I am giving him pedigree milk n vegetable and pedigree milk n chicken.. Try any other brand dry food, see if he likes more. You can also try wet food like pedigree chicken gravy. Make sure there are no digestive issues. Use appetite stimulant like savavet petsapp and give him enough exercise.
He will eat himself from the bowl when he is hungry enough. My pup is labrador, 3 months old and weighs 10 kgs. I feed her with royal canin puppy labrador. But currently its out of stock and my pet suggested to give royal canin puppy golden retriever.
I bought royal canin puppy golden retriever and stated feeding her. Got 3 kgs and almost half is done. Is it on that for a labrador puppy, Royal canin puppy labrador can be replaced with Royal canin puppy golden retriever? Hi sir I have black labra. He is suffering from liver disease. His treatment is already in process. But he could not eat something except egg or apple.
But from yesterday he could not eat something evenly not drinking a water. But can i do sir pls help me. Daily antibitic and acidity injection are inject to him but not improvements comes in his health help me pls sir. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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