Lurcher feeding

[steve0146 0]

I have a 14 month old deerhound cross that is getting fed twice a day at the moment and I was thinking about going down to once a day.

 

He is not putting on weight as he runs a lot, but I dont want him to lose condition if i reduce it to once a day. Any thoughts?

[T78 4]

always fed all mine once a day(excepet as pups) and never had any probs.

[bugz_bunny 0]

i feed mine once a day but the lurcher and terrier pups

get fed twice!

never had a problem with my older lurcher and her

weight stays on fine and shes nearly 6!

[Steve McHardy 2]

i feed mine once a day but the lurcher and terrier pups

get fed twice!

never had a problem with my older lurcher and her

weight stays on fine and shes nearly 6!

i feed my youngsters twice a day till they finish growing then down to once a day after that. your pup still a bit of growing to do so id keep it on twice until you think it at its full size.

[tomandroz 0]

i feed mine once a day but the lurcher and terrier pups

get fed twice!

never had a problem with my older lurcher and her

weight stays on fine and shes nearly 6!

i feed my youngsters twice a day till they finish growing then down to once a day after that. your pup still a bit of growing to do so id keep it on twice until you think it at its full size.

 

Hi,

 

Same as here, youngsters get fed twice a day (3-4 times a day up too 12 weeks) and when they have finsihed growing, one feed a day, and my three lokk well, and fit enough.

 

Regards,

 

Tom

[cocker 2,655]

feed him twice a day as long as he is growing, then feed him once a day once he has finished growing, if you think about it if you feed him twice a day he wont often be hungry so he might not actually need to eat as much, if you only feed him once a day he will be more hungry after 24 hours have passed and he will eat his food much more keenly, and maybe eat a bit more than what he is getting now, i dont think he will lose condition, i feed mine as much as they can eat in one go, once a day, any food left over after 10 or 20 minutes gets removed from the kennel, if you stick to feeding at a regular time each day they soon get the message to get eating whilst its there, "the main thing is is to make sure that your dog is getting everything that its body needs from its food" obviously depending on how you work him comes into the equation too, regarding the nutrional value required,

 

all the best

cocker

 

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[the great white hunter 1]

i always feed myn once a day and never had no problems with wait

[lilpip1234 62]

only feed my lurchers once a day unless they're pups in which case twice

[farlap 19]

I have a 14 month old deerhound cross that is getting fed twice a day at the moment and I was thinking about going down to once a day.

 

He is not putting on weight as he runs a lot, but I dont want him to lose condition if i reduce it to once a day. Any thoughts?

with a deerhound cross.....definitely twice a day...it helps reduce the risk of a torsion in a deep chested large breed.