how man times a day should i feed my puppy lab and how much?
i am feeding him 3 times a day a cup at a time this sound right?
i have always had healers and i can free feed them but from what i have been told i cant do that with a lab?

THANKS


NOAH

I always free fed labs.

We have been feeding our Australian Shepherd pup 1 cup/3 times a day. Fromm puppy food high in protein.

Twice a day....and follow the directions on the bag ......What feed are you using ?

Always fed my dogs once a day puppy or adult.

We have raised labs for years! We feed pups twice a day and usually end up feeding a little more than recommended! This will depend on feed you are buying and the pup as well! You want that pup to develop at a normal healthy rate! Labs are amazing dogs!

I also have always free fed. My dogs are healthy weight and don't overeat. It works for me. I have heard of dogs that will eat themselves sick but I believe they must have been deprived at on time and they are making sure that doesn't happen again.

pure balance

how much do you feed them? enough for them to eat off it all day?

Enough to get a belly full.

The labs I have had would over eat, if allowed to! It is strange how one dog will over eat, and another won't. Most puppies need the extra proteen from a puppy food, for good growth, with energy. Some of the giant breeds can have problems during thier youth, if fed too high of a proteen diet. We have a female great dane, that has been on adult food from her first bite. She was gaining 10 lbs per month between 4 months and 9 months old. Now she's slowed to around 7-8 lbs per month. She will eat as much as you give her, so she stays on a strict diet.
Labs need the extra proteen due to activity levels. They never seem to stop moving!
We feed our dogs two times a day. Large breed dogs are prone to bloat, so two meals a day can help prevent that!

thank you guys for the advice!

Feed my Mountain cur 17 mo. old 40 lbs. in the cold weather about 1/2 a feed in the morning and full feed at 5pm.
normal weather full feed at 5pm.

Our lab will carry her bowl to you to fill but will only eat when she wants, it is always full. she eats about 2 cups, morning and night so 4 per day total, She is about 80 lbs and not too fat. for a pup you could just calculate how much that would be. For a 20lb pup that would be 1/2 a cup twice a day. A 40 pound dog would be 1 cup morning and night.

Always free fed my labs till 1 year then 2 cups a day after, always worked for me

Both are Brothers

And this is Jack...Louie's brother

Any puppy under the age of 6 months should be fed 3 times a day if possible. Sometimes when working it is hard to do I know. (That is why when teaching I always attempted to get puppies in the summer.) Buy a high grade dog food with a high level of protein and fat. I like to feed puppies a high grade sled dog food like Caribou Creek or something similar. I personally like to see a chubby puppy and trim them down a bit when they get older. My youngest Lab is around a year. My two best Labs each lived to a pretty darn healthy 15 years old.
Good luck with your puppy.
Mac