I wonder can anyone give me advice on how much to feed when weaning raw. This is my first litter and are both doing well, well rounded pups and loving raw. However, no one I know feeds raw and I tend to be a bit paranoid wherre my pups are concerned

They nearly always clean their bowl and would eat more I'm sure but I don't want to overfeed and there isn't a lot of ino regarding amounts unless its dry or wet

Pups are 7 weeks and weigh around 5 to 6 kg, adult weight will be approx 25 kg. What percentage should I roughly be working too? I guess I just need confirmation from those who raw wean

Thank you

At that age mine were still getting as much as they could eat

According to Tom Lonsdale pups weaned onto raw seldom overeat. I certainly find with my dogs that they will try to bury any food they don't want and as adults this means they are being overfed, so I dig it up and bag it for the next day.

I weaned a litter of Mal pups onto raw at three weeks of age and at seven weeks just gave what they would eat as they would just walk away and leave what they didn't want. By six weeks they were having wings/necks/carcasses and anything mum and dad were having. I always fed them individually after six weeks of age though otherwise they would eat too fast due to competition and I couldn't get an idea of how much they ate. I would "free feed" and let them leave any they didn't want and if they appeared to want more, ie: searching the floor for more, or chasing the plate around licking I would give more. I had my pups leave food on many occasions and they never looked "pot bellied" so I was happy with feeding that way.

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For the first couple of feeds, I feed each pup individually, a teaspoon or so of minced raw chicken mixed with a little bio-yoghurt. I feed seperately so I can check all of them like it and are getting some, lol!

Then after the first two days of doing this, I put the food in one/two bowls, dpeneding on number of pups and sizes of bowls and let them tuck in.

I introduce a new meat every 3 days.

I feed the food first then pop them onto mom t finish with a drink.

I also chuck chicken wings in the playpen for them to 'play' with and chomp on.

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