At 15 weeks old your puppy should be on ideally 3 meals a day of a balanced diet.

I am sorry you seemed to have got bad advice from his breeder. Offering carrots in the evening isn't balanced.

If you are wanting to feed raw still you are probably best to opt for pre packed complete raw. Where it should give advise on how much to feed per meal or per day. If it's per day just divide the amount by 3

 

Yes I did think myself that surely one meal to last the whole day is not enough for him.

Thank you, I will go to pet shop tonight and get complete raw and maybe give him a mixture of that and the burns in total 3 meals and some carrots as treats.

He does look a little skinner than most Frenchie pups, I will get him fattened up
Bet poor boy has been so hungry!

 

Nutriment, Natural Instinct, Cotswold raw are all complete raw companies - there are others too

Raw for puppies is 5-6% of their current weight over 3-4 meals per day.
Once they are adult it is 2-3% of their ideal adult weight over 2 meals per day.
They may need more or less, best to go on how they look once adult, they should have a waist line and you should be able to feel their ribs, similar if you run your finger over the back of your hand. You shouldn't have to really dig around to feel them - sadly the vast majority of pet dogs tend to be overweight.

Puppies are different - they go through all strange growth stages, one day they can look chubby and the next they look lanky and skinny.

If you are wanting to feed half raw and half kibble - reduce what he should have a day with raw by half and same goes for the kibble, kibbles are different so best to read the guidelines posted by the company.

For example - say my puppy was 5kg, he should have between 250-300g of raw per day, split between 3-4 meals. If I wanted to do half kibble then I'd only give 125-150g of raw per day, split between 3-4 meals.

Burns chicken and rice puppy food recommends 100g of kibble per day for 5kg, so I'd give 50g of kibble.

Then you'd have 50-50 raw and kibble.

 

Great!, Thank you that's a big help. I need to get him weighed to figure out exactly as I know Frenchie's tend to over eat.

Taking him bet shop tonight so hopefully will find some raw.

 

Hi Laura. We feed our frenchie raw. He is 5.5 months and gets around 300g a day. He also gets treats throughout the day - tripe, dried meat chews, chicken feet etc. He sometimes gets a little more if we have a busy day ahead with lots of walking.

I feed him twice a day and I buy a mixture of raw meats/bones from the butchers.

I do still feed him kibble now and then - usually with some mince maybe every other day - just 20-30g. This works for our boy better than 100% meat as sometimes it can be too rich for him.

Oh and frenchies live for food so he will never admit to being full!! You’re more in danger of over feeding....can we see a pic?!

 

Hi Laura. We feed our frenchie raw. He is 5.5 months and gets around 300g a day. He also gets treats throughout the day - tripe, dried meat chews, chicken feet etc. He sometimes gets a little more if we have a busy day ahead with lots of walking.

I feed him twice a day and I buy a mixture of raw meats/bones from the butchers.

I do still feed him kibble now and then - usually with some mince maybe every other day - just 20-30g. This works for our boy better than 100% meat as sometimes it can be too rich for him.

Oh and frenchies live for food so he will never admit to being full!! You're more in danger of over feeding....can we see a pic?!

Yes ive got him into a routine now and at the moment hes on about 75% raw and 25% kibble, 3 times a day and hes loving in and putting weight on a bit and yes that's very true! soon as I feed him after he seems like hes still starving looking up at me making me feel guilty haha. I will post a photo tonight

 

Haha yes classic! My boy clears his bowl and then sits watching me eat my breakfast. How are you getting on with walking? That’s the biggest thing for ours at the moment, he’s really hit and miss.

 

Haha yes classic! My boy clears his bowl and then sits watching me eat my breakfast. How are you getting on with walking? That's the biggest thing for ours at the moment, he's really hit and miss.

We can't walk him yet. Hes having his second injection Wednesday, so I think will be another 2 weeks until we can. I can't wait to beablt to walk him and what problems is he having with walking? x

 

This is my boy...

 

He’s just a lazy little frenchie - they are sooooo stubborn so it’s taken a lot of perseverance and his walking is still hit and miss. He used to just sit down every few seconds. We’ve got over that but he will now roll when he’s on the lead on grass - mostly down the boredom I think as he wants to be off lead or if he sees anyone he wil stop as everyone used to stop and stroke him when he was really little so now he expects it!

Awww so cute!!

 

He's just a lazy little frenchie - they are sooooo stubborn so it's taken a lot of perseverance and his walking is still hit and miss. He used to just sit down every few seconds. We've got over that but he will now roll when he's on the lead on grass - mostly down the boredom I think as he wants to be off lead or if he sees anyone he wil stop as everyone used to stop and stroke him when he was really little so now he expects it!

Awww so cute!!

Aww bless, he will get used to it in time. My Yorkshire Terrier was like that when he was a pup. Just refused to walk but now he loves his walks. My boy is stubborn with being picked up haha, he hates been picked up and just runs off. He loves being stroked, petted, cuddled and his belly rubbing but go to pick him up and you have to chase him round the house to get him. Its funny how they gain their little characters and learn their likes and dislikes, funniest dogs ive come across.