hillfamily Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 (edited) Well Sam the Pup (all 25.5kg of him ) has reached the ripe old age of 6 months and as such should now only be on 2 meals a day. So this morning I feed him his breakfast and of course gave him 1/2 of his daily amount of food. Well ever since lunchtime he has been absolutely awful...he keeps whining, barking and trying to pull at me as though he is trying to tell me something and he won't settle for his afternoon nap. He's been for his walks at the usual times and there has been nothing out of the ordinary in his routine today. I have now just given him a tiny amount of food which he wolfed down (nothing unusual there, he is afterall a Black Lab who is food driven ) and he is now happily snoring upside down legs akimbo on his sofa Should I be reducing his lunch slowly over a week or so...I didn't when he went from 4 meals a day to 3 meals a day when he was 3 months old...so he misses it less? Or should I just withdraw his lunch in one go and put up with his complaining? Edited March 8, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 bless his greedy little heart. I cant help much as mine have food down all the time in the day so they come and go as they please, I have always fed my dogs like this and get on with it better. I wouldn't obviously keep refilling it over and over though.. mine both share the same bowl and eat together. aww. Send him to me I am sure I can crack him.. *sniggers* :D I have a spot on my bed just right for him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Cooks, he won't sit still long enough for me to parcel him up ...looks like he'll have to stay here There is no way I could leave food down for him...he eats all his meals in under a minute Anyone would think he was starved unloved pup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 (edited) yup thats labs He most definately wouldn't let you wrap him, he'd run off with the wrappings.. Edited March 3, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 His stomach has got used to receiving food at lunch time and so I would give him a little less each day over a period of a week. Then after a week, at the time you would normally feed him, take him for a walk or do something different with him to take his mind off his lost lunch and ignore any pleading eyes. I have a black Lab and I know how greedy they can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 His stomach has got used to receiving food at lunch time and so I would give him a little less each day over a period of a week. Thanks Sas....that's what I'm going to do :D ignore any pleading eyes. *scuttles off to find blackout eye mask* ... it's going to take more than will power to ignore those gorgeous eyes of his Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hi Pam, and hello you cheeky not so little furball I think we swapped the lunchtime feed for a bonio or similar, then gradually "forgot" to give even those after a while.... I was giving all of my muppets as many meals as the youngest, so they all got used to feeding together & the baby "hoovers" were trained not to sneak a mouthful of slow coach Jess's dinner........the big girls just got less at their normal mealtimes I think that little boy has you wrapped around his paw doesn't he Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Treat balls can be good for piggy pups. You can put part of their food in the ball if it is dried and it makes them eat if more slowly. It's fun too even if it can result in paint getting chipped off your skirting boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I swapped Ruby's mid-day meal for a couple of raw chicken wings, which she loves. Then I gradually gave her less and sometimes 'forgot' to give them to her... but then she's not a greedy lab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 We've been reducing Tali's lunchtime meal for the last few weeks - she'll be 6 months this weekend. It will be another couple of weeks before she stops completely I think. She has Weetabix or chicken wings for breakfast and BARF patties in the evening, lunch has always been James Wellbeloved Fish kibble so that when she drops that meal she won't be on kibble at all - except as training treats. I would try cutting down gradually...........and we need more photos of Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 ...........and we need more photos of Sam I have asked him very nicely if he could possibly sit still long enough for me to take a photo of him for all his Forum Aunties...as soon as he obliges, I'll post some up to date pics On the feeding front...the past 3 days I've fed him his brekkie a bit later than usual and then given him a bone/chew thing at lunchtime and we seem to be having some success. He hasn't been asking for his lunch and is his usual happy self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 yes I agree, we are about due for another installment of Sam pics I think... weren't the last ones at Christmas??? far too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 This was all I could manage today...I'll try to get some of him looking cute during the week :D I have told him that there is no way I am upgrading his sofa to a three seater one (when he is stretched out, his nose hangs off one end and his back feet off the other end )...he'll have to learn to curl up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Bless He is sooo big now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Cute pupster! look at how his drooly chops hang down when he's sleeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 and as if by magic, he wakes up and poses... It's a good job he's a cute puppy... ... ... ... because he is sooooooooo naughty at times. Usually a lop sided look with a full body wag win me over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 He is sooo big now! He's that alright Clare...he's only just 6 months and weighs in at a mighty 25.5kg. The vet says without a doubt he's going to be a big big boy Mind you, doesn't surprise me, his Dad was a lovely big lab which is why I chose him...I always wanted a big Lab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Ooh he is scrummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 ahhh look at him, so handsome, I want to kiss him and then kiss him some more, all the time pretending they are from my girls so as not to get funny looks.... Gorgeous Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 He is so gorgeous isn't he! We chose Tali because she was small and we wanted another petite girl - she's not going to be small.......more like Sam size!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 He is so handsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 He's lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 What a handsome boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 He's such a handsome chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 He's gorgeous... it's amazing to see them looking so grown up at 6 months... I was about to say it seems only a few weeks ago all our pups were just babies, but at the same time the pre-dog life seems a century ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
