new puppy

kjmtidea

He's lovely bless him. My dog is on wainwrights salmon and potato, he has a very sensitive stomach but it ok on this. Definitely slowly change him to a different food though, you don't want to upset his stomach.

rising_from_the_ashes

Caroline_a wrote: »

When I fed my dogs complete dry I would put a bowl down in the morning and let them graze on it during the day - it always worked well.

Sorry Caroline but in stitches at this ..... you'll not ever have had a Lab then!:rotfl:

Anyway, sorry soccermom huge congratulations - he's adorable!

Loads of great advice already given .... especially about keeping him on the same food for a while & then introducing any changes very gradually by mixing with his current food.

If you do get him switched over to the Wainwrights, I'd be tempted to get a couple of small bags and then see which he prefers and then buy the big one (they work out a lot cheaper). My old lad had a very sensitive tummy (wheat intolerant) and he was on Wainwrights for quite a long time & did very well on it. I was able to chop/change the flavours without any problem but this may not be as easy for a pup to cope with.....

Can't wait to see more pics when you get him home:D

soccermom

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

If you do get him switched over to the Wainwrights, I'd be tempted to get a couple of small bags and then see which he prefers and then buy the big one (they work out a lot cheaper).

Can't wait to see more pics when you get him home:D

This is what I was thinking getting a couple of smaller bags and see how he goes.

I have been waiting so long for this moment and I feel like I did when I was expecting my first child :eek: There seems to be so much conflicting advice when I try and do some research.

I feel its always best to ask on places like this and get personal experiences.

So thank you everyone. I'm sure this will not be my last question

Will definitely post more pictures when he arrives.

mico62

Our pup's now on Wainwrights - ask for feeding advice in PAH and they give you a free bag (we managed to get 4 by being naughty and asking the same question in different branches) but we introduced it gradually as the breeder didn't use proprietary dog foods so she was on mince/chicken/fish to start with - she loved her scrambled egg for breakfast and we still give her lamb mince or tinned fish in oil at least once a week.

soccermom

mico62 wrote: »

Our pup's now on Wainwrights - ask for feeding advice in PAH and they give you a free bag (we managed to get 4 by being naughty and asking the same question in different branches) but we introduced it gradually as the breeder didn't use proprietary dog foods so she was on mince/chicken/fish to start with - she loved her scrambled egg for breakfast and we still give her lamb mince or tinned fish in oil at least once a week.

Good idea was thinking about scrambled egg did you just give them 1 egg scrambled with a little milk or just the egg.

How long was it until you had a complete change from breeders food to your choice, was it achieved within a week, just curious. It doesn't really matter how long, I have the patience to wait.

Thanks

rising_from_the_ashes

Personally, I'd take a lot longer than a week to change any food (for any age of dog).

You want to replace a tiny bit of their current food with the new one, stay at that amount for a few days until you know everything's "OK", then a slightly bigger bit & again wait a few days etc etc until it's totally changed over.

soccermom

Thanks, just been reading up on this, suggestions are between 10 and 14 days.

So will work on this and see how he finds it I will of course adapt as is needed

hethmar

Bless him. Make sure you get him insured.

Wainwrights is quite a decent food and reasonably priced. Petsupermarket were selling two for one recently and I got a couple then. I feed that mixed with my Royal Canin skin support food which is MUCH more expensive but which suits mine. I also add a bit of wet food or some of our dinner to it for them.

First thing you should do, is get a copy of The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey = you can get it on amazon - its the puppy care bible.

soccermom

hethmar wrote: »

First thing you should do, is get a copy of The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey = you can get it on amazon - its the puppy care bible.

Already done

Have been checking the insurances, blimey there aren't many that get good reviews are there. Even ones on here that get discussed get bad reviews lol

Only one I can find which has a few decent reviews is vetsmedicover.

Going to ask the family and see who they use.

olibrofiz

soccermom wrote: »

Good idea was thinking about scrambled egg did you just give them 1 egg scrambled with a little milk or just the egg.

Thanks

Pup looks sweet my 2 like scrambled egg, i never put milk with it tho.