Jaquie & Starbuck
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Hi again everyone!
So Starbuck turned one year old on October 9th this year. She is lovely and healthy as far as I know. Still slim and a little petite for her breed (at least that's what I've been told) but that's OK, she was 16 lbs at 8 weeks when we got her.
After doing the new puppy owner thing where you freak out over everything and change her food a billion times, I finally got some patience and after lots of advice from you fine folks and research on my own, Starbuck has been consistently eating Nature's variety instinct, limited ingredient lamb and pea kibble. We top her kibble with cooked beef (she is picky and will starve herself for days on any kibble if there is no fresh meat in it).
She doesn't eat a ton, we give her about 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 cups of kibble with about 1/4 cup of meat, twice a day.
Until we started this feeding regime, she always had loose stool, but I was also feeding her too much (6 cups/day, when she was much younger) and I think that was part of the reason.
Anyway, just curious about your experiences with size/weight/feeding etc
Here she is today with her Christmas chicken and a couple other pics from the last month or so
So Starbuck turned one year old on October 9th this year. She is lovely and healthy as far as I know. Still slim and a little petite for her breed (at least that's what I've been told) but that's OK, she was 16 lbs at 8 weeks when we got her.
After doing the new puppy owner thing where you freak out over everything and change her food a billion times, I finally got some patience and after lots of advice from you fine folks and research on my own, Starbuck has been consistently eating Nature's variety instinct, limited ingredient lamb and pea kibble. We top her kibble with cooked beef (she is picky and will starve herself for days on any kibble if there is no fresh meat in it).
She doesn't eat a ton, we give her about 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 cups of kibble with about 1/4 cup of meat, twice a day.
Until we started this feeding regime, she always had loose stool, but I was also feeding her too much (6 cups/day, when she was much younger) and I think that was part of the reason.
Anyway, just curious about your experiences with size/weight/feeding etc
Here she is today with her Christmas chicken and a couple other pics from the last month or so