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Old 26-01-2011, 17:53
Ponglie
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I'm giving my 11 week old GSD 4 meals per day, the first at 6am and the last at 6pm.

Am I leaving her too long between the night and morning meals? She's really hyper on a night and just carrying stuff around, chewing stuff and being ageneral pest. I've tried keeping her in a crate overnight but for 2 nights all she did was cry and jump around (spilling water everywhere) and seemed very distressed despite reassurance.

Someone has just entioned to me that perhaps I should give her a large meal just before I go to bed to help her settle better overnight but I'm not sure.
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Old 26-01-2011, 19:17
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I fed 3 meals a day.

6am - 12noon - 6pm.
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Old 26-01-2011, 20:58
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We fed our golden 4 meals a day, 6am, 10am 2pm and 6pm. I checked with our vet at her check up/vaccs if this was OK (I too was worried about 12hrs between feeds) and he said it was absolutely fine. Pup is now 4mths old (18wks) and on 3meals a day now.

We were also very strict at not getting up to her in the night when she cried. Again, the vet backed this up.
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Old 26-01-2011, 21:10
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My pup was fed 8am 12, 4pm and 8pm. Never had any probs except she was a fussy eater. She's a year old now and on two meals - 10 am-ish, and 4 pm after her walk, sometimes later if we are out.
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