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.

I fed 3 meals a day.

6am - 12noon - 6pm.

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.

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.