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 Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: Hungry on burns? |
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Enid has been on Burns fully for over a week and she loves it. She always hated any dry food but she wolfs it down!
The only problem is she seems to be hungry all the time. She has never been allowed our food (unless we drop it and she is too quick)  , but over the past few days she has become a nightmare. She will lunge at you and take whatever you are eating off the plate or your hand. She gets put out of the room now as she really is starting to hurt  She has also started raiding the bin.
She weighs 15.5 kg at 5 months and I give her 220 g of puppy bites over 3 meals. She should have 250 kg but we take some off for treats. she gets an aqua snack and a keltie/or chewitz and a small amount of coachies for training.
Would she be better on the adult food or should we just up the puppy food a bit? I worry about her getting fat but she needs treats to train her.
Also shouldn't they be putting on weight at this age? She has only put on 1/2 kg in three weeks
Sorry for being such a fuss pot! 
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i changed millie to burns adult at 5 1/2 months i rang burns about millie being hungry they suggested adding veg to her meals and porridge in a morning she is now 9 months and she still seemed to be hungry my vet suggested adding some wet food to her meal she is a little over weight so i have cut down treats she has one meal aday burns with a pedegee pouch i know a lot of people wont use this but millie appears to be thriving on this she loves her meals and does not appear to be hungry she has also lost a kilo over the last few weeks im sure from lack of treats hope this helps
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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I would try upping her Burns intake a little the back is only a guide and some dogs need more, Majic is on more than what is stated on the back of the bag, also try adding warm water let it cool then let her have it the water added can make them feel fuller as it swells the biscuits.
Does she look thin to you can you feel her ribs but not see them?
It also takes them a while to adjust to the new food regime as you feed less of the Burns as you would a more commercial dog food. 
HTH
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| boo wrote: | | i changed millie to burns adult at 5 1/2 months i rang burns about millie being hungry they suggested adding veg to her meals and porridge in a morning she is now 9 months and she still seemed to be hungry my vet suggested adding some wet food to her meal she is a little over weight so i have cut down treats she has one meal aday burns with a pedegee pouch i know a lot of people wont use this but millie appears to be thriving on this she loves her meals and does not appear to be hungry she has also lost a kilo over the last few weeks im sure from lack of treats hope this helps |
Thanks for the reply- I don't really want to add anything to her food at the moment as this is the first time she has actually shown an interest in dry food! If we add anything more interesting she won't touch it any more.
Enid loves pedigree puppy food- I think it's her favourite thing in the entire universe Our vet scared me though and said to take her off it as it is so bad for them (plus it give her diahorrea)
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| Carroll wrote: | I would try upping her Burns intake a little the back is only a guide and some dogs need more, Majic is on more than what is stated on the back of the bag, also try adding warm water let it cool then let her have it the water added can make them feel fuller as it swells the biscuits.
Does she look thin to you can you feel her ribs but not see them?
It also takes them a while to adjust to the new food regime as you feed less of the Burns as you would a more commercial dog food.
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Thanks- tried wetting it as she is teething very badly at the moment(4 teethlost in a day yesterday) But she turns her nose up.
I was watching her play in the garden earlier and you could see all her ribs when she play bows. Mind you, I always have been able to and she comes from working stock and her mother wasn't that big.
Might up it a bit tomorrow. Can't have her stealing if she did love the mustard smothered bagel top she pinched yesterday
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(she was 4kg at the time) and ruby scavenged for britain! All I did was bulk it out for a little bit I found she was happy at 130g a day so did 90% burns and 10% old food for a while and then as she grew lessed the amount of old. I think its quite common for labs new to burns to miss the bulk as burns is high in nutrition you dont feed as much.
