some of the article that i've read say that bloat is uncommon in puppies; i start being really careful when they 9-10 mos old; my rationale is this, they are now pretty much adult size; don't know if i'm right or not, but i figure better safe than sorry
What age? (Bloat realted question.)
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Thanks for posting this question. I have a puppy right now that I have applied the same rules as to my 2-year old adult GSD.
Would make it easier if I would not have to wait with the puppy... since I only have so many hours per day..
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Would make it easier if I would not have to wait with the puppy... since I only have so many hours per day..
You're welcome.Originally Posted By: SuperpupThanks for posting this question. I have a puppy right now that I have applied the same rules as to my 2-year old adult GSD.
Would make it easier if I would not have to wait with the puppy... since I only have so many hours per day..![]()
I have always made them "wait" like an older dog too.
That's why I asked. ESPECIALLY with puppies, Heck if you are feeding 3 times a day and making them wait an hour or 2 between food and exercise, how in the WORLD are you ever going to get time for any playing, "training"
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BlackGSD,
I know
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NOT ENOUGH TIME...
I know
Well Dante was 4.5 months old when I brought him home, so I'm waiting for some one else to answer
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Oh you worry about bloat just every now and again since you have first heard of it - at least that's my routine.
Excersize and eating in close time have nothing to do with bloat. that's like the old wife's tale about not going swimming after you eat... nothing to it.
What they think may have to do with bloat:
physiology(?) of the dog - deep chest = prone to bloat
raised feeders = more cases of bloat but that may because great danes, a breed suceptible to bloat, are classically fed on raised feeders
kibble with citric acid = more cases of bloat
straight dry kibble may have something to do with bloat
fast eating may have something to do with bloat
If we could prove any of this for sure, there would be a big notice going out and all of us would change whatever we were doing that put our dogs at risk. No notice yet.
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Excersize and eating in close time have nothing to do with bloat. that's like the old wife's tale about not going swimming after you eat... nothing to it.
What they think may have to do with bloat:
physiology(?) of the dog - deep chest = prone to bloat
raised feeders = more cases of bloat but that may because great danes, a breed suceptible to bloat, are classically fed on raised feeders
kibble with citric acid = more cases of bloat
straight dry kibble may have something to do with bloat
fast eating may have something to do with bloat
If we could prove any of this for sure, there would be a big notice going out and all of us would change whatever we were doing that put our dogs at risk. No notice yet.
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