This is long and probably way too much info, but being a 1st time dog owner I am overly cautious!
My cav. Winston is almost 8 months old. He weighs just under 12 lbs. He is slim, and VERY active. I feed him Nutro Natural Choice Small Bites Puppy.
Until about 6 weeks ago he would get two heaping 1/2 cups a day, but he tended to eat 3 meals over a two day period. (He would skip breakfast and then eat dinner early, so the next morning he would want breakfast, which meant he ate his dinner later, and then the cycle would continue b/c he wouldn't want breakfast the next day.) He won't eat in his kennel, so he has access to food in the morning for 2 hours, the hour I'm home for lunch, and then 5-10 in the evening.
Then he started eating his food every morning and night, and seemed to look around for more. So we upped his serving to 2/3 a cup, twice a day, which he will ignore unil he is hungry and then eat it all...it is within the range on the bag. However, I'm worried that that is a lot of food for the little guy.
he is super active, we go on two brisk walks a day and play in the house a lot. He is either running around, super active or sleeping....no middle gear.
My cav. Winston is almost 8 months old. He weighs just under 12 lbs. He is slim, and VERY active. I feed him Nutro Natural Choice Small Bites Puppy.
Until about 6 weeks ago he would get two heaping 1/2 cups a day, but he tended to eat 3 meals over a two day period. (He would skip breakfast and then eat dinner early, so the next morning he would want breakfast, which meant he ate his dinner later, and then the cycle would continue b/c he wouldn't want breakfast the next day.) He won't eat in his kennel, so he has access to food in the morning for 2 hours, the hour I'm home for lunch, and then 5-10 in the evening.
Then he started eating his food every morning and night, and seemed to look around for more. So we upped his serving to 2/3 a cup, twice a day, which he will ignore unil he is hungry and then eat it all...it is within the range on the bag. However, I'm worried that that is a lot of food for the little guy.
he is super active, we go on two brisk walks a day and play in the house a lot. He is either running around, super active or sleeping....no middle gear.