Feeding Puppies at

Leerburg Kennels

A Leerburg Pup Being Raised By Ed Frawley

This is how I feed my pups here at Leerburg Kennels. If you are serious about healthy puppies you will get your pups on an all-natural diet. Get the little book that we sell titled Natural Nutrition For Dogs and Cats and memorize it.

Natural Nutrition for Dogs & Cats $9.00+s&h

Feed your puppy two or three times daily, depending on what works best for your schedule. We strongly recommend a raw all-natural diet. Our pups are weaned and raised on an all natural raw diet that we prepare here ourselves.  For more information on feeding a raw diet please visit our Q&A on Feeding a Raw Diet.

If you wish to feed a commercial puppy food, use a premium, all-natural kibble such as Wellness, Innova, or Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul. Follow the instructions on the package for the feeding amounts.

Avoid all grains, this includes dog biscuits and kibbled dog food. Grain is not necessary for dogs and can cause or aggravate many skin and joint problems.

All meat and bones should be fed raw. NEVER EVER feed your dog or puppy cooked bones!!!!!

Vegetables can be fed raw or lightly steamed. If fed raw they must be grated or pulverized in a juicer or food processor.

When feeding a raw diet, growing pups need 5-10% of their body weight in food daily, as opposed to adult dogs that should consume 2-3% of their body weight daily. This depends on activity and how the dog looks. You should be able to see a hint of ribs. Do not let your puppy get too fat!! Either cut back portions or trim skin and fat from the meat you are feeding.

Here is a sample menu for your puppy—for this menu we will use a 20 pound puppy as the model.

Health Care

Breakfast

• ½ to 1 Pound of meaty bones (chicken necks, chicken backs, wings, pork neck bones)
  
• 1 tsp. Kelp/Alfalfa mix
  
• Salmon Oil
  
• 1/2 tsp. Super C powder
• 1 Vitamin E Soft Gel

Lunch

• 4 oz. Ground or chunk muscle meat (hamburger, ground turkey, chicken hearts and gizzards, beef heart, venison, elk, rabbit, etc.).
  
• 1/2 tsp. Super C powder

Dinner

• 4 oz. Ground or chunk meat (can use canned salmon or mackerel instead)
  
• 2 Tbls. Veggies (kale, spinach, carrots, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes, celery)
  
• Salmon Oil
  
• 1/2 tsp. Super C powder
• 1 Vitamin E Soft Gel

All-Natural Dog Food

The key to this diet is to rotate ingredients for variety. Add an egg with or without the shell 4-5 days a week. You can also add yogurt (plain) or cottage cheese a couple times a week and 3-4 oz. Chicken, beef, pork liver, or kidneys several days a week. Balance the diet over a period of time. Don’t worry if each and every meal is not exact.

If you choose to do both kibble and raw, we recommend feeding raw for one meal and kibble at a separate meal.

Feeding a Raw Diet eBook

Thanks to Cindy Easton Rhodes for helping guide me to a healthier way of feeding my dogs.