I can't answer your question and be helpful in the least but OMG how freakin' cute is that little thing?! Are you just dog sitting and working with him on basic obedience? I want it... :smile:

 

Isn't he adorable? I have always loved SBT's so I'm super excited to have one in the house for a little while! He'll be here for show training and basic OB type stuff

 

He looks just like Sako! What a lovie little butter butt!

I gave Gunner 10% of his weight when he was smaller. He burned it off so quickly that he never got over weight.

 

Yeah he does look very similar to Sako.. should be cute getting pictures of them next to each other

Apparently this boy is super lazy, so I don't think he's burning it off LOL. She told me she doesn't really weigh his food, and that he gets a chicken quarter daily.. which just sounds like so much to me for a pup his size!

You know, I just guesstimated Mateo's food when he was a young pup. I never actually weighed/measured until I was curious and put everything on a scale... (but that wasn't until he was 7/8 months.) His body condition was steady and good, so I just adjusted up a bit as he grew.

Not very helpful, here...

But I really wanted to say that huge baby chunkster is adorable. And who says that big pictures are not wanted here?!

No worries

Oh I was just surprised at how big it was! I post my pictures from SmugMug and they have options you can choose for sizes.. FB does not haha.

 

You know, I just guesstimated Mateo's food when he was a young pup. I never actually weighed/measured until I was curious and put everything on a scale... (but that wasn't until he was 7/8 months.) His body condition was steady and good, so I just adjusted up a bit as he grew.

Not very helpful, here...

But I really wanted to say that huge baby chunkster is adorable. And who says that big pictures are not wanted here?!

 

Are you suuuuuurrrrrre you won't be keeping him??? I mean...you could always hide him and just PRETEND he is Sako...and he came from the past lol

 

Oh yeah, he won't be staying haha.. he's one of the top picks from his litter, so he'll be going back to his breeders. I'm just getting him ready for the May show.

 

Keeva, who is 4 months old as well, gets(and Rhett and Jazzy got at his/their age) 2-3% of her project adult weight. Little miss gets about 2.5%, but runs off nearly 100% it!!LOL

At his weight I would say go for the 2-3% of his P.A.W. (and don't forget, since he IS a fatty, to figure in treats as well!!Haha)

 

I waaaaaaaaaaaaant him.

That is all. :biggrin:

 

He's 25 lbs already :shocked: I would say you could feed 2-3% of his projected adult weight. Since I can't imagine he's expected to be much more than 40# max a chicken quarter a day seems like the right amount but once organ etc is added its probably too much.

And I want him

 

Yes 25lbs. already! I told y'all he was a chunk LOL. They're usually around 40lbs. full grown.. so at 2%, that's .8lbs. daily, doesn't sound like much but that's probably what I'll stick him on and see how he maintains with that!

I'll make sure I post lots of pictures of him once I get him

 

Yep I would start him at around 12.8oz and then go from there, at 3% he can have up to 19.2 oz....which my guess would be that is closer to what he is currently eating!!LOL :laugh:

 

You feed 10% of his current body weight and adjust it as he grows until it is equal to what he would be getting as an adult (the 2-3%). That's how I read it, anyways. I THINK that's right. I didn't find that part out until after Buck was older so I just fed the 2-3% of his PAW.

 

What a chunky monkey! Hes adorable!

Based just on that picture, I'd say feed less than what the owner was feeding. He's much to roly poly imo

 

He is adorable but that weight will make working him difficult. I would definitely feed about 12 ounces and get some weight off and go from there. Lung is great for training treats that are very low fat. We used a lot of lung with my girl who we were trying to slim down and it worked great - she was happy getting a good amount to eat and yet it was a nice low fat meat. Very pretty pup. Have fun with him. Are you training for conformation or ?

 

Yeah I know, it's no wonder he doesn't want to stack right now, it's a lot to hold up! So yes, will definitely work at getting some weight off of him in the time he's here. Yes he's here mainly for conformation training