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What's the best food for my puppy and how often should I feed him?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Male | neutered | 1 month and 26 days old | 2.2 lbs

I'm not sure about what i should to feed my puppy?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on September 23rd, 2017

Great question! At almost two months of age, Ooge is old enough to be fed a puppy formulated food. It has to be a puppy formulated food because puppies require higher amounts of protein, calcium, and calories than an adult dog. A puppy food will provide everything he needs to grow properly. Brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. On the bag, there is a daily recommended amount of food, and I would divide that into three equal portions to feed him three times a day, once in the morning, noon, and evening. Once he turns six months old, he can be fed twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. I hope this helps :-)

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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    Published on January 11th, 2017

    Great questions! At almost two months of age, Oscar should be fed three times a day: Once in the morning, once at midday, and once in the early evening. He should be a puppy formulated food, as he need higher amounts of protein, calories, and calcium that an adult dog and a puppy formulated food will provide that. I recommend feeding him a high quality food such as Royal Canin or Hills Science diet. Royal Canin has a GSD formulated puppy food you can feed Oscar. I would feed him according to the package instructions, and divide the daily requirement into three equal portions. When Oscar is six months, he can be fed twice a day, morning and evening. When he is one year old, he can be fed an adult formulated food.

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