A few weeks ago I took Vash to the vet because of an upper respiratory infection. He was about 5 1/2 months at the time, and weighed about 19.7 lbs if I recall correctly.
The vet asked me how much I was feeding him, and I told her about 1 1/2 cups per day. She didn't mention anything about him being over weight, but did say that I could probably cut back a bit because he was getting close to the weight they expected him to be at. So I'm now feeding him 2/3 of a cup of his normal food (wellness puppy formula). He's ALWAYS hungry, and over all seems to be in good health when I'm checking him out (I can feel his ribs fairly easily and there is not a whole lot of flubber between the skin and ribs)
Vash is now a little bit over 6 months old, and he got neutered this week. I have read that after neutering you should cut back on food, and also potentially start a transition over to an adult food rather than continuing on with puppy food.
Does anyone have any advice on this? Should I start the transition to adult food as soon as the last bag of puppy food is done with? Portion wise, I've already cut down his food, should I cut back even more post neuter?
The vet asked me how much I was feeding him, and I told her about 1 1/2 cups per day. She didn't mention anything about him being over weight, but did say that I could probably cut back a bit because he was getting close to the weight they expected him to be at. So I'm now feeding him 2/3 of a cup of his normal food (wellness puppy formula). He's ALWAYS hungry, and over all seems to be in good health when I'm checking him out (I can feel his ribs fairly easily and there is not a whole lot of flubber between the skin and ribs)
Vash is now a little bit over 6 months old, and he got neutered this week. I have read that after neutering you should cut back on food, and also potentially start a transition over to an adult food rather than continuing on with puppy food.
Does anyone have any advice on this? Should I start the transition to adult food as soon as the last bag of puppy food is done with? Portion wise, I've already cut down his food, should I cut back even more post neuter?
