Your puppy will be ready to eat dry kibbles when s/he arrives at your house. We feed our dogs twice a day--breakfast time and dinner time. We start the puppies off at 4 weeks of age by soaking the kibbles in water then mashing it with a fork to make a "gruel". By 6 weeks, we begin to transition them to dry kibbles. They love it! We have been feeding the puppies in a puzzle bowl. This slows them down so that they don't choke. Some puppies eat like little pirranahs.

*From arrival to 7 lbs. feed up to 1/4 cup kibble at each feeding. Not all puppies will be ready for that much food at each feeding but they will quickly work their way up to it.BEWARE!!! Overfeeding causes diarreah! pawTree is a very nutritionally dense food so please follow our recommendations.

Your vet may advise you to feed your puppy 3-4 times/day. If you choose to do that, simply divide the 1/2 cup of recommended food into those 3-4 feedings.  We have found that our puppies do just fine with 2 feedings/day. In the morning, crumble 1/2 of a pawTree 10-in-1 Multivitamin on their food and 1/2 of a Plaque Control chew. At the evening meal, give them a serving of Wild Alaskan Salmon & Pollock Oil (start slowly, using only a drop or two at first then working your way up to the full serving) and crumble 1/2 of a Gastro Pro Plus chew over their food.  To add variety you can include a shake of pawPairing, half a crumbled pawTreat or a few crumbled pieces of Freeze-Dried Raw or a shake of Bone Broth as well.

*When you puppy reaches 7 lbs, you may pick them up one day and think to yourself, "You feel skinny." If that's the case, increase the puppy's serving to 1/3 cup twice a day. Once your puppy passes through that growth spurt, you'll like need to go back to 1/4 cup twice a day.

*If the adult dog reaches 15 lbs. you may begin to increase the amount to as much as 1/3 cup at each feeding if you feel your dog looks underweight.

Be careful not to feed your dog too much. If s/he starts to put on too much weight you should cut back on his/her food. With small dogs a few kibbles can make a big difference.

Be careful about feeding "people food" to your dog. Some foods that are good for us are toxic for dogs such as chocolate, raisins, ham. I avoid giving our dogs people food because I feel it makes some dogs very picky. Then they don't want dog food and you're stuck cooking for your dog every day. If you are going to give your dog "people food" give him healthy snacks like baby carrots, apples, and lean meats. Then don't forget to cut back on the kibbles. An overweight dog is NOT a healthy dog.