how much food should my 8month old puppy be eating?

Hey Josie, we have a 4 month old Cavalier KC who is fed 3 times a day with pedigree canned puppy food and rice pudding. He has only recently started finishing every meal (he always finishes his rice pudding!). We wondered if until now, when he´s a bit bigger and goes out and about more, we were maybe feeding him too much! This is the portion size pedigree recommend (i.e. 1 can a day, split into 2 meals + rice pudding at supper)... My advise is to check what your food supplier recommends and if you´re worried, check with your vet. Otis has been weighed every time he´s gone to the vets, and it´s a great comfort to hear the vet say he´s the correct weight for his age, even when he´s not finishing what he´s given!

I´m with Vena , that´s how i fed my boys, but then they are a little larger than yours, It´s not good for my breed to have an empty tum, so as soon as they are 12mths they go to 2 x a day.

Clio is 4 years old and up until very recently ate twice a day. Now she completely ignores her breakfast and will not start to eat until about 6.30pm. I have now started giving her the same amount but in one ,meal rather than two.

Personally i feed puppies 4 meals a day up till they are 6mths, then i go onto 3 meals till they are 12mths, then i continue to feed 2 meals a day, but that is your preference,as for quantity its very difficult to give an exact amount,i usually go by how quickly its eaten and by eye, you should be able to tell by her body-weight.

You will have a measurement chart on the side of the bag, which will tell you how much you should be giving him and how many times. A lot of people advocate feeding twice a day, whilst others only feed once. It does depend very much on the breed. With my dogs, I always go by the adage that if he finishes every meal, give him a little more next time. On the other hand, my retriever was a dog who, if you kept feeding him, he would keep eating! I would follow the manufacturers guide and feed him twice a day.