General feeding guidelines for how much Great Dane puppies need to eat are:. When they reach 1 to 2 years old, your Great Dane will eat you out of house and home, sleep a lot, and be somewhat bonkers. When we picked up our Great Dane puppy at eight weeks of age, she was approximately the size of a full-grown Beagle and had the appetite of a Gremlin.
Your Great Dane breeder should be able to recommend an appropriate puppy food moving forward. Great Dane puppies grow very quickly. They have a lot of weight to put on over the course of the first 18 months of life… which will need a lot of food!
Because of this rapid growth, it is important that you feed a Great Dane puppy food that is appropriate for their size and age. Vet recommend puppy food formulated for a giant breed will have the correct proportion of protein, fats, vitamins, nutrients and carbohydrates for a quick-growing dog.
This breed is prone to muscular-skeletal conditions and joint problems which will be compounded if given incorrect food. In addition to the advice on how much you should feed a Great Dane each day from an owner, I also found this feeding chart which offers guidance too.
Chalk that one up to an expensive learning experience and always keep food out of their reach. A Great Dane puppy between the ages of months will need cups of puppy food per day, and this should be divided into meals at regular intervals.
Males will typically eat a bit more than females. From 8 months to 12 months, you can expect your Dane to require around cups of food per day. Pups that are struggling to gain weight during these stages should be given formula to supplement their growth.
They may just need a little more time. Even when interested, it is likely that a puppy will only take a bite or two, as their stomachs are still small. At this age, you should try to feed your puppy more of the food and water mixture, but keep in mind they may still not be interested.
You should keep your eye on any littermates who are still struggling to gain weight. If they are not receiving enough milk and are not interested in food, you may need to try the puppy on formula supplements, as mentioned above. Puppies should be showing much more interest in the food mixture.
While their mother will still be breastfeeding them too, you can switch puppies that are doing well to just puppy food. You should aim to feed your puppy around cups of food per day to aid their growth at this age.
Also, always make sure to take away any uneaten food so you can keep track of how much your furry friend has eaten. By nine weeks, your puppy should be adjusting well to their new home. You should aim to feed your puppy around four cups of food at nine weeks, and this should still be divided into meals at regular intervals throughout the day.
By ten weeks, your pup will have bundles of energy, so they will need a lot of calories to keep this up along with their continuous growth. Your Great Dane will need around cups of food per day, dependent on their appetite.
As long as your dog is not running a fever, lethargic, vomiting, distressed or has diarrhea and you KNOW they are not sick, then it is normal for them to back off on their feed regardless of weather. This is natures way of telling you they do not need it - regardless of their weight, they are eating a nutrient dense diet and they need to take a break from it.
Remember, in the wild, dogs would never eat on a daily basis, so they are telling you.. They are not usually food driven like people who eat for a variety of other reasons; celebrations, misery, nervousness, pleasure etc. My Pug on the other hand, well that is another story! How I Handle This:. My male is like clockwork Right now is July and we are in the heat of the summer Indiana which means humidity and horseflies, so my dogs are only out long enough to do their "business" a few times a day, then they come right back in the house until the sun sets.
Although they live in an in air-conditioned environment my male will drop down from 7 cups a day total to eating only 5 cups a day total and female will normally eat 6 cups a day total, will drop down to only 4 cups a day total consumption. This is because they do not get the free exercise they would normally get in good weather, so their intake is directly related to the enegy they expend. Less exercise means they need less food intake.
The only real exercise they get in the dead of summer is at night when the sun goes down, out the go to play. Their actual expenditure of calories is not as great in the heat or the dead of winter for that matter because of the decrease in exercise - so if you just remember that their intake is directly related to how much exercise they get you will realize you need to cut back at certain times.
If you don't remember they will let you know.. During this kind of weather it is not at all unusual for my males to eat half rations, by his own choice, for about 3 days, then back on full rations.
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