Hello Everyone From Banffy Haus German Shepherds:
We love our black and red German shepherd puppies. But more is not necessarily better with puppies. We tend to measure our deals by the pound. We want the biggest pup in the litter, get upset when a puppy is not growing into Clifford the dog, and brag about how large the paws are on our puppy.
We spoil them rotten and feed them anything so that they will keep growing, even though they have become so picky we have to continue to rotate their “menu” to make certain they are interested in their food. We wet the food, heat the food, stress over whether they are getting enough probiotics or chondroitin/glucosamine. We fret giving them tap water and instead use filtered water. And of course, who would feed their dogs anything but vegan, kosher, halal, organic, free range, homogenized, bio-balanced, genetically scrubbed meat?
And, poor Helmut, our lovely male German shepherd puppy. Yikes! We can see one of his ribs! (See the pictures at Banffy Haus K-9 U) And he just won’t eat! Quick, get his trout/almondine/ epicure’s delight dog food and mix it in! We need to fatten him up, quickly. What if this stunts his growth? Quick, rush, get the appetite enhancers!
Stop already. Dogs will not starve themselves. Set the food down for little Helmut, and if he doesn’t eat, take it up after 3 minutes. So what. He skips a meal. But he will learn to gobble up the food placed before him quickly over time. If a dog does starve itself, them certainly they are ill and need to take a trip to the vet.
Feeding simply is simply superior. That’s three S’s in a row. Alliteration to facilitate memorization. Anyway, you and your dog will be much happier if they gratefully gobble up what you feed them and do so quickly.
And seeing the ribs is not a bad thing. If you see no ribs, and they are hidden behind a bulbous layer of excess fat, it is time to, for their own health, lower the food intake. It isn’t cute when our black and red German Shepherd puppies look like watermelons, and it is healthy for adults to look svelte and lean. Banffy Haus German Shepherds.