# Am I feeding my puppy enough? He seems hungry. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594 "2013-01-28T06:07:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594/21 "2013-01-29T17:38:46Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Her weight was exasperating the condition. Sorry for the nitpick – her weight might have exasperated _you_, but it **exacerbated** the _condition_. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594/22 "2013-01-29T17:56:54Z")
Feed according to body condition. The quantities on the bag are a good place to start, but you need to monitor how the pup is maintaining weight. Pudgy puppies are not healthy, but nor is a skinny pup. As others have said, many pups are hungry all the time and will eat until they can’t eat anymore. Then they grow up to be waddling, obese, unhealthy dogs. Something to be aware of, and maybe you are already as you are feeding multiple small meals, is that small breed dogs are sensitive and susceptible to low blood sugar. Fasting them is not generally a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594/23 "2013-01-29T18:06:53Z")
One of our dogs always eats like she is starving to death. We measure her food out with a measuring cup and keep an eye on her weight to make sure we’re not giving her too much, otherwise it would be very easy to let her get fat. (It doesn’t help that she’s constantly eating the fruit off the trees during fruit season.) One tip a dog person gave us that really helps: put some warm water in the dry food. It both slows them down (so the meal isn’t over in two bites) and fills them up without giving them too many calories. And you really can’t give them too much water: our little glutton gets so much the kibble just floats on top. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594/24 "2013-01-29T18:31:27Z")
[Dog/Cat Body Condition Scoring.](http://vet.osu.edu/vmc/body-condition-scoring-chart) My dogs are 2.5s.😃 [Dogfood bowls designed to slow down eating.](http://www.amazon.com/Brake-Fast-Food-Slow-Feed-Bowl/dp/B000PE30MQ) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594/25 "2013-01-29T18:34:53Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > (It doesn’t help that she’s constantly eating the fruit off the trees during fruit season.) Our dogs eat horseshit. Apparently it’s delish. I can’t wait for the day we have no more horses. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594/26 "2013-01-29T18:46:00Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Sorry for the nitpick – her weight might have exasperated _you_, but it **exacerbated** the _condition_. :smack: Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-feeding-my-puppy-enough-he-seems-hungry/648594.md?page=1)