Bridget Great Dane Growth Chart

[Willow]

DOB 04/10/2009
8 weeks 24 pounds
9 weeks 26 pounds
10 weeks 30 pounds 16" at shoulder
11 weeks 34.5 pounds 17"
12 weeks 36.5 pounds 18"
13 weeks 42 pounds 19"
14 weeks 44 pounds
15 weeks 47.5 pounds 21"
16 weeks 51 pounds 22"
17 weeks 54 pounds
18 weeks 56.5 pounds 23"
19 weeks 58 pounds 24" (switched to Chicken Soup Brand)
20 weeks 64 pounds 25"
21 weeks 65 pounds
22 weeks 70 pounds

Iams large breed puppy 3 times per day
Vet recommended switch to Science Diet ID due to digestive problems
Switched at 13 weeks.
19 weeks (Chicken Soup Lg breed adult 3-5 times/day)

[robo21]

What a pretty girl!

[Willow]

(09-12-2009 09:37 AM)robo21 Wrote:  What a pretty girl!

Kahless is beautiful. You should put up pics of your other 2. Are they brindles also, or fawns? How can you post so many pictures? I can only post pictures from my iphone because it says the file is too large on pics from my camera. Also I noticed you started him on Iams. That's what the breeder had Bridget on, but I know it's too high protein. I'm not sure I want to keep her on the Chicken soup. I'm looking for another good brand to try.

[robo21]

(09-12-2009 10:07 AM)Willow Wrote:  

(09-12-2009 09:37 AM)robo21 Wrote:  What a pretty girl!

Kahless is beautiful. You should put up pics of your other 2. Are they brindles also, or fawns? How can you post so many pictures? I can only post pictures from my iphone because it says the file is too large on pics from my camera. Also I noticed you started him on Iams. That's what the breeder had Bridget on, but I know it's too high protein. I'm not sure I want to keep her on the Chicken soup. I'm looking for another good brand to try.

Thank you for your compliment on Kahless. Here's a photo with all 3 of them. Kahless was munching on a fig, so excuse the fact that his mouth was full in this photo:


As for your photos, I highly recommend that you upload your camera's high resolution digital photos from your computer to photobucket. That Website will automatically resize your pics for you for posting here. Or you can download a piece of software called "Batch Image Resizer" which will do the same thing on your computer. I use both methods but think it might be easier for you to just use photobucket. Then after you upload your pics to photobucket you just copy and paste the [img]httpxxxx info[/img] link from photobucket right into your post and your pictures will automatically appear in your posts. Let me know if you have any more questions. I'll be glad to help. By the way, photobucket is free and here's the link: Photobucket

As for the food: I don't believe that Iams Large Breed has too much protein, at 26% that is not too much. The problem with Iams LB Puppy is that it has corn meal, other corn items, and chicken BYPRODUCTS! Yuck! Avoid foods containing corn or corn gluten and any kind of Byproducts which are feathers, beaks, organs, feet, etc.

I like the Innova formulations including their Large Breed Puppy and their large bites. Innova Website You will end up feeding less because the protein is all usable. Corn is used to inflate the protein number but is NOT digestable in dogs. So they end up pooping it out. It's a cheap and deceptive way for manufacturers to boost their protein numbers with no benefit to the dog.

California Naturals is another brand by the same company and it too is excellent food. California Naturals Website One of the reasons we went this way is because Kahless was having skin issues which disappeared after we switched him off of the Iams. He is doing so much better now. His favorite treats are homemade chicken broth Popsicles made without salt, of course.

We also supplement the kibble with fresh foods as well such as fresh cooked chicken meat, cooked eggs, veggies, etc.

I hope this helps.

[mydog8it]

She is gorgeous!

I agree, personally I would never feed Science Diet or Iams. In addition to Innova Large/Giant Breed, check out Canidae All Life Stages and Eagle Pack Holistic Select Large/Giant Breed Puppy. Links are here: http://www.i-tails.com/great-dane-mastif...-feed.html

Check the protein/fat levels on the bag before you choose a food as she is still young and growing rapidly - avoid anything high in protein or fat as it can cause bone/joint problems. I believe the three mentioned above are all at or below 24% protein.

[robo21]

(09-12-2009 01:00 PM)mydog8it Wrote:  She is gorgeous!

I agree, personally I would never feed Science Diet or Iams. In addition to Innova Large/Giant Breed, check out Canidae All Life Stages and Eagle Pack Holistic Select Large/Giant Breed Puppy. Links are here: http://www.i-tails.com/great-dane-mastif...-feed.html

Check the protein/fat levels on the bag before you choose a food as she is still young and growing rapidly - avoid anything high in protein or fat as it can cause bone/joint problems. I believe the three mentioned above are all at or below 24% protein.

I would avoid the Eagle Pack as it contains corn. We've had bad experiences in the past with foods containing corn. The Canidae looks awesome. I don't think you could go wrong with Innova, California Naturals, or the Canidae.

[mydog8it]

The Eagle Pack Holistic Select doesn't contain corn - it's just their "regular" lower-end food that does. Here's a link to the Giant Breed Puppy: http://www.holisticselect.com/HS_LGPuppy.html

I've been contemplating switching to Canidae because of the human grade meats though, but since the Canidae doesn't have glucosamine in it I would have to supplement. blah. It's less expensive though.

[robo21]

Right you are! I stand corrected. I didn't see the different grades of Eagle. The Canidae formula looks awesome.

[JkinBlack]

We switched Yogi from the Iams to Chicken Soup shortly after we brought him home, and he is doing very well on it. At first we tried the Chicken Soup LB Puppy, but he had very loose stools. Once we moved him to the LB Adult, everything firmed right up.