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Question by debi
Submitted on 5/5/2004
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my black lab pup is 7 mos. old and he seem to be wanting to eat more. he is 65-70 pounds and the iams dog bag states he should be decreasing his intake. he walks 2 miles in the mrn and 3 miles at night and plays and runs around after 2 pm i and is his kennel from 830 until 2 pm . Help -he always seems hungry.

Answer by Tanisha
Submitted on 5/18/2004
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Labs will eat anything you give them. They eat all they can and this tends to make them overweight. At seven months, he might be going through a growth spurt which would require more food. The same thing happened with my dog. I also noticed that your dog is running for a good five miles a day which will take alot of energy and might also require more food. I suggest that you increase his food ration a bit. If he seems to be getting over weight, decrease it a bit but I don't think he'll get too fat with all the exercise he's getting. Tanisha

Answer by Kona
Submitted on 6/18/2004
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My 7 mo old lab would eat my socks if I would let him. I feed him two cups of Iams in the morning and in the evening. They are just eaters. Don't let them fool you. For a chewing treat with no calories, I give him ice cubes. Takes care of the chewing.

Answer by diane
Submitted on 8/13/2004
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our lab is 9 months how do we get him to stop jumping all over people when them come to the house?

Answer by megan
Submitted on 12/26/2004
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he is still a puppy and as stated above its prob just a growth thing my two pups are the same way they seem to eat a lot but as long as they are healthy thats all that matters. also if u don't let him eat until he is full it could lead to behavior problems in the end.

Answer by Buddy
Submitted on 1/5/2005
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my pup is 8months and he weighs like over 100 and he is always hungrey.

Answer by Jmay
Submitted on 1/7/2005
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My Lab is the same way. She is 8 mos old, but gets a lot of exercise and I feed her Science Diet's all natural food, 3 and 1/2 cups in the morning and night. I have been feeding her like this for 1 and 1/2 mos and she's only gained about 4 lbs.

Answer by nick
Submitted on 1/9/2005
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My lab is 2 years old i had the same problem with him eating to much and too fast. I took him to the vet and they said that is natural. One thing they told me to do is to put his food on a cookie sheet and spread it all over the sheet. This would help him start to slow down on his eating. It worked

Answer by angelia
Submitted on 3/7/2005
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what kind of food and how much can black labs and golden retrivers supposed to have in one day?

Answer by Lab Lover
Submitted on 3/8/2005
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You should slowly wean him off of so much food and give him more water; yeah he may pee more, but it will help his obeast problem

Answer by Dawn
Submitted on 4/25/2006
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Instead of ice cubes clean out an empty milk container and fill it up with water let it freeze ...cut the carton open and there you have it a massive block of water good for a hot day.

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