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How Many Poos

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Question
Hi i have a 16 week old labradore.  She is called Molly.  She is a really well behave good little dog.  she is almost house trained, so I am really happy.  She's in an indoor crate overnight, and then a run and pen outside during the day. However she has 4 poos a day, and I'm concerned this is too much.  I feed her about 70gramms of dry food 3 times a day, morn, lunch and tea. She has a poo after each meal, but not in her pen, she waits till I let her out, which is good, and 1 more when we walk in the evening is this ok ? Also she is approx 11.5kg is this an ok weight, I am concerned that she's not too fat or skinny whilst she is growing.

Answer
Kathryn,
Yes it is normal, input output plus an extra.  Very good. I'm not sure about the weight, check with your breeder on this, but let your pup eat a properly balanced diet 3 times a day until she is about 5 to 6 months or until she starts losing interest in one of the meals. Then reduce it to two meals a day for awhile.  Sounds like you are doing a great job.
Nancy