Few questions for raw feeding a young springer

[cj-sharpy]

When I switched Max to BARF I asked loads of questions and did my reading and I love the results.
The problem is my sister and her husband are now wanting to switch their springer and they are looking to me as their source of info.
Everything I read was Mastiff related or from a mastiff site.
Given that their springer is younger (6 months) and obviously a lot more active is there any changes that need to be made to feed him BARF from what I am doing?

I aim for 80/10/10 though far from religiously. I feed 2 or 3 eggs a week and the odd turkey neck on top of his regular meals of lamb tripe and chicken.

Would this diet be okay for a pup or would he, for instance, require less bone or more fat or something else I'm not thinking of?

So far I've told her to buy prepackaged raw food that is I bit pricey but easy to find.
He's coped well his first week (loved his first turkey neck treat from Max) but I'm trying to put a meal plan together for him before I go to stock up from my supplier tomorrow and would like to get it right first time.

Thanks in advance for any input you can have.


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[DennasMom]

From everything I've read... the meal plan is the same (80/10/10) for any size or style of dog.
At least to begin with.

I would think a springer puppy could due with more calories, so either bigger portions or a little (not a lot) higher fat content.
But that would probably come from seeing how the puppy does on the straight 80/10/10 plan, and adjusting as needed.

Denna, being on the less-springy side of the dog world, only gets about 2% of her body-weight in food per day, and also gets less than 10% bone (or she gets constipated).

 

[TricAP]

We switched our boxer and chi girls to Raw at the same time we did Angus. Granted they are both senior dogs but they thriving on it beyond our wildest hopes! I was doubtful about the boxer and bones but she has done great with them. (The Chi has no teeth so she gets her's ground up.) Below is a link I found helpful (in addition to all the great info on this forum) that has a specific section on puppies. We had an issue with too much fat for all 3 of our pups so now we make sure the chicken is skinned and problem solved. Each dog is unique.

Switching to a Raw Diet