
I have always fed to appetite. Like tooolz I like my bitches to have some meat on them, knowing how very hard their bodies will soon be working. Knowing that bitches almost always go off kibble once pups are here (due to sore mouths) I give the sort of food they will be on once pups are here.
I poach white fish and give steak mince, scrambled egg, tinned pilchards in tomato sauce etc. When they are producing loads of milk they will be burning calories fast. I hate it when I see feeding bitches that are skin and bone, they have no reserves at all. I aim to keep my bitches in the same shape they were in prior to mating.