hello and i am new to the forum and i look foward to sharing information with you all.

I have got a 14 week old malamute puppy and we feed him about 225g of food a day, split up the food into four portions.
I was just wondering if this is the right amount of food for a puppy at this age.
Thanks

Probably the best person to go to for ongoing rearing advice is the breeder.

As Stooge said,the breeder is the best person,and should have a) given you a comprehensive diet sheet when you took your puppy home and b) shoud be available for ongoing advise.
Malamutes can be known for a very healthy appetite and very food orientated - leading to a tendency of becoming over weight and becoming fixated on food.
However,I am partly led by my young Mals and when they start to ignore one of their meals I drop the feeding down to 3 times a day (mine are now 7 months and are fed 2 times a day.It is difficult to advise on amounts as it depends on the quality of food you are offering.The better the quality of food eg higher protein/meat content - then less is required but if it contains plenty of grains/deriatives/fillers and general rubbish,then more is required.
Try adding some oily tinned fish to the dry kibble eg sardines/mackrell etc in oil or tomato sauce is fine but never brine.Also try some raw chicken wings - becareful at first in case your Mal is overly greedy and swallows it whole rather than chewing.Great for added stimulation and keeping teeth clean.

Thanks some usefull advise there, he does seem to swallow his food without chewing just wondering if there is any way you can fix the problem.
Thanks

With the kibble,you can buy bowls with raised 'kobbly' bits to help slow down fast feeders  - wide chested dogs such as Mals are prone to bloat which can be exhasabated by gulping down food quickly.Alternatively you can add tennis balls that will force your dog to eat slowly around the obstiacle, supervise at all times.
With chicken wings either chop into smallr pieces or hold in your fingers so he /she can't swallow whole - watch your fingers though - sharp puppy teeth hurt.

thanks for that , can i give my puppy a raw egg on top of his foood allowance and if so how many during a week ?

Raw egg is fine,in fact I give mine the egg whole.Some will eat the shell as well while others won't.It just adds to the calcium in the diet.At first it may take awhile before they can work out how to get to the egg inside,fun to watch.
My pups mum managed to knock over a box of 15 eggs the day after Shrove Tuesday while I was out,managed to follow a trail of egg shells into the lounge.Managed to leave 4 intacted which her 2 kids enjoyed.
I gave my pups about 3 a week. 

As others have said the breeder should be able to answer for you and should have given you a diet sheet.  I feed raw now but when I got my male Rottie over 5 years ago he was fed dried food and he was on about 70 grams of food 4 times per day at around 8 weeks. 

Personally I'd be feeding about twice that much every day, although it obviously depends on how your pup is doing on the amount you give him. Does he appear to be under-weight at all?

My 17 week malamute is fed 3 times a day, 320g a day. I feed him at 6am, 12 and 6pm. Ive noticed he can be a bit snappy by 5pm and he is starving. Should i change these feeding times or give him more food. Any advice please.

> My 17 week malamute is fed 3 times a day, 320g a day. I feed him at 6am, 12 and 6pm.

Not my breed but it sounds much too low if you're feeding raw food - I'd still be feeding 4 meals a day too.

What is your dogs expected adult weight?  Or the pups current weight?

What are you feeding him? How much does he weigh?

If you were feeing James Wellbeloved, for example, the guidelines advise roughly 600g daily for a dog of his adult size and age. Other brands may vary, and raw is different again.  It seems as though he could be very hungry.

When you enquired on your first post, when he was fourteen weeks old, I did advise then that he should be getting at least 450g. So yes, he would be starving if you are now only giving 320g a day :-( 

thanks for the advice
i feed him purina pro plan kibble, so do you think that i should top it up to 400 or 600 grams
he weight 9.5 kilo
thanks very much for all the advice
kimithedog

I have never fed pro plan puppy,prefering BARF and other brands when I first had Mal pups.But the guide for Pro Plan Puppy states
Daily Feeding Recommendation (g/day)

Age (Months) 4 - 5 months
Adult weight 35- 45 kg 300 - 400kg daily
or if your Mals optimum weight is larger at 45 to 60 kg which is fairly typical of a fully grown Mal then 320 - 590 kg daily increasing again at 6 months.
I start off at 4 meals a day with my pups and when they begin to loose interest in one of their meals,I cut back to 3.
Your Mal will probabaly enjoy an odd raw chicken wing as well.

4 months and 9.5 kilos? That does seem a tad light to me for a big dog like a malamute. Its a weight I would be expecting at around 10/11 weeks of age for  a breed like that. I would increase his food over 3 meals and at 6/7 months cut down to 2 meals increasing the quantities when you cut a meal. But for the moment 3 increased meals :)

>he weight 9.5 kilo

At four months old? That's tiny for a Malamute! My dalmatian pup weighed that at 3 months, and I don't expect her to weigh more than 24/25 kilos as an adult, whereas an adult male Malamute should weigh about twice that.

Do his ribs have a decent covering of fat still? How much weight is he gaining each week (I'd expect at least a kilo a week, pobably more like 2)?

Is your Mal K.C reg,as possibly small due to mal x Sibe.You would be surprised how many people pass this cross off as a full Mal.Only a suggestion as my first thought was how small/light.

>he weight 9.5 kilo

At four months old? That's tiny for a Malamute!  My dalmatian pup weighed that at 3 months, and I don't expect her to weigh more than 24/25 kilos as an adult, whereas an adult male Malamute should weigh about twice that.

Do his ribs have a decent covering of fat still? How much weight is he gaining each week (I'd expect at least a kilo a week, pobably more like 2)?

Our standard poodle pup weighed 10 kilo at 14 weeks and by 20 weeks weighed 16 kilo so a kilo a week, then she slowed down to about 1/2 kilo.  She is 15 months now and weighs 23 kilo which is about average for her breed & sex.  That is very light for a Malamute, my friend has one and while not a lot taller than our std poodle she's twice the width and much heavier boned. 

Thank you for all the advice, I think I may of misread at the vets, but was told he was of correct weight and looked fine but i just think he may need a little more food as he always seems to be wanting food. Also i noticed he doesnt chew his food and eats very fast. I have invested in a bowl which helps prevent bloat but he can still eat quite fast.  

Not KC reg but did see the parents of pup and do have option to reg if wanted if i pay £60. Does this sound right?

>Also i noticed he doesnt chew his food and eats very fast.

In my experience a dog only chews his food (because they don't have grinding molars like we do, only cutting ones) if the pieces are too big to swallow whole. If they're poorly they eat slowly and pickily; otherwise a dog hoovers his food in a very short time.

> Not KC reg but did see the parents of pup and do have option to reg if wanted if i pay £60. Does this sound right?

No, it doesn't cost that much for a breeder to register the litter.  An ethical breeder will usually register the litter if it's possible for them to do so.  There are a few breed exceptions but otherwise there is little excuse not to.

Usually your breeder would also stick around to help you through the early days and they ought to be able to help you with weights and food.  If they've kept a littermate or have raised pups before they should be able to tell you what you can expect weight wise, and give you some comparisons with what the others are eating at the same age

>do have option to reg if wanted if i pay £60. Does this sound right?

It's only that price once your pup is over a year old. Before then it's £13.

Not KC reg but did see the parents of pup and do have option to reg if wanted if i pay £60. Does this sound right?

Not for a reputable breeder, no :-(

Agree,a reputable breeder would register the puppy before it goes its new home - not charge £60  a later date.
When my litter went for their second jabs at 12 wks they all weighed approx 8kg,and they weren't overly heavy.

Remember that a male Alaskan Malamute will be 50kg - 60kg as an adult, so use that to interpret the feeding guidelines on the food packaging. :-)