Most 8-week old puppies weigh around five pounds. Each family receives a Baby Book Sheet with the puppy's weight. All bags of dog food will have the amount of puppy food to feed a dog each day. It'll be around one cup of food per day for your puppy at eight weeks old and will increase over time.

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If you feed twice a day, give the puppy 1/2 a cup in the morning and 1/2 at night. It's good to give the puppy around 20 minutes to eat and then take the food away. This will encourage them, over time, to eat on your schedule and create a potty routine. At night, give them the other 1/2 a cup added to whatever food, if any, was leftover from the first feeding.

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You do not need to wet the dry food. The puppies have been eating all dry food, right out of the bag, from weeks six through eight.

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If you feed three times a day, give them 1/3 at breakfast for 20 minutes and take it away. Add 1/3 of the food to what was leftover from breakfast to lunch feeding. Give them 20 minutes to eat and take it away from them. Add 1/3 of the food to what was leftover from lunch for 20 minutes and take it away.

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Puppies need water. They grow very quickly and need water for growth. They need water throughout the day.