August 25

It is completely insane the amount of dog food this family is eating.
Since Annabelle came here I have gone through more than 100 pounds of
puppy food! Fortunately, the humane society provides the dog food for
the puppies. This family would eat me out of house and home, if the
humane society didn't cover the food bill.

The pet food bank gets food in several ways: donations from "normal
people", donations of broken/damaged bags from pet stores and grocery
stores, and money will be donated specifically to buy food. This means
there is often small quantities of many different types of puppy and
dog foods. While I would love to only feed the dogs one high quality
dog the entire time, but the food bank rarely will have 100+ pounds of
really good stuff. Starting with Annabelle's food and carrying it on
when the puppies started eating mush, I chose a handful of high
quality puppy foods and have blended them together to avoid any
stomach upset when changing from bag to bag.

Right now, I am using about 3-4 pounds of puppy food a day. Then
Annabelle is still eating nearly 10 cups of dog food a day so she can
keep providing the pups with milk. Based on the fact that the puppies
are gaining weight well and that Annabelle's weight has stabilized,
whatever they are eating and how ever much they are eating seems to be
doing them well!