{"id":8750,"date":"2026-01-02T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:50:23","slug":"whats-for-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/whats-for-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s for Breakfast?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Breakfast for the ten 9-week-old pups:&nbsp;12 cups of premium Orijen kibble and 2 chicken breasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-1536x956.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-2048x1274.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260102_1135147722-1568x976.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026nothing left behind &nbsp;for Mr. Manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because this is a litter of 10, who were born 5 days early and needed a boost, I opted for Orijen puppy over my normal ACANA. \u00a0Both are made by the same company. \u00a0Orijen is more than most dogs need \u2014and can cause dogs to put on weight\u2014 but has worked really well for these pups. I also like Orijen puppy because it has fish in it. Good nutrition early means healthier pups over their lifetimes.  At about 14 weeks, I will transition the pups over to ACANA puppy, which is what all my other pups get.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-16-at-9.19.13-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-16-at-9.19.13-AM.png 304w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-16-at-9.19.13-AM-180x300.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-19-at-1.05.32-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8568\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7045337010860198;width:288px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-19-at-1.05.32-AM.png 496w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screen-Shot-2025-12-19-at-1.05.32-AM-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who balks at the cost of a puppy should see my food bill \u2026or my tax return with well over $10k in losses for breeding puppies. &nbsp;Hobbies can be expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breakfast for the ten 9-week-old pups:&nbsp;12 cups of premium Orijen kibble and 2 chicken breasts. \u2026nothing left behind &nbsp;for Mr. Manners. Because this is a litter of 10, who were born 5 days early and needed a boost, I opted for Orijen puppy over my normal ACANA. \u00a0Both are made by the same company. \u00a0Orijen<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/whats-for-breakfast\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;What&#8217;s for Breakfast?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8758,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions\/8758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}