When to reduce puppy meals

[Cripesalive]

Hi All, my Cavalier pup is coming up to 6 months. I know the advice is generally to reduce from 3 to 2 meals per day at that point.

Is this necessary - did anyone keep their puppy on 3 meals for longer?
If I reduce to 2, I assume I keep the overall amount per day the same?

She eats raw so the guidance is 5-6% of bodyweight for puppies vs 2-3% for adults - I assume this continues until 12 months?

She's not giving any signals that imply she's ready to give up the lunchtime meal, but then I'm not sure she would as if left to her no doubt she'd eat 6 times a day...

Her weight is perfect and she's otherwise a very healthy, energetic little dog.

I think most dogs start to get less and less interested in the morning/lunch meal - indicating they are fine to drop one. However, even if not, at 6 months old she'll be fine on two meals a day.

If you want to go to 2 meals a day then I'd spend a few days upping breakfast and dinner amounts and dropping lunchtime amounts down before stopping altogether. Yes, feed the same total amount as you are today but split into 2 meals, rather than 3.

However, there is no need to at all. If 3 x a day suits you and the dog then you can stick to that, too . Most just make the move to two meals because it tends to fit in with their day better - morning and evening. But plenty of people do differently.

Our dog just naturally became less interested in his lunch. Think he was a bit younger than 6 months.
Just give the daily allowance over 2 meals instead. As pp said, if 3 meals works for you and pup then just carry on.