Scheduled feedings are better than free feeding, a method in which you leave the food bowl down all day and just fill it up as it empties. By setting up a feeding schedule for your puppy, you will better control what she consumes. Housetraining will be made easier as well, because puppies who are fed on a schedule will have to eliminate about the same time every day. If you leave food down for your puppy all day, she'll have to poop all day, too. Scheduled feedings also help to prevent obesity by controlling the amount of food a dog consumes.

Puppies younger than six months of age should get three meals a day. Puppies and adult dogs older than six months should get two meals a day.

To train your puppy to eat on a schedule, fill her bowl and put it down for ten minutes. After ten minutes, pick it back up (unless your puppy has already inhaled it!). If food remains in the bowl, that's okay. This will train her to eat when you give her food, not pick at it for hours on end. Don't worry, your puppy is smart. She won't starve. Just be consistent, and she'll learn.
TOXIC FOODS

Here is a partial list of foods that are dangerous or toxic to dogs. Never feed your dog these items, and make sure that you store or dispose of these items safely. For more information, please visit the National Animal Poison Control Center at www.aspca.org/apcc.

alcoholic beverages
avocado
chives
chocolate (all forms)
coffee (all forms)
fatty foods
garlic
macadamia nuts
moldy or spoiled foods
onions, onion powder
products sweetened with xylitol
raisins and grapes
salt
some mushrooms
yeast dough