Hello,
I’m a first time husky owner and have noticed in the last 5 weeks my puppy started to eat noticeably more. She’s putting on weight but still healthy looking. Is this a growth thing or the onset of cold weather here in New England? Any ideas would be great debating if I need a vet check. Cheers! Doug

Hmmm... okay, my read is that she's about 14 months old, so she should be "full grown" (barring filling out - she should be going from lanky to, excuse me, husky)

You're going to have to define a few things for me:  "overeating" how much of what are you feeding her?  If she's been happy at a cup of kibble a day and has decided she wants two, well, that's about normal.

Also:  "healthy looking" does she retain her sveldt appearance or is she putting on some gut?  Some owners think a dog has to retain the "rolly polly puppy" image to be healthy (which is definitely not true).

Unless she's been neutered, she should be approaching her second heat - how'd she act during her first one?

ETA: Okay, I didn't read your heading, I went back to read your previous messages .... sorry.

She is fixed and by no means extra weight in a bad way still very sleak visible hips no gut etc. she never had that rolly polly look. We exercise heavy 5-8 miles 2 times a week daily 1 hour of open running. she use to eat probably 1 1/2 cups a day and graze on the second half of the second cup. She’s comfortably eating 3 now and I bet if I put down another she’d eat it.

Could just be all the exercise she's been getting is making her eat more. If she laid around and did next to nothing, she probly would eat less/skip a meal or two

Okay Doug that all sounds good.  You really seem to be doing the right things with her.  Last question, has anything else changed?

For example, I had two dogs, an older Sibe and an equivalent aged (but puppyish personality) Alaskan.  I was free feeding the Alaskan who'd eat some of his food and graze a lot; the Sibe generally left his food alone but she was being fed about 2 cups a day and on occasion she'd snack on his meal.  I added a second Sibe (and all of mine are within a year or so of each other, I think)  and he started gulping his food and would eat anything extra that I might give him.  

I'm wondering if you might have a new girlfriend?  Moved from one place to another?  Have you changed brands of dog food?

It's unusual, in my experience to change their eating habits without some influence.  I think most of us are feeding about 2 cups a day and I'd think a dog who was getting three without any change in exercise would probably be putting on weight.

It might be worth considering running her past your vet just for a quick general exam.....

Thanks for the help no changes at all same home same wife etc. hikes have gotten a little longer that’s all. So Maybe I should get her to the vet to check for a worm or something thanks again.