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01-18-2011, 01:07 PM | #1 |
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| For those who home cook... what amount do you feed? Do you only feed twice a day or 3 or 4 times a day? |
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01-18-2011, 01:17 PM | #2 |
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| 2-3x daily. Caloric requirement should be figured and then feed for optimal weight. They are all so different. Ellie eats double what she should need and is still skinny.
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01-18-2011, 01:24 PM | #3 | |
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I am using a diet formulated by a pet nutrionist, with supplements, however, there was no feeding schedule or feeding guidelines given. | |
01-18-2011, 01:50 PM | #4 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Because calories vary so much depending on the ingredients, I can't give you any suggestions for volume. Ellie (spayed and moderately active) was thought to need about 180 (will check when I get home) calories daily (plus more to gain weight). So that is 30 calories/pound for a spayed female who doesn't do anything strenuous. The nutritionist should figure this for you b/c they use a formula that takes energy requirement into consideration. Or if you really don't want to talk to them, then you could do 3/4 - 1 cup a day for an average size Yorkie.
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01-18-2011, 01:51 PM | #5 |
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| Thank you. I just talked with her on the phone and we'll be meeting tomorrow afternoon. |
01-18-2011, 07:24 PM | #6 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| Agree with Ellie May that a diet needs to be formulated for each dog. Our diets are weighed by the gram at preparation time. If I cook ahead I weigh and multiply ingredients. I add supplements and fish oil at mealtimes. It's a pretty large volume of food that I feed as they are on low fat diets.
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