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Originally Posted by Ellie May  This is what confuses me...all these recipes that say give one multi vit a day or so much per pound. Supplements (if we are following AAFCO) are supposed to be given in proportion to the amount of food given. It really doesn't have anything to do with the weight of the dog. I only follow AAFCO because that is the best that we have right now. So I just leave the whole supplementation thing alone and tell people to get a nutritionist. 
That isn't to say that it can't be done per pound of dog but with processed dog food, it is done by the weight of the food or something like that... |
If I understand it correctly (and that's a big "if"
), supplements are given by the pound. It's just the multivitamin that is given by weight.
This is the calcium requirement per pound of food, for instance:
"A young animal's prepared food should contain about 1500 mg of calcium per pound of food, and about half that much for a mature animal. A pound of moist food is a pint, so a cup is a half-pound. Considering nutrient content per weight of food is appropriate, since it makes allowances for both the weight and the metabolic rate of the animal."
Supplements for Home Cooked Diets - Canine Epilepsy Guardian Angels
I would never be brave enough to figure it out myself so I just follow a prepared diet. The supplements are included in the recipe and it just states to give a multivitamin daily.