 Do you free feed?
I have always free fed my small dogs their dry food. My adult dogs love Iams puppy cookies that have 18 calories per cookie. I weigh my adult dogs about once a month and they are usually right where they should be. I know from all my readings that treats need to be figured into the total daily calorie count. I can break one of these cookies in to 5 or 6 pieces and hand them out to the dogs 5 or 6 times a day--generally whenever I am in the kitchen, lol. I give the oldest dogs the entire cookie but for those 6 months and up generally give them cookie pieces--so they don't choke when they run away to eat their treat. Sometimes treats are apple pieces, banana pieces, or green beans or carrot pieces.
How do you know if you are feeding your dogs enough? I didn't think I was doing anything wrong, my dogs get plenty of exercise playing with me and each other. They maintain their weight and my vet says they are healthy and beautiful. |