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Originally Posted by Britster

Hmmm... funny you say about the weight gain on NV... I never thought about that. Jackson had been eating NV since September last year... when we were at the vet about 2 weeks ago, the scale said he weighed 16lbs? That just SO didn't seem right to me. He's 1.5 years old. Back in December when he went to the vet, he was 11.7lbs? He always stayed right at about 12lbs since he was 7 months old. The vet did 2 scales in her office and both came back 16lbs! But the thing is, he's not overweight, he's not fat at all (he's skinny looking) but he's really muscular. I was just stunned... maybe the scales are wrong but they tried 2 scales, both were 16lbs! But I haven't had to resize his collars of harnesses or anything! Sooo confused, I wonder if the food made him gain more muscle mass or something??

From what I saw with mine, I would say it probably did. Most of the grain free foods have similar portion sizes shown on their feeding guidelines so I usually feed the same amount no matter which food we're on. They didn't seem to be overeating, but the definitely gained. So, now that I know NV has so many more calories I will just have to cut back on their portion sizes.

It's funny, but they don't seem to be eating nearly as much of the Acana as they did the Instinct. I mean they like it but it's like they get full faster, or maybe they just stay full longer, and I can see that they're getting plenty to eat but it's just not taking as much to feed them. (Which of course means less poo ). Another plus for Acana!!