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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985  Interesting post. Kaji eats 1/2 cup of food too, but he eats Lotus. That was the amount suggested for a 5 lb dog. Kaji is 7 lbs. I feed him less now that he has less activity. |
I'm not familar w/ Lotus?? But different foods are gonna require different amounts. Looking at the kcal's will help determine. I think Acana is around 470 kcal/cup. However, the Acana bag says 13-22lbs should get 1cup-1 1/2 cup of food per day which is just too much.
Jackson used to free fed and never ate more than 1/2 cup a day. When I started scheduled feeding, I followed the bag and I'd give him 1/2 cup in the AM and 1/2 cup in the PM and he would leave most of it in the bowl... I just knew it was too much. I thought this woman in the pet store was nuts when she originally told me 1 cup was WAY too much food but she ended up being right
I also bought a little 1lb bag of Go! Endurance to try and it states "a 50lb dog should be fed 1.75-2 cups" so it shows ya the difference sometimes in feeding a crappy food vs. a better food. Even though the inital cost is alot more than, say, Pedigree.. you're actually feeding less.