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Originally Posted by BonBon  I'm trying to remember how old Kaji is? I know he's young, but have you had his thyroid checked?
Britster has posted quite a bit about how much she feeds her boy, Jackson, daily. Hopefully she'll she this and correct any of my mistakes  , but Jackson weighs about 15 pounds and she only feeds him 1/4 cup Acana/Orijen twice a day, along with a tiny bit of canned and a few treats. I think some pupsters just don't need to eat as much the manufacturer's recommend on their bags. |
Agree with what everyone else said, esp. about Evo having even more calories and fat than other foods, so even less needs to be fed.
Jackson only eats 1/2 cup per day of Acana kibble and yep, he is 15lbs.
He is also VERY active and does well on this, and never wants to eat more than that. He gets daily walks, swimming a few times a week, dog parks a few times a week, visits to my dads fenced in yard with their dogs running and running some more, fetch daily (indoor and outdoor), etc.
When he free fed, he self regulated at 1/2 cup per day. When I started scheduled feeding and starting doing 1/2 cup in the AM and 1/2 cup in the PM, it was just too much food (following the bag). He would often leave kibble behind or kinda force himself to eat since it had wet food on it and it was just too good to stop, lol. If he's super active for the day, I will sometimes up it to about 3/4 cup but those are for the days when he runs for nearly 2 hours straight at the dog park. I've also started giving him a raw patty (Stella & Chewy's) for breakfast about 3 days a week, and on those days I still give him the full 1/2 cup for dinner.
I don't go by the bag guidelines. I'm sure they work well for some dogs, but every dog is different and for a pet that needs to lose weight, I def. wouldn't go by that. Even the holistic pet store owner told me 1 cup for Jackson would be WAY too much and he's nearly double Kaji's size.