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Originally Posted by SophieandZiggy  This stuff confuses me. When I switched from my old food to Holistic Select chicken meal and rice, I was told that I didn't need to feed as much because it was higher in protein. The vet said they wouldn't need to eat as much to feel full because of the higher protein content.  |
Well, that's most of the time true, I guess, because in general... most high protein foods have higher calories, so it makes sense, but it's not necessarily ONLY because of the protein percentage if that makes sense. There are a lot of factors of why you would need to feed more or less, and simply a protein % number isn't always the answer.
For example, there can be a food and the ingredients could be "by-product meal, corn gluten meal, soy, wheat .... etc etc" and the protein could be 30%. But just because that protein is 30% - the protein is coming from plant based sources. So the dog would most likely need to be fed more in order to feel satisfied.
But yeah, in general, I always look at the kcal/cup as a basis for feeding.
You can do a dog food calculator to see how many calories per day your dog needs.