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cocopups · 05-29-2014, 09:13 PM

Hello! New member here, first time posting.

I have a question about Coco's meals. I've used a dog food calculator to calculate the amount of calories he should intake per day for his ideal weight, and I got around 240 calories.

I did a bit of calculations based on the calories in both the Blue Buffalo puppy dry food as well as the Blue Buffalo puppy wet food, and I wanted other people's opinions on whether or not what I did makes sense.

Anyways, there are 580 cals/can in the BB wet food and 438 cals/cup in the BB dry food. As mentioned above, Coco needs about 240 cals per day. Does it make sense to give a quarter cup of the dry (109.5 cals) and a quarter of the can of the wet (145 cals)? Adding those up would be 254.5 cals for the day, spread apart for his 2 meals a day. A little bit over the 240 cals he should ideally intake, but did I do the right math? Or does it make a huge difference since the wet food is cals/can and not cals/cup??

Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!

05-29-2014, 09:13 PM	#1
cocopups YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA, US Posts: 3	Blue Buffalo Question Hello! New member here, first time posting. I have a question about Coco's meals. I've used a dog food calculator to calculate the amount of calories he should intake per day for his ideal weight, and I got around 240 calories. I did a bit of calculations based on the calories in both the Blue Buffalo puppy dry food as well as the Blue Buffalo puppy wet food, and I wanted other people's opinions on whether or not what I did makes sense. Anyways, there are 580 cals/can in the BB wet food and 438 cals/cup in the BB dry food. As mentioned above, Coco needs about 240 cals per day. Does it make sense to give a quarter cup of the dry (109.5 cals) and a quarter of the can of the wet (145 cals)? Adding those up would be 254.5 cals for the day, spread apart for his 2 meals a day. A little bit over the 240 cals he should ideally intake, but did I do the right math? Or does it make a huge difference since the wet food is cals/can and not cals/cup?? Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!