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Originally Posted by MaWilliams3  I used the dog food calculator. I think it depends on what brand of food. WC has 396 cal/cup. It's grain free, so I guess the assumption is because it's just power that he's getting, he needs more for calorie intake. I don't know. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. I posted pictures. What do you think? |
I feed my dogs grain free food also. I feed them what the bag says to feed their weight: 1/4 - 1/2 c. a day for 0-5 lbs.; 3/4 - 1 1/4 c. for 10 - 20 lbs. I just checked the bag. Their food has 416Kcal/cup.
I didn't check it on a dog food calculator. Duncan seemed to be gaining enough weight and Elliot doesn't seem to be overly hungry so I figured they were getting the correct amount of food.
I looked at the pictures you posted of Bruiser. To me, he does look thin in the pictures but then, I am used to Duncan who is almost 12 lbs. Elliot is 4 lbs. but she is pretty small; her legs are half the size, maybe smaller of Bruiser's legs.
I always treated my dogs like kids. If they were hungry, they would let us know. If they didn't want to eat anymore, they were full.
