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Originally Posted by Noreen612  The thing that confuses me about Primal, is my understanding is that a 4.5-5.5 lb yorkie should consume about 200-250 calories per day. Primal says that if your dog is about 5-5.5 lbs then they only need 90 calories per day or 2 freeze dried nuggets per day. So perhaps Wylie’s mom can answe this for me since she feeds that, but that seems like it’s not enough? |
I agree with you. It doesn't make any sense at all, unless Primal's calculations of the calories in their food are wrong. I'm attaching a couple of images to this post. The first one is the energy and food requirement for a 5 lb dog created using Primal Pet Food's feeding calculator. According to Primal, the dog needs 100 calories per day, or 2 freeze dried nuggets.
However, I checked the tables in the textbook Applied Veterinary Clinical Nutrition (Fascetti and Delaney, editors. 2012.), and the energy requirement for a 4.4 pound active dog is 219 calories (235 calories for a young dog, 160 calories for an inactive dog, and 177 calories for an active old dog). That averages around 200 calories for the average dog. The second attachment is the table from the textbook I got those numbers from.
As far as I know, there's nothing wrong with the nutritional content of Primal's food, but I'm wondering where they get their feeding recommendations from, and whether they are accurate.