What is more important when choosing a food...
 

the protein, fat and fiber content or the Kcalories per cup?
Or WHAT?
I am getting so confused-LOL

For example:
Acana Prairie has
34% protein
17% fat
3.5 fiber
and 420 Kcal per cup

Nature's Variety Prairie Salmon & Brown Rice has
26% protein
14% fat
3.5 fiber
and 420 Kcal per cup

The Kcal are the same but the protein & fat are different.

I look at protein and fat content most carefully... if the food has more or less kcal per cup you can adjust the feeding amount but you cant do anything to change the fat/protein content. :)

Good question I want to know too. Bumping this up.

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I think you have to take into consideration are they only getting kibble? or some kind of wet food too. Like Raw or canned? how often and how much and what kind of treats are they getting per day.

I feed my dogs ( we just switched within last 2 weeks) to a diet of primal raw chicken and natures variety venison
the chicken is 13% protein and 7% fat and the venison is 13% protein and 8% fat per meal. then I add 1 tbsp of acana prairie. which is only about 26kcal of kibble per meal.
I'm still trying to figure out what the total kcal is with the raw and the kibble combined.

Primal raw does have a feeding calculator and acana has a feeding guide on their bag.


However I am trying to maintain weight and health for one dog and lose weight with the other.

Its a balancing act and I'm sure I'll be tweeking as I go.
But I still don't have exact numbers of what the 2 tbs of kibble they are getting a day adds to their overall protein and fat percentage.
nor do I know the total kcal they're eating.
But I do feel we are on the right track as the dogs are satisfied. Madison's harness is getting loser and they have gorgeous coats and teeth.
I must be doing something right.

Good luck on your quest to find what works for you.
I'm still learning :confused:

Don't want to get too confusing, but those % protein and fats are as fed, not dry matter. When removing the moisture mathematically, those % would be much higher.