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12-25-2010, 05:16 PM | #1 |
♥ Chip ♥ Smokey ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leesburg
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| Amount of feeding for Orijen? For those that feed Orijen - how much do you feed your dogs? Chip is about 7 lbs and Smokey is about 15. When I went on their website it said for between 2-12 lbs to feed 2/3 to 3/4 cups a day and for 12-22 lbs to feed 3/4 to 1 1/4 cups a day, which doesn't seem like enough to me considering they say to split that figure in twos so you can feed twice a day.
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12-25-2010, 05:39 PM | #2 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| I feed Jackson, who is 15lbs, 1/2 cup per day of Orijen kibble. So 1/4 cup in the AM and 1/4 cup in the PM. He gets a bit of wet food mixed in each meal (maybe a spoonful). Sometimes I will replace his breakfast meal with pre-made raw and he gets 3 Primal nuggets and then 1/4 cup kibble w/ wet for dinner. I find the bags tend to way over exaggerate the amounts needed, but it all depends on your dogs activity level and body type. Jackson is very very active and lean and muscular, but that's really all the food he needs. I leave out kibble for him all day and occasionally he will go snack on it, but even when he was totally free-fed, he self regulated at 1/2 cup per day or under.
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12-25-2010, 05:53 PM | #3 | |
♥ Chip ♥ Smokey ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leesburg
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12-25-2010, 05:59 PM | #4 | |
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Jackson is probably like Smokey. Jackson is naturally just pretty skinny, I think, but he's also super active too... so I don't know if the exercise is what keeps him thin, or what. I'll attach a photo of his body type. I always call him my mini Greyhound too because of how fast he is, lol. I ride along side my dads fenced in yard on the four-wheeler and he's gone up to 17/18mph! Good luck w/ the whole food thing, I know how frustrating it can be to find "THE" food, lol. I think we've finally found it with Orijen/Acana.
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12-25-2010, 06:20 PM | #5 | |
♥ Chip ♥ Smokey ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leesburg
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The first two are Smokey, the last one is Chippy. It gives kind of an idea of their body types. They aren't very active dogs though. They're really laid back.
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12-25-2010, 06:21 PM | #6 |
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| Levi weighs 5.5 pounds and usually eats around 1/4 cup per day. He'd eat the entire bag if I let him, so we had to switch from free-feeding to measured feeding. He gets 1/8 cup twice a day. I'll occasionally feed him closer to 1/4 cup, or I will feed him 1/8 cup three times a day, just depending on his activity level! Good luck finding what works for your guys!
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12-25-2010, 06:57 PM | #7 | |
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12-26-2010, 07:47 AM | #8 |
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| I fed my puppy Royal canin & Acana and he had loose and big stool, so i switched to Orijen puppy recently and it came out firm and small stool..anyone knows the reason? Is he doing good? |
12-26-2010, 10:24 AM | #9 | ||
♥ Chip ♥ Smokey ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Leesburg
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| I'm starting the switch process tonight AND we decided to get both dogs on a feeding schedule... we'll see how the feeding schedule goes! LOL Quote:
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I've been told that sometimes Orijen can make dogs poop a little less and when they do it is smaller and firm. I think it's because of the protein or the ingredients of the food, but I could be wrong. Maybe someone else can come on and answer your question better.
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