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Hi, quick question re: Acana - how much do you feed? Serving size? My Niko is 7lbs, active and 11 months old (almost 1 year in one week). |
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Hi, quick question re: Acana - how much do you feed? Serving size? My Niko is 7lbs, active and 11 months old (almost 1 year in one week). |
I use wellness small breed adult, turkey and my picky little eater loves it, I also use the wellness core 4 ingredient wet food, looks like shredded chicken in a broth on top or I use honest kitchen chicken proper toppers and he devours both! Both have quality ingredients and seem to be doing great for my pup! |
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For our Bella, we feed Wellness Core Grain Free Small Breed. We do not strictly measure the amount we feed her each day. Since she has issues with vomiting if she goes for a long time with an empty stomach, we put a little food (maybe 1/4 cup) on the bottom of her food bowl first thing in the morning and make sure she eats that (we play a hand feeding game to get her started). After she eats it all up, we will put the same amount in her bowl again a maximum of two more times during the day after she clears her bowl. Then we make sure she eats the same amount just before bedtime at night (hand feeding game). This guarantees that she eats between 1/2 cup and 1 cup of food each day. (1) That turns out to be the recommended feeding amount on the bag, (2) This guarantees that her stomach will be full at critical times so that she doesn't vomit from an empty stomach, (3) It allows her a little wiggle room to regulate the amount she eats herself, and (4) There is no wasted food that has to be either thrown out or carried over to the next day. Her health and weight have been perfect on this regimen. |
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I feed my two Yorkies twice a day around the same time each day. Breakfast is served around 7am and dinner is served around 5pm. By bedtime they usually start to look a little hungry - that's when I do a little training with treats. The treats I use are either freeze-dried meals (they love Stella & Chewy's), dried sardine fish, or dehydrated lamb-lung. Serving size will depend on the weight of the dog. I use the recommended serving size on the bag. Scottie is 5.5lbs and 3.5 years, Casie is 4.5lbs and 2.5 years. Despite the 1lb difference, I feed them both the same amount since I'm not going to count kibbles. :D They're in excellent shape, granted they take 3-4 walks outside a day. |
Jackson is 18lbs and fairly active. Depends on the day. He eats Acana a lot of time and he gets 1/2 cup of kibble per day (1/4 AM, 1/4 PM) and usually each meal has a scoop of wet food or some other topping. I try to account for his other calories he consumes- he gets some kind of dental chew every night (it varies on what it is) and a few small reward treats throughout the day. He does perfect on this amount and if fed more would be fat haha! I will increase it a lot in the summer when he does a lot of swimming. I find I've never been able to listen to the guidelines on the bag. Every dog has a different metabolism and also I heard they are based off of unaltered dogs (usually an unneutered dog will have a higher metabolism and need more food). |
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This was just a few months ago and how I like him- he's not quite as muscular as he used to be but that's because we've gotten lazier this last year. Need to get him more conditioned again ha! But yeah if I fed him more than I do now he'd be a lard.:p |
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Acana Acana Wild Mackerel singles. Zoe, 5 months old, loves it. I top it with frozen fresh dog food. Thawed of course. |
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Love the Jackson pictures you post! Cali has eaten all of the foods on your list except wellness. She liked the arcana flavor. Utnthe from size kibblemwere the best for her. Now, due to the one pancreatitis bout we had she is on the Royal Canin prescription low fat food and is doing well on it but I put the Honest Kitchen one Broth on itmfor added flavor. I feed strictly twice a day beciSe she goes to work with me and I need her eleiminztion pattern to be regular and predictable. Just before bed we have to do some added treats (don’t tell her the treats are Hills prescription low fat kibbles). I got discouraged for a while because she kept losing teeth at every yearly dental, so I changed to PetSmile toothpaste and brush daily and the last two dentals were perfect. Oh, and I started doing dentals every 6 months instead of yearly. Has really worked well for us. I also believe the teeth issues is genetic. |
We have had that same problem if our baby doesn't eat several smaller portions throughout the day. Unfortunately we have over fed her for years. Now we r backing up a lot with her food. She needs to shed a pound or so mayb more. We r feeding fresh frozen dog food. No additives, little fat, no grain. She seems to be doing good and doesn't throw up bile like she used to when her stomach gets empty. We'll c. |
I honestly have a problem finding a food that agrees with her. She is so constipated and I'm wondering if it's from high protein. She was on Orijen puppy. She is 5 months old. 3.2 lb |
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