How much does your dog eat?

Spyglass Sally · 06-28-2010, 09:36 PM

I'm curious about other dogs and how much they eat . I realize things like activity, size, type of food all factor in, but in general, I'm curious about these areas:

Age - Buddy's 1.5 yrs
Weight - 60 pounds (27.21 kg)
Type of food - Raw
Amount - 2 -2.5 lbs/day

Doreen · 06-28-2010, 10:32 PM

Oh man..... I had it all written out here and it just disappeared!!!
Now to start over....

Rex: aprx 65 lbs.
will be 3 yrs in August
Eats: Organix Kibble. Was eating Natural Balance Organic forumula but all of a sudden was impossible to find so now in the process of switching slowly over to Organix. About 4 1/4 cups a day, plus half a banana

Coco: aprx. 50 lbs.
was 2 yrs in April
Eats same food, but only 4 cups works well for her. plus the other half banana

They also get THK buffalo, blueberry treats and Mother Hubbard treats throughout the day.

I divide that food into 2 meals a day.

bruinsBoxers · 06-29-2010, 09:03 AM

Age - Edy 4 yrs
Weight - 55 pounds (normally)
Type of food - Raw
Amount - 12. oz meal , twice a day

Though this week she is eating 2 15 oz meals and It will be upped a bit more next week .

Ruby Red · 06-29-2010, 11:59 AM

Here we go then -

Ruby
5 years
26-27kg

RAW - between 800g -900g per day. I really go by how she is looking and what we have been doing that day - some days she can be out with me 2-3 hours running around so she needs the extra. As you know I have a problem keeping the weight on her so although this may seem high, she is [finally] maintaining her weight at this level of feeding.

Jakey
9 years
20kg

HOMECOOKED - not sure how to quantify the amounts? er, 2 meals a day of 200g cooked meat per meal, but I use various protein sources [beans, eggs, fish, etc] and so the amounts vary depending on what it is.

Roddy
5 years
?28-30kg?

Orijen
200g per meal twice a day.

AussieGirl · 07-07-2010, 07:36 AM

Ruby:
will be 2 in just over 2 months
weighed 28kg last time at vet
before she got sick she was on RAW and eating 400/500g twice a day
currently she is eating 3 1/2 cups California Natural Herring and Swt Potato spread out in 4-5 meals per day (due to pancreatitis)

KeeperBoy · 07-07-2010, 03:04 PM

Keepers

4.5 years
51 pounds
Raw
2 pounds/day

Boo
2.5 years
14.5 pounds
Raw
4 oz/day (she has the metabolism of a sloth)

JoeV · 07-07-2010, 04:24 PM

Lucky is about 52lbs
Eats Raw
About 2 pounds a day

Spyglass Sally · 07-07-2010, 08:39 PM

Thanks everyone. I find these data very interesting. Not just how much your dogs eat, but also just to see how their weight compares to Buddy. I was thinking he was light but seemed like he ate a lot - now I guess I see he's about normal....well, typical. There's nothing "normal" about him, lol!

He may pick up some weight as he gets older. But he looks healthy so I'm not worried about it, just curious.

Ron · 07-08-2010, 06:35 AM

Tie

Age - 10 yrs
Weight - 90 pounds
Type of food - Kibble
Amount - 3-4 cups/day

Newman

Age - 6 months
Weight - 50 pounds
Type of food - Kibble
Amount - 5-6 cups/day

Tombo · 07-25-2010, 07:22 AM

Raphael

Age - 1 years
Weight - approx 60 pounds
Type of food - kibble
Amount - 4 cups/day

Plus training treats.