Mordy; food question

[ohmai]

I've heard you can determine, or roughly calculate how much food a dog should be getting? If you can.. can you help me calculate how much food I should be giving my dog daily?

He's roughly 35lb'ish and 4 months old. I'd say he gets a pretty decent excercise on some days, and not much excercise on some others. Oh right, and I'm feeding him Canidae all life stages.

 

[Saje]

It should say on the bag. That will give you a general guideline and you can tweek it from there if he looks thin or fat.

I'm no mordy though

 

[Mordy]

it would be about 2,000 kcal/day, but without knowing the projected adult weight, that might be off a bit.

 

[ohmai]

it would be about 2,000 kcal/day, but without knowing the projected adult weight, that might be off a bit.

Oh, he's a mixed breed, so I'm not entirely sure what his weight will be at maturity. lab x husky. My vet says he'll be around 50-60lbs.
And thanks alot for the help Mordy.

 

[Mordy]

okay, so he's at least half grown already, which means the body needs less energy.

around 1,500 kcal is more appropriate then, since you don't want to overfeed.