What do you feed/how much?

[Southpaw]

It feels like it's been a while since we've done this. Also, it's been occurring to me lately that Juno & Cajun eat a ridiculous amount of food for their size so I'm curious if it's just them lol.

Juno - ~47lbs
1.5 - 1.75 cups of Earthborn Adult Vantage twice daily

Cajun - 50lbs
1.5 - 1.75 cups of Fromm Whitefish twice daily (cursing myself for picking the low cal food...)
She gets a ton of training treats most days too.

Happy - ~35lbs
3/4 cup Diamond Naturals (lamb?) twice daily

Lucy - ~11lbs
Uhh maybe an 1/8 cup Diamond Naturals twice daily.
A meal for her is like 20 pieces of kibble lol.

Everyone is at a pretty good weight. For sedentary pets, I think Lucy & Happy are fine where they are. Juno & Cajun are super lean and would probably be scored as a titch underweight... it wouldn't hurt either of them to gain a pound or so, but with how active they are and how much I ask of them, I'm not worried about where they're at right now. I just wish I could cut back on their food!

 

[BostonBanker]

My dogs are air ferns (and get a lot of treats for training).

Both eat Fromm grain free (the flavor depends on which is on top at the store when I go to buy).

Meg (10 yrs/35 lbs) and Gusto (3 years/28 lbs) both get a scant 1/2 cup daily. Both were on 2/3 of a cup, but started to look a little heavier a month or so after I began adding fish oil to their meals.

I like them both where they are now. I would classify Meg as moderately active and Gusto certainly borders on highly active. Both carry lots of nice lean muscle, and Gusto has a glimmer of ribcage in the right light. Meg's brindle and has a heavier coat, so it isn't obvious, but her ribs are easily felt.

 

[SpringerLover]

Bailey ~40 pounds, almost 15 years
1 cup Blue Buffalo Wilderness chicken (my mom bought it... I wouldn't) and 1/2 cup Sojos beef twice daily.

Gabby ~45 pounds, 9 years
2/3 cup Wellness Core Reduced Fat and 1/2 cup Sojos twice daily.

Diego ~45 pounds, almost 13 years
1 cup Nature's Logic beef or Merrick beef and 1/2 cup Sojos twice daily.

All get treats and extras throughout the day too.

 

[amberdyan]

Hugo- ~35lbs gets 1 cup of Fromm grain free (ugh, grain allergy. That food is kind of expensive) twice a day. He also eats it as training treats throughout the day.

I'm pretty happy with his weight. He's pretty darn active and I've been feeding him this much as he's growing. I still assess his weight regularly to see if I need to cut back but he looks good for now.

 

[AmberH]

All of my dogs eat Taste of the Wild.

Emily, 10 years, 61 lbs
2 cups daily

Bayleigh, 3.5 years, 13 lbs
Free fed

Pirate, 2.5 years, 46 lbs and is pretty lean. However I've stopped working him out and he has gained three pounds since show season.
2 cups daily

Penny, 1.5 years, 6 lbs
Free fed

 

[Julee]

Em - 52lbs - 6.5 years - 3c/day of Merrick when she's on kibble. About 1.5lbs of raw/day.

Bloo - 35lbs - 4 years - 1.5c/day of Taste of the Wild when she's on kibble. TOTW is about the only kibble that limits her poopsploding. She does much better on raw, and she eats about a pound of raw per day, usually.

Copper - 50lbs - 5.5 years - 1c/day of Wellness Core Reduced Fat

Shadow - 46lbs - 12 years - 1c/day of Wellness Core Reduced Fat

I rotate the last two sometimes (TOTW, 4Health, etc) for some variety, but if I was going to feed them just one kibble it'd be the Wellness.

 

[meepitsmeagan]

Harlow ~63 pounds. 1.5 cups Fromm Gold Adult 2x a day.
Rider ~40 pounds. 1/2 cup in the morning, 3/4 cup in the evening same food.
Tulsa ~40 pounds. 1/2-3/4 cup Fromm Gold Adult + 1/2-3/4 cup 4health puppy 2x.

If we do tons of activity, they get more or wet food. If we do tons of reward based training, we cut back a little.

 

[Southpaw]

Okay now I really feel like mine are eating me out of house and home :lol-sign:

 

[*blackrose]

Abrams, 83 pounds, intact male, 1.5 years old, 4 cups daily Pro Plan Sport 30/20.

Cynder, 30 pounds, spayed female, 9 years old, 1 cup daily Pro Plan Sport 30/20. (She's put weight on since being on this food. Whoot whoot! She might actually be closer to 32 pounds now.)

I could probably cut back a bit on Abrams' food as when he was eating a lower calorie food he ate the same amount (4 cups), but meh. He's in great body condition and I don't want to fix what isn't broken. When he's neutered we'll probably cut back. Until then, he'll just eat me out of house and home. lol

 

[Laurelin]

Summer and Mia eat Acana.

Mia 8 lbs 1/4 cup/day.

Summer between 1/4-1/2 cup. 7.6 lbs

Hank is on Purina Sensitive Skin and Stomach right now. Still has the runny poop and gas so I am trying raw starting tomorrow.

But he eats 1.5 cups a day and is 19 lbs.

 

[Toller_08]

Dance and Journey both eat raw, but I don't measure it anymore. I think Dance gets about a half pound per day and Journey gets about 3/4 of a pound to one pound depending on how her weight is. They get fed twice a day. They eat mainly premade ground raw in turkey, chicken, bison and beef. Occasionally I buy them other protein sources as well to make me feel better haha. They hate me when I make them eat fish lol.

Ripley eats a little over a cup and a half per meal twice daily of Go or Now usually. Sometimes we get him Orijen or Acana instead, but Petcurean is a pretty awesome company so I prefer to support them. Plus, Ripley does better on Go Salmon than anything else I've ever fed him over the years.

Fennec we're working on. She's had some pretty major tummy upsets since she arrived for some reason. I always seem to get the touchy digestive system puppies lol.

 

[Paviche]

Rowan - 42 lbs
Riff - 50 lbs

They were both eating 2 cups of TotW Pacific Stream. Now Riff is on Nature's Variety Instinct (chicken variety) and Rowan is on Acana Pacifica. I'm still feeling 2 cups/day to each of them, but I just recently switched them both so we'll see. Riff has been on Instinct longer than Rowan has been on Acana, so I think he'll stay at 2 cups since he's maintaining well. Rowan will probably be reduced since he gains weight easily but I'll keep weighing him and figure it out if that comes to pass.

 

[Maxy24]

I'm not 100% sure of Tucker's weight. He used to be 16 pounds but he's chunked out a bit.

He eats 1/4 cup twice a day plus a spoonful of wet food with each meal. He eats Fromm Gold small breed dry food (which has finally solved his gas problems, yay!) and Wellness stew wet foods. He is a bit overweight which I blame on training treats from me and table scraps from dad.

 

[Toller_08]

Dance and Journey both eat raw, but I don't measure it anymore. I think Dance gets about a half pound per day and Journey gets about 3/4 of a pound to one pound depending on how her weight is. They get fed twice a day. They eat mainly premade ground raw in turkey, chicken, bison and beef. Occasionally I buy them other protein sources as well to make me feel better haha. They hate me when I make them eat fish lol.

Ripley eats a little over a cup and a half per meal twice daily of Go or Now usually. Sometimes we get him Orijen or Acana instead, but Petcurean is a pretty awesome company so I prefer to support them. Plus, Ripley does better on Go Salmon than anything else I've ever fed him over the years.

Fennec we're working on. She's had some pretty major tummy upsets since she arrived for some reason. I always seem to get the touchy digestive system puppies lol.

Oh, I failed at a key part of my post. That's what happens late at night haha.

Dance weighs 30lbs, Journey weighs 40lbs, Ripley weighs 78lbs and Fen is currently 13lbs or so.

 

[BostonBullMama]

Toby, 40 pounds.
Merrick Texas Beef recipe.
Approximately 1 cup/daily (1/2 cup at each meal).

 

[MicksMom]

Caleb is 68 pounds. He eats 2 cups of Earthborn Holistics Meadowfeast a day (1C twice a day), recently I've been adding a Stella & Chewie's freeze dried medallion to his breakfast as well (it's nice for mixing the DE with).

 

[Jadex]

Both are eating Fromm kibble and various canned food.

Gypsy, 4-6 years old, is 50lbs and gets 2 cups a day + treats. She's maintaining a good weight.

Ryker, 1.5 years old, is 60lbs and gets 3 cups a day + treats. He's very lean an active, but he's picky and won't eat more than that. I would like to see him gain a couple lbs, but he probably wont start filling out until he's neutered and older.

 

[PWCorgi]

Right now they are eating Nature's Logic Sardine, we just finished a bag of Nature's Logic Beef. Next we're giving Merrick Beef, Barley, and Carrot another shot since Froman did the best he's ever done on the first bag, but got sick on the second.

If the Merrick works, they will stay on that, if not we will be rotating the Nature's Logic Beef and Sardine flavors.

Siri at 10lbs gets 2/3 cup a day.
Frodo needs to gain some weight, so I just dump a bunch in his bowl. I'm guessing he's at about a cup a day right now?

 

[DJEtzel]

Patton is about 68lbs - He eats about 4.5 cups a day
Lexi is about 43lb - She eats about 3.75 cups a day
Recon is 40lbs on the dot - He eats about 2.5 cups a day
Pilot is about 26lbs - He eats about 3-4 cups a day

Patton, Lexi, and Recon all eat the same food, I rotate between Wellness, Blue Buffalo, Fromm, Natural Balance, Merrick, TOTW and Earthborn... basically whatever is on sale or that I can get from work. Sometimes they eat once a day and sometimes they eat twice.. just depends on what we have going on, and sometimes amounts are varied just a little bit with a heaping cup if there were no training sessions for that dog on a given day, or a skimpy cup, etc.

Pilot is eating Iams ProActive Health Smart Puppy Large Breed and gets fed two-three times a day depending on training and my schedule.

 

[Annabell]

Fable is ~45 pounds, and eats 1 1/2 cups of Natural Balance Fish and Sweet Potato per day. She also gets a little over a tablespoon of canned pumpkin with her evening meal 4-5 times a week for added fiber.

She also gets dog treats/biscuits, additional kibble while training, and fruits and veggies fairly often.