The Amount of food seems small

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

Am I reading the bag right?  Ginger weighs 17.5 pds...six months... and the bag say between 1/2 and 1 1/2 per day.  That doesn't seem like a lot.

 

Ginger looks at me at the end of the day, like Olivier and says "More, please"

 

She gets some carrots, and green beans and a milk bone type treat, sometimes a kong with peanut butter.

[Jennifer and Jack]

You guys are so smart... Honestly, is there such a thing as a Registered Canine Nutritionist?  I would hire you and I bet a lot of vets could use you as a reference,

 

I am so thankful for finding this site and all the friendships and knowledge that goes with it.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks for the kind words, Jennifer!

There's actually now a veterinary specialty in nutrition-  A veterinary nutrition specialist, which requires 2-3 years post-DVM study, just like other veterinary specialties. I don't think there are many of them around yet, and a dog would have to be having an awful lot of trouble with food before most people would pay a specialist's fees, but I hope as time goes by there will be more of them, and they will write some books that we can use as references.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Karen, I think YOU should write the book! I don't think anyone knows more about dog nutrition than you do, and I don't care what degree they have :)

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

oh.. i see how to read that!  So two cups a day!  Ginger thanks you!!!

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

I know they always look at yo like that's it? But then we have ti factor in the treats and iur vet did say that they need to lose 3 lbs each so no more cheating where the line is on the cup!

[Michael Gurley]

My 25 pound doodle is "supposed" to get 1 1/2 cups of food daily, but she runs and plays so much (she's 1 1/2 years old) that she doesn't keep weight on if that's all she eats. It's been a struggle getting her up to a good weight! I can't leave the food down for free feeding because my dachshund who struggles with being overweight would eat it all. I also can't do regularly scheduled feedings because Sunny just won't eat! I have to wait for her to indicate she wants the food, then I give it to her.

 

She probably gets 2 cups daily, with 2 types of dog food and a little gravy mixed in.