How Much Should I Be Feeding?

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I've noticed Buster is getting bigger, we've never really monitored what our dogs eat but i thought maybe i should take more notice of whats Busters eating. he's not getting relaly fat, he was getting pretty solid but now i've noticed he's definetly wider then he used to be.

I'm gonna up his excercise to but was wondering if theres anywya i could figure out exactly how much he shoudl be eating.

he's not a huge eater as it is, raw meat kinda irks him but he gets plenty of it still.

his diet varies.

some nights its about 400g mince cooked up with vegies etc

other nights they get 1.5kg bag chicken necks split between the 4 of them then a cup of biscuits.

other nights they'll have 2-3 drumsticks each and some biscuits if their still hungry.

last night the other dogs had chicken wings, but buster refused to touch it so he got a couple of cups of biscuits, some raw cat mince and some left over corned beef

so yeah, they basically get whatever dog food we have in the fridge for them that night.

But he's definetly getting bigger, he's losing that abdominal slope thing that goes form his chest to his hips, its becoming less noticeable and he's still solid and muscly but he's considerably wider then i think he should be.

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he's still solid and muscly but he's considerably wider then i think he should be.

:rolleyes: LOL sounds like my OH he thinks it's muscle on him making him wider too.

Seriously though perhaps just cut back a bit and see if that helps. It's all about calories in and calories out just like us. If he's getting bigger then he's eating too much. Perhaps cut back on the bikkies cos they can be pretty calorie dense or change to a light formula. When my dog's start to get a bit lardy I just reduce the amount a bit and see what happens. I do however monitor what Bob eats as he has intolerances so his food is pretty much the same all the time and it's easy to cut the amount back or increase it.

If you are giving dog biscuits/treats as well perhaps cut them out.