Raw advice (Ella please read)

Is 400gm of raw per day ok for a 15kg (ish) 6m old pup? It's roughly 400gms some days more some less. It is hard to gauge Oswald's ribs because he is markings make it hard to see them but he has slimmed down a lot since starting raw so I have upped from 300gms to 400gms.

He is getting 200gms of a chunky pet meat mix (includes offal) in the evening plus 200gms chicken wings(legs necks) eggs, sardines, in the mornings.

Not all at once some mornings sardines, some chicken wings etc

The general rule of thumb is between 2-3% of the dogs expected adult weight

I give Steff approx. 500gms she is 9 1/2 months old.. That is over 2 feeds per day.. She is a fatty at the moment though and weighs about 18kgs

Kylie wrote:I give Steff approx. 500gms she is 9 1/2 months old.. That is over 23 feeds per day.. She is a fatty at the moment though and weighs about 18kgs

How many feeds?

Don't stress too much about the weight of the food. Just keep an eye on his condition - if he starts to lose weight up the amounts a bit & if he starts to put on too much, cut it down a bit!

OOOppps Was meant to say 2... OMG she would be hooooge

Gonna say has she recently give up smoking cos when I did that I was eating about 23 meals a day

Mike wrote: Gonna say has she recently give up smoking cos when I did that I was eating about 23 meals a day

Ohh dear, that was a big typo

Caryll wrote:

Kylie wrote:I give Steff approx. 500gms she is 9 1/2 months old.. That is over 23 feeds per day.. She is a fatty at the moment though and weighs about 18kgs

How many feeds?

Don't stress too much about the weight of the food. Just keep an eye on his condition - if he starts to lose weight up the amounts a bit & if he starts to put on too much, cut it down a bit!

same as caryll feed a weight you know is feeding well and tinker from there weight going on to much cut back loosing weight up it a bit there no set amount just rough amounts it all comes down to how much excersise there getting as well
i feed around about 500 to 550 grm a day and had a leval weight for around about a year now(but only been feeding raw for about 5 months)

Ello

At 15kg 400g is just under 3% so as long as he is maintaing a body condition that you are happy with yes it's enough food

I'll give you an example to put your mind at ease

Harv weighs roughly 23kg and eats ATM about 450g
Chance weighs 47kg and eats 500g a day

These both keep them at the body condition I want them meaning I can see their ribs without being skinny and yet chance basically needs hardly any food at all and is on 1% a day

I don't give them the same amount of food each day so that they eat whole foods and the next day a tiny bit to balance out but you get the idea

Thanks everyone! Will see how he goes on the 400ish gms his parents were both really beefy so I think he will be about 20-22kg fully grown.