[nagdu] How Much Fat is Too Much Fat?

[Danielle Burton]

I feed my dog Iams Lamb and Rice. 

Danielle and Willa 


> On Nov 23, 2014, at 2:29 AM, Mária Orovčíková via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Nicole and all,
> my 10-years old guide dog has 9% fat. When she was younger she had from 12 to 18% fat, but when she started to gain weigh, I reduced her fat in her food.
> My pet dog (maltese) who is one year old is fed by the same brand of food, but the version has 18% fat.
> I think it depends on the dog's weigh.
> I have a friend, her guide dog is 12 years old, but he has food with more fat as his weigh is fine.
> By the way, what food do you all give your dogs?
> I feed my dogs with dry food and it is called Brit - it is the food made in Czech.
> Of course, we have brands such as Royal, Purina, Calibra, Orien, Eukanuba and many others here, but my dogs are fine with Brit which doesn't contain too much weat.
> Have a nice Sunday.
> With kind regards
> Maria from Slovakia
> Sent from iphone
> 
> Dňa 23.11.2014, o 6:31, Nicole Torcolini via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> napísal:
> 
>> How much fat should a dog have? I have no intension of changing the food
>> that Lexia eats, but I am just curious. One food that I would consider for
>> another dog has 10% fat, and a second one has 11%. The food that Vivianna
>> feeds has 18%, and the senior version has 15%.
>> 
>> Nicole
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