[NAGDU] Feeding a dog

[Julie Johnson]

How much food will depend on the calories and nutritional quality of the 
food.
No two foods are exact.  So one food might have 200 calories per cup and 
a bunch of filler that isn't useful to the dog.  You'd need to feed a 
lot of it.  Another food might have 450 calories per cup and is 
nutritionally dense.  You will feed much less of that food.
Besides calorie count the food needs to have ingredients that are high 
quality and bio available, meaning when the dog eats it, his body can 
digest and use the nutrients.
There are a lot of high quality dog foods on the market these days.  I 
like to use Dog Food Advisor, which has convenient ratings and links.  
Then I order the food from Chewy.  They have the best prices, reliable 
shipping, no excessive promotional email and good customer service.  
Their web site is accessible.

I think the food I'm currently feeding comes in a 28 pound bag.  I order 
2 bags at a time and it lasts my 2 dogs 5 to 6 weeks.  I haven't 
measured it out exactly, but based on when I am close to running out and 
the delivery schedule, that's a decent estimate. My dogs are about 60 
and 75 pounds with moderate activity levels.

HTH
Julie


On 6/20/2017 8:08 PM, Andy B. via NAGDU wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>
> I am trying to get a best estimate on how much food and what kind of food
> Seeing Eye recommends handlers feed their dogs. Can anyone with a Seeing Eye
> dog comment on this subject?
>
>   
>
> Thanks for your time and knowledge.
>
>   
>
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/julielj402%40gmail.com