[NAGDU] Feeding a dog

[Howard J. Levine]

Hi Julie, what kind of food do you use?

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From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie Johnson via
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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 6:55 AM
To: Andy B. via NAGDU
Cc: Julie Johnson
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Feeding a dog

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,
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> 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?
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> Thanks for your time and knowledge.
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