[NAGDU] Feeding a dog

Lyn Gwizdak gwizdaklyn at gmail.com
Sun Jun 25 02:53:04 UTC 2017


Hi.
TSE is feeding Pro Plan Sport to the retrievers and Eukanuba to the
shepherds.

I am feeding Kirkland Sweet Potato and Salmon from COSTCO to Aristotle. He
is doing well on this food.

Lyn and Aristotle

On Jun 21, 2017 5:57 AM, "Howard J. Levine via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi Julie, what kind of food do you use?
>
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> 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.
> >
> >
> >
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