You’ll no doubt hear a lot of numbers thrown around about how much to feed your dog daily (general guidelines is for adults, around 2-3% of your dogs ideal body weight), and how much meat/organ/veg/grain to give.
Important please read:
I’m not forcing these numbers or this way on anyone or saying you need to do it this way . Do it, don’t do it. It’s your decision. Please no hate about me making things complex. I’m just trying to help ppl with the maths.
So if you are interested to know these numbers for your dog, read on. Otherwise, you can stop here.
Feeding tables:
I put together a summary showing how much to feed your dog daily, based on 2%, 2.5% or 3% of their ideal weight. This is for adults dogs , or older puppies you are hybrid feeding.
Proportions of each food group:
This table shows how much of each food group you would use when preparing a batch of food.
There is a column for each of these numbers by the amount of meat you want to feed. The 70% column is highlighted as it’s roughly the normal of meat used. The lower the meat, the lower the calories.
Notes:
- It’s not exact, it’s a guide. But without a guide, you don’t know if you should be giving 1oz or 10oz.
- The lighter colours are optional. If you don’t want to use organ muscle meat (like heart, lung, gizzards) or other secreting organ (like kidney, pancreas), then add that amount to either the meat or the veg amount.
- I’ve kept grain to a minimum but you can add that to the veg component and make your own split between veg and grain.
- this is for cooked food only, hence no bone. You need to supplement the bone nutrients some other way.
How to use:
1) determine the serving size for your dog. If you want to feed 2% or 3% of their weight. You’d go for the lower amount if you wanted them to lose weight or you feed significantly outside the meal (for example if you feed raw meaty bones separately ). Since I feed Goose raw meaty bones separately, I use 2%.
2) determine the amount of meat you want to feed. A higher amount of meat makes it higher protein. Personally I think that since veggies also give some protein and I give eggs on the side, I choose a lower meat amount so as not to stress his kidneys.
3) decide the batch size you want to cook and multiply the ratios as needed. That is, if you are making 10lb batch, you can use the numbers as they are. If you are only making a 5lb batch, you would halve it; if making a 20lb batch, you’d double it etc.
4) out of the batch you make, serve your dog the serving size you decided on.
Good news is once you work it out for your dog, that’s basically it. You use it over and over again , unless your dog’s profile changes.
Hope this helps.
– Ange and Goose.
Gourmet Goose 