snips wrote:Why are you being so stingy with the food...The dog is skinny as heck....I would feed this dog 5-6 cups a day...
jbo,
I think Snips was referring to my comment about 4 cups. That is almost 2,000 calories of a quality grade food. Maybe 5 is the right number but going from 2.75 cups to 5 in one day is not a good idea. If 5 is the right number, then that food is not the right one for this dog. Personally, 4 cups is too much for me. This is a mid-sized dog.
There are many feeds out there that while are more expensive by the pound are down right cheap to feed. Mine has been on a new grain-free, Salcha, from Annamaet and holds 90 ish on 3 cups. It has been in limited release for a few months now and I was offered it by a friend of the owner. My boys calculated that he runs at least 3 miles a day during the week in the yard running the back fence where the turkey and deer hang out, maybe that is less than other dogs but its still quite a bit. I have friends feeding GSP's 2.5 cups of Annamaet Ultra, the sled dog blend. Prior to that they were on 5 cups of a Purina feed.
Feeding 6 cups of PPP would cost a fortune compared to something like Annamaet Ultra or Red Paw, that is another good working blend out of Fromm.