How many cups of food your adult doberman eat daily? - Page 2 - Doberman Forum : Doberman Breed Dog Forums

stryker2 · 10-28-2012, 09:41 AM

We are on Orijen, Acana. They were on 4 cups a day. We are going to cut back to 3 cups a day. They are pushing 82 and 84 #. Plus they get a RAW feeding 2 days a week.

Zephyr · 10-30-2012, 12:13 PM

Nietzsche hovers between 70-75lbs and gets 2 cups of Nature's Variety Instinct a day. Liberty stays between 60-63lbs and gets roughly 1.5-1.75 cups per day (a little less than 1 level scoop BID). Teddy... is a growing boy and eats a LOT. He gets roughly 4 cups a day (a heaping 1 cup scoop in the morning, heaping scoop at lunch, and a heaping scoop for dinner) plus training treats out the wazoo. He weighs about 65lbs right now if I had to guess.

GRAYGHOST · 10-30-2012, 04:15 PM

Anne eats 2 cups twice a day in winter, and 3 to 3 1/2 cups divided into the 2 feedings in the summer. During the winter I play with her outside a lot and we go for long walks in the battle fields near our home; she gets less exercise in the summer. She eats Nature's Logic dry food, with a tbl. of canned food at each meal and a raw, free range egg 3x a week.

honda123 · 10-30-2012, 09:43 PM

This is a really good topic. At the Clinic, it is always- always asked, "How much food is your dog/cat eating lately?" However, there is not a universal tool to answer this. We all know inches or meters accross language barriers. But, there is no public knowledge of what a "cup is?" Is it a cup for liquids? Is it a cup for dry matter? I can NOT tell you how many times, my husband, a DVM, asks this simple question. The client states, "No, my dog/cat isn't eating even a cup of food.." They present this large dog or small dog or cat as anorexic, according to the client. And, my husband is looking at a fat dog or fat cat. -?- So, then his head starts spinning in a direction of "we have to do blood tests; is this animal hypothyroid...?" I can not tell you how much time is lost with this simple question! He finally started asking the clients to "bring in what you measure a "cup is?"" A few times, not just once, but a few times, the clients brought in a plastic McDonalds large beverage cup and said that was "what they thought a cup was."

Dobelove · 10-31-2012, 01:39 AM

Jessie is about 65 lbs and she gets one cup of food twice a day. She has basically always gotten that much since she was a puppy.

Avril is ideally 74 lbs and at today is getting two cups of food twice a day. But her weight changes easily and tomorrow she might be getting one cup each meal or three.

**CourtneyJ** · 10-31-2012, 08:21 AM

Shannon is 4 years old, very active and weighs about 70 lbs.

She gets 2 cups total of pro plan sensitive skin and stomach. 1 cup morning/1 cup evening.

Plus training treats, bully sticks, kongs, etc.

Dave_L · 10-31-2012, 08:30 AM

I give Lexi between 4 and 5 cups. I may cut it down a little bit.

jonsilver · 10-31-2012, 08:48 AM

Helix, is 6 months old and 58 lbs. Medium activity level. He gets feed Viand canine kibble.

Feeding is twice a day

1cup kibble
4oz raw beef
1/3 can sardines
1/2 of a carrot shredded
1/2 cup alternating Plain Yogurt and Cottage cheese
3 Tbs powdered milk
1Tbs olive oil
1Tbs apple cider vinegar
kelp powder
Free flea supplement

He also gets another 1cup kibble in a wobble Kong and hard rubber Kong with about 2Tbs peanut butter

Also trainig treats, raw bones. Juat started bully sticks.

He has a nice waist line and good rib showing.

He eats like my teenage son, anything and everything!

Zephyr · 10-31-2012, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Zephyr

Nietzsche hovers between 70-75lbs and gets 2 cups of Nature's Variety Instinct a day. Liberty stays between 60-63lbs and gets roughly 1.5-1.75 cups per day (a little less than 1 level scoop BID). Teddy... is a growing boy and eats a LOT. He gets roughly 4 cups a day (a heaping 1 cup scoop in the morning, heaping scoop at lunch, and a heaping scoop for dinner) plus training treats out the wazoo. He weighs about 65lbs right now if I had to guess.

I forgot to add that each of my three of my dogs also split a tin of sardines packed in water, get a heaping spoonful of coconut oil, get a heaping spoonful of cottage cheese, and have fish oil with their dinners. Liberty sometimes gets about 1/2c of frozen green beans in place of some kibble when she starts to look pudgy.

ataro · 10-31-2012, 09:45 AM

Ashra is 12 months old, weighs approx 31kg/68lb and she gets between 5-5.5 cups (or 2200-2400 calories) of Acana Wild Prairie at the moment... the amount depends on whether we've gone on a long hike or not.

I also add (per day):
150g of canned food (Terra Canis)
kelp
coconut oil
salmon oil
multivitamin mix

Rambo_007 · 10-31-2012, 10:14 AM

5-5 1/2 cups per day. He's right at 80 lbs.

MicksDad · 11-14-2012, 03:01 PM

Mick eats 2 cups Innova red meat formula 2x a day 6:30AM and 6:30PM along with some training treats and occasional bully sticks and other chews and his daily fish oil and supplements.

I always just feed what the bag suggests based on the weight of the dog

lestat1978 · 11-16-2012, 09:50 AM

Ivan gets 1/2 cup Canidae Pure Sea and 1/2 NV Instinct Raw patty both a.m. and p.m. He also has something to chew on almost daily - bully stick, meaty bone, Moo Shoe, etc. as well as a bite or two of what I'm eating. He's ~83 lbs. Ivan also gets krill oil supplements 2x daily.

**dax0402** · 11-18-2012, 08:10 AM

Baron gets 1 1/4 cup in the a.m. and 1 1/4 cup in the p.m. of Acana Pacifica. The treats he gets during the day are varied but all are grain free for the most part. He gets some yogurt and pumpkin during the week and an occasional cheesberger and an occasional marrow bone. His weight ranges from 78 to 82 pounds.