Re: Kibble feeding Questions

[Ilene Cook <asorosgd@ameritech.net>]

I hope nobody thinks I am stepping on any toes. I myself never knew this
danger. It took a dog dying for me to learn all the facts. So, if you
feed kibble, check it for expansion, and I would think we all should
feed twice a day. 

                         Ilene

"J. Renee Brooks" wrote:
> 
> Ilene Cook wrote:
> >
> > > Well, depends who feeds them. Me, I give Torrey about 3 cups a day, and
> > > Missy about 5 cups a day. Renee gives them about 1/2 that. Don't panic,
> > > Renee feeds them 90% of the time! :-)
> >
> > Ya know, not to put a damper on this subject, but being a tragedy just
> > happened to my sister, I want to share about feeding large amounts of
> > kibble at any given time.
> > My sisters German Shepherd bloated, and died.
> 
> Thank you Ilene for pointing out a very real problem that I did know
> about.  I just wanted to reassure everyone that Torrey and Maple are
> not eating that much and they do get the food divided into two meals.
> Thus, they are not going to explode any time soon, but Leigh might if
> he's not careful with flippent answers (VBG).
>         In the morning, Torrey gets 1 C and Maple gets about 1.5C with some
> cottage cheese or an egg, and fish oil.  In the evening, Torrey gets
> 0.5 C with 1 C of Steves Real food, and Maple get's about 1 C of
> each.  I also add some more veggies and more fish oil.   Maple now
> weighs 60 lbs and Torrey weighs 70.   I monitor their weight and
> waists as Gina suggested, and adjust food if I see them drifting from
> my ideal.
> 
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