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How much Kcals per day?

Posted : 4/13/2006 12:13:20 PM

How do you determine how many kcals a puppy is required per day? Is it based on his current weight and what his full grown weight should be? Is there anywhere than could help me on this? The problem is that we thought our guy was only going to be 30lbs full grown. He's already 33lbs at 8 months and our vet initially said he might be 40lbs (i think he'll be closer to 45lbs). He's not overweight at all, can still feel his ribs when checking.

sooner

Posted : 4/13/2006 3:42:24 PM

I don't know about determining his adult weight, but I've heard that you can generally double their 4-5 month weight for a good guesstimate.

[linkhttp://www.mycockerspaniel.com/mer.htm]This calculator[/link] can help you determine how many kcal/day.

Katrina Flanagan

Posted : 4/13/2006 4:15:09 PM

WOW...that is a great link to calculate! I was going to sit here and type out all the formulas to do it until I saw that! AWESOME! This makes my life so much easier!

ron2

Posted : 4/14/2006 5:52:40 AM

[linkhttp://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/182902.htm&word=nutrition%2crequirements%2cdogs]http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/182902.htm&word=nutrition%2crequirements%2cdogs[/link]

The above link will tell you the various kcal requirements of different types of dogs. Elsewhere in that site you will read how various animals have different needs in different seasons.