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How Much Dog Food Does Your Dog Need
from: The Complete DogYour dog has the same nutritional needs as any other dog, with the only difference being the reduced number of calories it uses due to the lifestyle a dog leads as a household pet. The house dog living exclusively indoors is probably one of the least active animals in the world, probably less active than even its owner.
A house dog's time is spent mostly sleeping, with its greatest effort often beind a 10-foot walk from the back door three times a day for eliminations, and a 10-foot walk from the family room couch to its food bowl in the kitchen. As a result, a house dog is often the most overfed and suffers from the greatest overweight problems of all the house-pets.
The dog that spends most of its daylight activities outdoors, but comes in at night, has a higher energy need than a pet kept indoors all the time. Not only does it get more exercise, but it requires extra energy to maintain its body temperature during cooler weather outdoors. Even with these additional requirements it's not uncommon to find indoor/outdoor pets that are fed too much and are borderline overweights.
The dog that stays outdoors all of the time is the pet least likely to develop obesity. As an outdoor dog it enjoys the same, or more exercise as the indoors/outdoors dog. In addition, outdoor dogs have a considerably increased need for energy to maintain body heat.
This need becomes especially high at night and in colder weather. In fact, there are occasional instances where outdoor dogs, when improperly fed, begin to appear just like the undernourished farm hounds of a past era of dog feeding.
Calculation: The amount of food a house dog needs is determined in the same way as any other dog, which is its optimum body weight and the caloric density of the food it eats. The amount is calculated in the same manner as for other dogs. Determine the number of calories a dog needs daily to maintain its optimum weight. Then divide that number by the number of calories in a pound of food you're feeding. The results will be the quantity of food you should feed, measured in pounds.
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