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Carriesue · 02-10-2013, 04:39 AM

Well this is just my take so you can always take him to the vet if you're worried but I only feed Ollie(who's 5 months old) 3 cups a day and his weight and body condition are ideal.

Maybe it's just too much food and he's not hungry? 6 cups(unless that adds up to a different amount in Canada, I don't know metric) seems like A LOT to me.

Especially with a super rich food like Orijen, they don't need to eat as much... If it were say, science diet or another low quality food like that then yeah I could see needing 6 cups a day. And if he's getting less exercise because of winter then that could possibly also explain a drop in appetite I think.

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Carriesue Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Carlsbad, California Posts: 1,222	Well this is just my take so you can always take him to the vet if you're worried but I only feed Ollie(who's 5 months old) 3 cups a day and his weight and body condition are ideal. Maybe it's just too much food and he's not hungry? 6 cups(unless that adds up to a different amount in Canada, I don't know metric) seems like A LOT to me. Especially with a super rich food like Orijen, they don't need to eat as much... If it were say, science diet or another low quality food like that then yeah I could see needing 6 cups a day. And if he's getting less exercise because of winter then that could possibly also explain a drop in appetite I think. __________________ ~Ollie vom Grunenfeld HIC(8/29/2012)WGSL/WGWL/DDR cross - herding dog in training! Last edited by Carriesue; 02-10-2013 at 04:46 AM.