Calories per pound?

[shets114]

http://www.mycockerspaniel.com/mer.htm

This will give you the ballpark, still will depend on the individual dog.

[Cheerful1]

Does calorie count work the same for dogs as it does for humans?

For example, 3500 calories = 1 pound for humans

[kr16]

German Shepherd Dog Food Calculator for Calorie Analysis

[kr16]

Originally Posted by GSDog

I feed my dog 3 cups a day of Orijen and it has about 450cal per cup..hes very healthy and looks great. In the beginning we were worried he was going to be a fat dog but now he's 9.5months old and weighs 90lbs. Orijen is 70% protein and 30% veggie and fruits. NO grains.

That is the same amount I feed my 10 month pup. Mine is 75 pounds and pretty big. A 95 pound puppy seems pretty heavy, guess it depends on the family tree since your not over feeding him at all

Thats way over the standard adult weight. I always thought the written standards were low on weight IMO. 95 pound pup still has some decent growth and weight coming in the next year. Beautiful dog, he doesnt even look like a pup, looks filled out and all grown up.

[Holmeshx2]

just for the record some dogs are "easy keepers" where they just don't require as much food as we think they should and not all foods work for the dogs. While I'm a HUGE advocate for Orijen if you are going to feed a kibble for some dogs they may need a lower calorie kibble. My girl is on raw and at 2% she was still putting on weight so I dropped her back even more.. right now she only eats 17 oz a day (the low end should be around 22+ ounces and while she is steady on it I'm waiting to see if I need to drop it down a little more to lose some weight. Its REALLY hard to admit your dog is overweight and while I can see a tuck on her and feel her ribs without really pushing she could still stand to lose another 2 lbs or so to be at a great weight for her. I'm SOOOO sorry to say this and feel horrible and was really hoping someone else would have said it by now but not so lucky. The dog in the pictures in the overweight side. If it was a full grown adult dog it's still overweight the dog should have a tuck in it abdomen which it does not have however for a puppy to be carrying around the extra weight is not a good thing at all. Again I am soooo sorry to be the one to say it.

BTW I'm not going based off of numbers I'm going off of body condition since every dog is different.