Terrier Food Consumption

[leethedog 3,071]

I have 2 terriers and they get around a pound of meat and bone a day I have only recently started this before I used red mills they seem to be holding condition would people say this is enough or do.they need supplements

[socks 32,253]

My 45lb lurchers get a pound of meat a day and my 20lb cocker gets 200 grams ... You are going to have very fat terriers soon lol ......

[leethedog 3,071]

Lol oops they do get alot of exorcise I have a small Russell 10 inch and a young patt about 12 inch what would anyone recommend wait wise as a starting point food wise

[j1985 1,984]

Trial an error, all dogs are different! If they get fat drop it an vice versa...one of my old Russels was like a dustbin could eat all day, but was more wired then my other dogs so would burn more calories throughout the day.

[leethedog 3,071]

So half it they get fat lamb beef and chicken and duck carcus for bone do I need to add anything else?

[socks 32,253]

Add a bit of veg and table scraps .. The odd egg now and again and the odd tin of cheap fish ... Oh and half their meat at least lol .......

[leethedog 3,071]

Can't add fish some one indoors has severe fish allergy can't have fish in the house dogs live in

[the goat 642]

After feeding mine every night for a while my eyes tell me how much, never weighed food. Some dogs digest more than others I give a smaller dog I have more food than a bigger 1 because he digests alot more, you'll get used to it sooner or later...as said if he starts looking a Tad over give him less and vice versa. If you can't get weight on them worm them

[leethedog 3,071]

Wormed and flead religiously Think I'll half rations and go from there

[krawnden 1,036]

If feeding raw a good starting point for small dogs is to feed 3% of body weight per day. See how they go on that for a week or two then adjust if necessary according to the individual dog.

[Daniel cain 45,576]

This time of year I feed 1lb of meat between 3 terriers every other day,the days in between they get boiled veg,biscuits and drop of gravy.Starve day Friday and meaty bones Saturday. Worm once a month.In the season they get double depends on each dog,some struggle to hold on weight.You will learn mate they all different.

[Mosby 355]

Dogs need all the nutrients a carcass provides. Meat and bone won't do it alone. Give liver, kidneys or tripe once a week if you can. Brains are good too. Meat and bone only will give you a dog lacking in full nutrition.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Like Goat said I prefer to go by eye than weight etc. (I've never weighed a dog!). In a usual week mine get a mixture of dry food, tinned food, chicken mince, pasta, brown bread, sardines or anything that's left over from the table. I like to alternate the food every night. Every dog is different, I have one dog that holds his weight well and 2 that don't seem to, so I feed him a bit less than the others every night. I think it's because during the day(when the dogs are in the runs) the others are always up and alert to any noise they hear whereas the one that holds his weight just likes to laze about.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Forget weighing anything .As said already treat everydog as an individual.Hard condition in thw winter requires more grub to maintain whereas a daily walk or two is basically maintenance for a worker.Pick up the dogs daily as part of a veneral health check and youll soon get to know the rations required .Barf diet does require more than just meat though mate .

[Bosun11 537]

Some great advice above. Like the others, i've never weighed a dog, terrier or lurcher, nor their food, i have a old metal jug (a school dinner gravy an custard one,) and i measure all dry in that. If it's raw its measured by what it is and/or by the ammount in the bowl. All done by eye. If your keeping a keen eye, you will see differences almost daily and so by working out the food and then also thinking about excercise, work and seasons you'll always come to the optimum ammount for the individual dog.