After writing my last post, I visited K9 Natural website and found that they had changed their feeding recommendations. On the package of K9 Natural Frozen Free Flow, there is a table that shows recommended amounts for various weights of dogs. According to the table, their recommended ratio is 1%. But, on the website which has been updated recently, it is 2%. No wonder Cookie has lost weight!! (Cinnamon has both dry food and raw food, so she hasn't lost as much weight as Cookie has.)Also, I would like to thank Honey the Great Dane for telling us about her raw food diet in her comment on my last post. Yes, it is true that dogs should have something to chew on in order to clean their teeth, if they eat only soft food like K9 Natural frozen food. Currently Cookie and Cinnamon have some beef brisket every week or two and natural dehydrated venison or sheep ears from Truman's Treats (email) every other day. But, they would be delighted if I gave them bones more frequently!
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I am pleased to announce that Cookie and Cinnamon's new Japanese blog is now open! Their dad has chosen the third photo shown in my last post.
Hi Momo,
ReplyDeleteThis is Hsin-Yi, Honey's human. Yes, the packaging for K9 Naturals is very confusing!! But I am surprised they say 1% for all dogs - in my experience, it is only 1% for very large dogs with slower metabolism. A smaller dog (like Cookie!) should be eating 2-3% of body weight per day. How much do Cookie and Cinnamon weigh?
Please don't feel rushed - you should just feed what you are comfortable with and some people always stay with commercial raw food if it suits them. If you are giving them raw bones to chew regularly, then that is fine. It is a very good quality food.
But just when you have time, please do visit the Animalia Pet Shop in Newmarket (it is on Balm St) - there is a freezer there and you can look through it - you will find that it is not that difficult to get variety!
Good luck and hope Cookie starts to put on weight!
Hsin-Yi