General Question How much Fromm?

[LaurenA]

I'm sorry to be asking this, I know there are a bunch of different threads on the topic. I thought there was a thread from earlier this year that gave a general outline of approximately how much Fromm by a puppy's age, but I can't seem to find it now.

Rook will be 11 months on Sunday, and we have been feeding him 1.5 cups of Fromm Beef Frittata twice a day for quite a while now. He had been doing well but recently his poops have gotten squishy. Nothing had really changed in his diet so at his meal times I haven't been filling the measuring cup all the way to see if cutting back on the amount would help and they did firm up a bit.

I was just wondering what would be a good amount for an 11 month old (We were at the vet about 3 weeks ago and he weighed 50 lbs). Would somewhere between 1 and 1-1/4 cups twice a day be a good amount?

He would eat all day if I let him, so it's hard for me to judge if he is hungry or just a piggy. I don't want to cut back too much, so Rook would greatly appreciate any advice!

 

[BruceP]

I think you are on the right track by reducing the serving size. sloooowly reduce it to one and a quarter cups per serving. HRH is middle-aged and only gets 3/4 cup per serving, twice a day but Rook still has a lot of growing to do so you don't want to underfeed him. See how he does on that for a while.

 

[cali~jenn]

Not sure on amounts but I would just cut it back a hair and watch for a difference. Maybe a little more each week until you feel you have it right. Miila is 1 1/2 so needs less and weighs only 37 pounds so I have found that for her right now a heaping 3/4 cup 2x a day works well with no added weight but a nice plump belly. lol Cutty being 6 1/2 and about 50 pounds get the same as her otherwise he gains. Plus lots of snacks for fillers as well.

 

[Davidh]

Since his poops firmed up some that tell me he was getting too much, so I would reduce a little and see how it goes. Our females only get 3/4 cups twice a day. Buddy is hard to tell how much he gets because he is a very picky eater and some time he will not eat all of his meal, and sometime won't eat at all until maybe at night. But we put in about a cup and a half at a time. So he maybe gets 1 1/2 to 2 cups a day, just depends on how he is feeling that day.

 

[Vince00]

We are doing about 2 3/4 to 2.85 cups right now at 7 months approx and will drop back to 2 cups around 1 year old.


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[LaurenA]

Thanks everyone! We'll be cutting him back to 1-1/4 cup twice a day and hopefully that will firm everything up.
I just have to double check everything I do on EBN! He's a growing boy so I wanted to make sure I was doing it right.