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Hello Friend,
I hope you, plus your family of pets and people are doing well..
I have been busy working on my new Natural Animal Care Course.
This is a comprehensive 13 Week Course,
introducing you to the basics of home veterinary care, demonstrating the
primary healing modalities applicable for pet owners, then detailing
the most common veterinary diseases and accompanying natural remedies.
You will see how to use the various treatment options, how to examine
your dog or cat at home, and then be given the most common and effective
remedies that you can implement.
This is for pet parents who want to be much more skilled in providing veterinary care for their dogs or cats.
It's here:
http://veterinarysecrets.com/course/
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One of THE most common veterinary questions.
Many different opinions, many different experts suggesting a range of amounts.
The most reliable approach is to feed the amount that maintains your dog or cat at an appropriate body weight. Your pet should have a loose covering over their ribs.
There are a variety of calculators etc, but I’ll give you some great guidelines.
First a ‘rough’ guide is approximately 1 cup of dry dog food/20 lbs of your dog’s weight daily.
Meaning for my 40lb dog Jessie, he gets 2 cups total- 1 cup in the morning, and 1 cup in the evening.
You can use this Body Condition Chart to determine if your pet is at the correct weight: (courtesy of Purina)
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Too Thin
1.
Ribs, lumbar vertebrae, pelvic bones and all bony prominences evident
from a distance. No discernible body fat. Obvious loss of muscle mass.
2.
Ribs, lumbar vertebrae and pelvic bones easily visible. No palpable
fat. Some evidence of other bony prominence. Minimal loss of muscle
mass.
3. Ribs easily palpated and may be visible with no palpable
fat. Tops of lumbar vertebrae visible. Pelvic bones becoming prominent.
Obvious waist.
Ideal
How To Calculate How Much Food to Feed your Dog or Cat
4. Ribs easily palpable, with minimal fat covering. Waist easily noted, viewed from above. Abdominal tuck evident.
5. Ribs palpable without excess fat covering. Waist observed behind ribs when viewed from above. Abdomen tucked up when viewed.
Too Heavy
6.
Ribs palpable with slight excess fat covering. Waist is discernible
viewed from above but is not prominent. Abdominal tuck apparent.
7.
Ribs palpable with difficulty; heavy fat cover. Noticeable fat deposits
over lumbar area and base of tail. Waist absent or barely visible.
Abdominal tuck may be present.
8. Ribs not palpable under very
heavy fat cover, or palpable only with significant pressure. Heavy fat
deposits over lumbar area and base of tail. Waist absent. No abdominal
tuck. Obvious abdominal distension may be present.
9. Massive fat
deposits over thorax, spine and base of tail. Waist and abdominal tuck
absent. Fat deposits on neck and limbs. Obvious abdominal distention.
If you’re using a commercial pet food, just be careful of using the“feeding guidelines” on the bag.
Many pets are overweight as the directions on the label suggest portion sizes that are too large.
Start at the low end of the feeding guidelines.
Exactly Calculating How Much To Feed
Here’s How You can get an EXACT amount..
First we have to figure out your pet’s energy requirements.
RER stands for Resting Energy Requirement.
The RER is the basic amount of energy that your pet would use in a
day while remaining at rest. The formula to calculate RER for animals
between 2 and 45 kg (5 – 99 pounds) is:
RER in kcal/day = 30(body weight in kilograms) + 70
Any activity or variable other than rest will require an increase in
energy (RER) and an increase in calories to meet the energy needs.
Realize that these numbers are not a reflection of maintenance calories
but of resting energy levels.
Here are some calculations for energy requirements.
Weight Loss..1.0RER
Normally Active 1.5RER
Puppy and Kitten 0-4 months 3.0RER
Puppy and Kitten 4 months-Adult 2.0RER
Pregnat Female First 4 weeks 2.0RER
Pregnant Female Last 4 weeks 3.0RER
Lactating Female 5.0RER
So is that NOT as CLEAR as mud????????????
So to break this down into the real world.
How much to feed my dog Lewis
An average dog ie Lewis consumes approx 1 cup of dry quality
dog food per 20lbs of body weight. He weighs 93lbs
or around 40kg.
He eats 5 cups a day.
Lewis’s RER is his body weight 40kg*30= 1200+70= 1270
Lewis’s Maintenance energy requirement is 1.5 * 1270 which is
1900 kcal/day.
Lewis’s dog food has 400 kcal/cup.
Therefore Lewis should be consuming 5 cups a day.
Here is a great shot of my kids feeding calves at my brother's farm..you feed them as much as you can!
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| Heal Your Pet At Home!
Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones, DVM |
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P.S. My Natural Animal Care Course will have you confident in deciding not only exactly what to feed your pets, but having your use many of the veterinary remedies I discuss.
The course is completed over 13 weeks. Weeks 1 through 5 cover the
basics and background of Holistic healing, along with how to perform the
main healing modalities.
Weeks 6 through 13 cover the most common dog and cat diseases, along with specific details in determining if your pet has these conditions, then identifying the treatments you should consider first.
Dr Jones discusses the ongoing use of your primary veterinarian,
including when to seek immediate veterinary care vs when it is
appropriate to treat your pet at home.
http://www.veterinarysecrets.com/course
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| DISCLAIMER: This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your own veterinarian. Dr Andrew Jones resigned from the College of Veterinarians of B.C. effective December 1 2010, meaning he cannot answer specific questions about your pet's medical issues or make specific medical recommendations for your pet.
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