How many cups of Purina Dog chow should I be feeding my dog?

Question

He is an adult chocolate lab. I was watching my neighbor with her choco lab today and compared to my dog, he looks fat or maybe I am not feeding my dog enough.
How much dog food should my dog be getting a day?

I feed my 75 lb lab about 3 cups of dog food every evening. He kind of ignores the dog dish, but eats it after I leave him alone for a while.

I also cheat and feed my dog fried chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers off the grill and any other kind of meat I eat.
The other day I found out he likes banannas.

Answer 1

if you have a bag there's a cup to weight ratio on the back of the bag so just look,and that stuffs not good for them its made of junk!

Answer 2

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How many cups of Purina Dog chow should I be feeding my dog?
He is an adult chocolate lab. I was watching my neighbor with her choco lab today and compared to my dog, he looks fat or maybe I am not feeding my dog enough.
How much dog food should my dog be getting a day?

Answer 3

Ditch the dog chow and go for something with real protein from animal sources and not plant protein that is very difficult for a carnivore to digest. I have 1, 85 lb intact male Am. Bulldog and he eats 3 level cups of Chicken Soup dog food a day, the 3 females i have are all spayed and they eat 2 level cups of dry a day. The girls weigh in from 72 to 80 lbs.
To get the same results from dog chow you need to feed between 5 and 8 cup of that junk a day. And your dog will get fat on the dog food equivalent of a Twinkies.
If you think I'm kidding try this, place a hamburger patty in a plate on the floor next to a can of corn. Now see which food your dog wolfs down. Question answered.

Answer 4

dont feed your dog purina dog chow, it is basically not worth feeding the dog anything that cheap, feed some better dog food, mine get Wysong, and Wellness.
any dog food that has a grain as the first ingredient is not very good, and your dog has more poop because they are just eliminating a lot of it. Look for a dog food that has some kind of meat or chicken as the first ingredient, get recommendations from your vet, there is also a lab website at http://www.lab-retriever.net/board/index.php which has a lot of information on diet, food, etc
I fed my first dog purina, i didnt know any better and he started getting malignant melanomas when he was 8 years old and finally died of cancer about a year later. my current dog is over 10 and the only thing with him is some fatty deposits, he is a lot healthier, the better foods are worth it in the long run, for longer life, and a healthier dog.

Answer 5

purina dog chow....
Step one... go to the pet store and get a good food..
step 2.. dump out the purina..
step 3 feed your dog the good stuff..

Many good dogfoods will have a scale according to the weight of your dog, of how much to feed them. certain foods you need to feed more... others you need to feed less.. Go with a better food.. and it will be less cause your dog will use more, and poop less..
It is not a good thing to have a fat dog either, lean is always better... less strain on the joints.
Just think, a dog cant choose what it eats, but if it could, it wouldnt be purina dog chow.. ack..

Answer 6

Ignore those who says dont feed your dog any dog chow..I fed mine puppy chow until they was 1 and now feed them dog chow.My dogs are very large and and healthy.Their vet always ask what I feed them and say keep feeding them the same food.With my dogs I just put down alot of food.Alot of times they do not eat it all.But they will never be skinny.Their sister that lives else where is fed this special high dollar dog food from the feed and seed and she is way smaller in height and weight then my 2 dogs.Funny thing is,is that I have the runt of that litter and it is huge.But not fat.

Answer 7

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Purina is crap food. Let's take a look at some of the ingredients of Purina Dog Chow: Ingredient 1: Whole grain corn. Dogs need high levels of protein in their diet. Corn is a carb, not protein. Besides this, corn is a low quality filler that is hard for dogs to digest. I certainly would not consider it appropriate in dog food, least of all as the main ingredient. 2: poultry by-product meal. Two problems here. First of all, "poultry" is a generic term. They can change the "poultry" every batch of dog food. chicken here, turkey here, god knows what next time. The bigger worry is "by-product". By-products are feet, beaks, spines... not actual meat. Therefore, not real protein, just the crap leftovers. 3: animal fat. Animal fat is DISGUSTING. This is how they make "animal fat"- at rendering plants, they take all the animals and put them in a large vat. This includes not only food animals, but also roadkill, euthanized animals from zoos and vets, and diseased animals. There are no restrictions on what can go in a rendering vat. Then as they grind it up, the greasy fat that rises to the top is scraped off and called "animal fat". 4. Corn gluten meal. Again, a needless filler with little nutritional value. 5. Meat and bone meal. Remember the rendering vat? The stew of "meat" that comes out of that is "meat meal"- it can be literally ANYthing. Bone meal is just that- ground up bones. The ratio in meat and bone meal is mostly bones. 6. brewers rice, A byproduct of the rice industry. Basically what is left over after rice is processed- not real rice as you think of it. 7. animal digest. No one really knows for sure what this is. AAFCO (the feeding council "overseeing" nutrition) gives a long, confusing definition. What I believe it to be is the stomach contents of random animals, that's what I get from their definition. 8. added color (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2, Yellow 6), COmpletely unnecessary. Artificial colors serve no purpose in dog food other that to make it more appealing to humans. They have been linked to health problems such as cancer. 9. menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity). Synthetic vitamin K. Has been linked to kidney disease. There are so many higher quality foods than Purina. Purina is complete junk, I would never feed it to my dog. Look for a food that has NO by-products, corn, wheat, soy, artificial colors, artificial preservatives such as BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin, and unidentified meat origins. Look for a food with real meat (chicken, duck meal, etc.) and wholesome grains that are easily digestible (oatmeal, brown rice, etc). Good brands include Wellness, Natural Balance, Solid Gold, Innova, Halo, Organix, and Merrick's to name a few. Most of those are sold at Petco or online if you don't have a Petco near you. The bags are more expensive but you feed way way less since they don't have to eat all the filler and crap to get to real nutrition! Example: I have one friend who feeds her 100 pound malamute EIGHT cups of Purina per day, while another friend feeds her 95 pound Golden retriever THREE cups of natural Balance per day. Guess which dog has a better coat and more energy?! Do your dog a favor, don't feed him crap like Purina. He'd be better off eating table scraps, honestly.

Answer 8

NONE!!! That food has zero nutrition in it. Your first 2 ingrediants are corn and by-product. Corn is not digestable. Thats why it comes out the same way it goes in. And if you dont mind your dog eating the chickens head, nails, feet and beak, then go ahead and serve him a bunch. Your gonna have to feed him a bunch because nothing is gonna stay in. So hes gonna eat a ton and eliminate a ton.
Go to your local PetSmart and find a high quality premium food. Nutro, Royal Canin, Natures Recipe, Nutro Ultra, Blue Buffalo. All of these are excellent foods. I would highly suggest staying completely away from wet canned foods. You will not only see a huge difference in his skin and coat with this new food. But he will eat way less and you will see about a 48% less stool volume. Good luck and I hope I helped you out.

Answer 9

I'm doing basic obedience right now. My trainer hasn't once handled my dog. He has shown me how to handle my dog by using his own dog but that's about it. The reasoning is that I need to learn how to do these basic corrections and what not myself. Learn more https://tinyurl.im/3DQZP

I have never considered sending my dog away for training. I guess I haven't found that much of a problem with him to even think about it.

Again, it may also have to do with the level of training you are looking for etc. No idea lol. I'm not a trainer. I think a first time dog owner needs to learn simple commands and how to handle their dog themselves as well.

Answer 10

Well, how much does he weigh? Also, is he neutered?

It says on the back of the bag how much to feed, but your dog is probably not underweight at all. Labs have a high tendancy to become overweight, so if yours is at a normal weight now, don't increase his food intake.

Answer 11

The best I can offer is my observation of my sister feeding her chocolate lab. She gives her roughly 1 to 1.5 cups (size of the large Styrofoam cups) of dry food and a can of moist food--she does this twice a day. The dog is a little heavy, but she's getting older and has been spayed, which seems to make them gain weight.

Hope this helps.