Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: daradke on October 25, 2012, 03:36:09 PM
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Any suggestions on how much food a 1 year old Brittany should be fed each day? :dunno: He weighs about 35 lbs. right now. He is pretty active as we hunt the weekends and he jogs about 4 miles with me at least a couple mornings a week. Right now I am feeding him 2.5 cups total...1.5 in morning and 1 in the evening. Any help with his feeding schedule would be much appreciated.
The reason I ask is that he is always acting hungry...scrounging the house for snacks.
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I just keep the food dish full on mine, always have. She's still lean almost 4 years later. With that said she's not a pig at the bowl either, when I fill it up she doesn't come running. She'll eat a little then wander off, not like my pig labs that would scarf down the whole bowl.
I feed loyal active dog.
Oh ya, even with a full feed dish they still scrounge the house for snacks :chuckle:
They wanna eat what your eating
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Does your Britt come running then gobble down the whole bowl in one setting? Like the food is going to run away if he doesn't get it down RIGHT NOW? :chuckle:
If not, then you might be able to get away with free feeding.
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Our three year old Britt gets ~3cups total for a day, split into morning and evening feedings (he's generally on the larger side of the scale for a Britt). If we go much more, he packs on the pounds. Now that it is hunting season, we may go a bit more depending on activity level. It sounds like you are in the ballpark for total volume, the key is to watch his weight and adjust accordingly. Generally, more activity = more required energy/food.
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I think it also depends on the dog food. Some of the cheaper foods are just filler which you will find in your yard later but isn't as nutritious as a smaller amount of higher quality feed. You sound like your in the ballpark for volume though.
