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An adult Plott Hound generally needs about two and a half to three and a half cups of complete dog food daily, served as two meals, with the exact amount set by weight, muscle, and how much trailing work the dog actually does. Plotts are lean, powerful scent hounds, so a dog running trails several times a week will…
Most adult Mountain Curs, who typically weigh in the thirties to around sixty pounds, do well on roughly two to three and a half cups of complete dog food a day, split into a morning and an evening meal. A Cur who hunts or works rough ground for hours will sit at the top of that range or above it, while a quieter…
A Kai Ken typically needs about one and a half to two cups of good-quality dry food a day, divided into two meals, with active dogs earning a little more. Kai Ken are medium Japanese dogs, commonly around twenty-five to fifty pounds depending on the individual, athletic and sure-footed with a wild energy that burns…
A Jindo typically needs about one and a half to two and a half cups of good-quality dry food a day, split into two meals. Jindos are medium Korean dogs, usually somewhere around thirty to fifty pounds, with an efficient, primitive metabolism — many hold condition on less than their size suggests, and quite a few are…
A Feist typically needs roughly one to one and a half cups of good-quality dry food a day, split into two meals, with the exact amount set by the individual dog's size and workload. Feists are small, wiry squirrel dogs, commonly in the region of fifteen to thirty pounds, and a hunting or highly active Feist earns the…
A young Labrador Retriever eats three or four small measured meals a day, with portions restrained enough to keep a famously greedy puppy lean while he grows. An adult Labrador usually has two measured meals a day, with the total set by body condition and activity — many pet Labradors need less than the bag suggests —…
A young Golden Retriever starts on three or four small meals a day, with portions kept deliberately moderate so this fast-growing, food-loving breed stays lean. An adult Golden usually eats two measured meals a day, sized by body condition rather than by the breed's bottomless enthusiasm, and a senior often needs…
A young German Shepherd eats smaller meals more often — three or four a day as a puppy, settling to two — with portions aimed at steady, lean growth rather than maximum size. An adult Shepherd usually does well on two measured meals sized to keep ribs easy to feel and adjusted for work and season, while a senior often…
A Labrador Retriever changes diet the same careful way as any dog — over a week to ten days, stepping the mix from mostly old food to all new food a little at a time — even though most Labradors would happily inhale the new food today. Enthusiasm is not digestion, so let his stools, not his appetite, set the pace, and…
Move a German Shepherd onto a new diet over about a week to ten days, mixing a small part new food into the old and shifting the balance a step every two days or so. Serve the meals at his usual times in his usual place, and watch his stools and appetite at each step, holding at the current mix for an extra day or two…
An adult Treeing Walker Coonhound typically needs about 3 to 4 cups of a complete dog food a day, divided into two meals. This lean American scent hound usually weighs 50 to 70 pounds and was bred to run for hours following a raccoon trail through rough country, so a hunting Walker can need the top of the range and…
An adult Thai Ridgeback generally needs about 2.5 to 3.5 cups of a complete dog food a day, split into two meals. This muscular, independent breed usually weighs 35 to 75 pounds, with a wide range because males are much heavier than females, and the ridge of hair along the back grows in the opposite direction to the…
Most adult Stabyhouns need about 2 to 2.5 cups of a complete dog food a day, served as two meals. This rare Frisian breed generally weighs 40 to 55 pounds and was developed as an all-round farm dog who points, retrieves, and keeps watch, so a Staby with an active country life uses the top of the range. Stabyhouns are…
An adult Small Munsterlander typically needs about 2 to 2.5 cups of a complete dog food a day, divided into two meals. Despite the name, this is a proper mid-sized hunting dog of roughly 40 to 55 pounds, bred in Germany to point, retrieve, and track, and a working dog covers ground all day. Pet Munsterlanders with…
An adult Slovak Rough-Haired Pointer typically needs about 3 to 3.5 cups of a complete dog food a day, split into two meals. This grey-coated Slovak gundog usually weighs 55 to 75 pounds and was bred as a tough, all-weather hunter who points, retrieves, and tracks, so working dogs earn the top of the range. Quiet…
An adult Presa Canario typically needs about 4 to 5.5 cups of a complete food formulated for large dogs each day, divided into two or three meals. Males of this powerful Canary Islands breed can weigh 100 pounds or more, and muscle of that scale takes real fuel to maintain, but overfeeding a growing Presa strains…
An adult Picardy Spaniel usually needs about 2.5 to 3 cups of a complete dog food a day, split into two meals. This sturdy French gundog typically weighs 45 to 55 pounds and was bred to hunt in marshes and rough cover, so a dog in regular field work leans toward the higher end. Picardies enjoy their food and can…
A Peruvian Inca Orchid's daily amount depends heavily on size, because the breed comes in small, medium, and large varieties: roughly 1 to 1.5 cups a day for a small dog, about 2 cups for a medium, and up to 3 cups for a large one. These lean, mostly hairless dogs feel the cold and can burn extra energy staying warm,…
An adult Large Munsterlander typically needs about 3 to 4 cups of a complete dog food a day, divided into two meals. This tall black-and-white gundog commonly weighs 50 to 70 pounds and was bred to hunt, point, and retrieve through a full day in the field, so a dog in regular work can need more than a pet living…
Most adult Kooikerhondjes do well on about 1.5 to 2 cups of a complete dog food a day, split into two meals. This small Dutch spaniel usually weighs around 20 to 30 pounds, but it was bred to work around duck decoys all day, so an active Kooiker can need the top of that range while a quieter house dog needs less.…
An adult German Longhaired Pointer, an elegant and tireless versatile gundog, typically needs about 3 to 4 cups of quality dog food a day, split into two meals. Field work that mixes upland hunting, tracking, and water retrieving pushes this athletic breed to the top of the range, while off-season companions need less…
An adult Drentsche Patrijshond, a versatile Dutch gundog known for its calm nature at home, generally needs about 2.5 to 3.5 cups of quality dog food a day across two meals. A Drent hunting and retrieving regularly sits at the upper end, while its famously relaxed off-duty mode at home means a companion dog gains on…
An adult Danish-Swedish Farmdog, a small, bright Scandinavian all-rounder, usually needs only about 1 to 1.5 cups of quality dog food a day, split into two meals. It is a surprisingly energetic little dog that burns more than its size suggests on busy farm or sport days, but its small stomach means extras add up fast…
An adult Chinook, the rare American sled dog breed from New Hampshire, typically needs about 3 to 4 cups of quality dog food a day, split into two meals. A Chinook running in harness through winter burns at the top of that range and beyond on heavy training weeks, while a companion Chinook in summer needs far less and…
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