Does anybody know a way to actually calculate how many calories a puppy needs? All I seem to find online either doesn’t go old enough or is for “ideal weight”, probably adult dogs. I know about checking BCS, but that’s a bit subjective.
I also have a homemade dog food book that gives a recipe for puppy food that has a nice growth chart, in about three month blocks, with how much of that recipe they should eat, so I could use that to figure calories.
If I’m using an “all life stages” food, is there any math to just adjust the serving recommended on the bag? I don’t know who closely to follow those numbers anyway since my last dog, the bag said 4-5cups and he was healthy weight on 2. I get that puppies have different needs though, what with all the growing 🙂
