Large Breeds If your dog weighs 60 pounds, you should feed them three cups per day. This increases with your dog's weight. If your dog is 70 pounds, 3 ½ cups is appropriate. If your dog's weight is 80 pounds, 3 ¾ cups is necessary.
How much food should a large breed dog eat?
Assuming your dog has a typical activity level, toy breeds should have about ¼ cups to 1 cup, small breeds should have about 1 cup to 1 2/5 cup, medium breeds should have about 2 cups to 2 2/3 cups, and large breeds should have about 2 4/5 cups to 3 cups. -Senior dogs should be fed a little less than adult dogs.
How much does a large dog eat in a day?
Large Dogs (60-100+ pounds) German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Rottweilers, and Bernese Mountain Dogs are all considered large breeds. Large breeds should eat: 3 cups per day if they weigh 60 pounds. 3 1/2 cups per day if they weigh 70 pounds.
How much and how often should you feed a large dog?
Giant breed dogs usually need to consume more calories to maintain weight. But you don't want to overfeed at a single meal because this can increase the risk of GDV/bloat. For this reason, meals are spread out to two or three per day. Typically I do not recommend feeding more than 2.5–3 cups per feeding.
How much should my dog eat chart?
It's easy to look past this. For example, if a chart says a 15-pound dog should have 1.5 cups of food, 1.5 needs to be divided by the number of meals you feed your dog. It's typically recommended that dogs be fed twice per day — so the ideal serving size, in this case, is ¾ cup of food per meal.
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