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Confused about how much homemade food to feed my dog or puppy?
Updated on September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 8 months and 27 days old | 59 lbs
If iam going to feed my dog fresh food homemade what should be the weight of the meal some doctors told be a basic rule that dogs eat 3% of their bodu weight and puppies eat 10% and some told me that they eat 1500 gm from 6 months to 1 year then they eat 2000 gm from 1 year those opinions are right or wrong ?
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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM
Veterinarian
Published on September 11th, 2017
Hello and thank yoy for using pwt coach! If you are making a homemade diet, the best place in my opinion to go to is balanceit.com
This website has a nifty tool called the autobalancer that will calculate how much to feed and if what you are cooking is an adequate diet. This site also sells the necessary supplements for vitamins and minerals to ensure the diet is not deficient in minerals and vitamins for soska. I hope this helps! Please feel free to contact me with any further questions you may have.
This website has a nifty tool called the autobalancer that will calculate how much to feed and if what you are cooking is an adequate diet. This site also sells the necessary supplements for vitamins and minerals to ensure the diet is not deficient in minerals and vitamins for soska. I hope this helps! Please feel free to contact me with any further questions you may have.
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