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I have a 10-month-old Lab/Australian Shepherd. When I adopted him 3.5 months ago, he weighed 50 lbs. He's probably about 60 now.
I tried Nature's Variety Instinct for a month, but it never sat well with him, and his stool constantly ranged from soft-serve ice cream to a vile spray, so I switched him to a food that contains grains (Nature's Variety Prairie). It helped a lot. His stool is usually formed and hard now, especially the first round -- I get soft-serve only if he tries grinding out a second poop during the walk. So I think the food is fine.
I feed him twice a day, at 8am and 8pm. I was feeding 2 cups of Prairie per meal, but he was almost always leaving about a half cup in his bowl. I switched to 1.5 cups, and he still left some (but less than 1/2 cup). Is he telling me this is too much food, or is that just the way he eats? Should I go down to 1 cup, twice daily, or is that too little? As for exercise, I take him to the dog park every morning for 60-90 minutes, where he runs and wrestles with the other dogs, and I walk him for an hour when I get home from work.
I tried Nature's Variety Instinct for a month, but it never sat well with him, and his stool constantly ranged from soft-serve ice cream to a vile spray, so I switched him to a food that contains grains (Nature's Variety Prairie). It helped a lot. His stool is usually formed and hard now, especially the first round -- I get soft-serve only if he tries grinding out a second poop during the walk. So I think the food is fine.
I feed him twice a day, at 8am and 8pm. I was feeding 2 cups of Prairie per meal, but he was almost always leaving about a half cup in his bowl. I switched to 1.5 cups, and he still left some (but less than 1/2 cup). Is he telling me this is too much food, or is that just the way he eats? Should I go down to 1 cup, twice daily, or is that too little? As for exercise, I take him to the dog park every morning for 60-90 minutes, where he runs and wrestles with the other dogs, and I walk him for an hour when I get home from work.