https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 16:12:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get/page/2#post-1619481 Wed, 07 May 2014 14:00:48 +0000 ValentineMommy 1619481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 8 pound Morkie (maltese/yorkie) is free-fed. It takes him a few days to get through one bowl. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get/page/2#post-1619462 Wed, 07 May 2014 13:58:11 +0000 Jenn23 1619462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dog is about 30 lbs. and gets a little less than a cup twice a day. I think he's a senior now, as he just turned 9 last week. What age is senior for dog? Actually, I just remembered the vet last fall did a geriatric exam for him (more critical exam) so perhaps 8 is considered a senior? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1619454 Wed, 07 May 2014 13:56:47 +0000 magnolia 1619454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Half a cup, twice a day. He is a overweight puggle at 40lbs. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1619447 Wed, 07 May 2014 13:55:07 +0000 snowjewelz 1619447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Penny is 8.5 &amp; 20-22 lbs and we probably give 1/2 cup twice a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1619424 Wed, 07 May 2014 13:50:33 +0000 mrsjyw 1619424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1/2 cup 2x a day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610459 Sat, 03 May 2014 07:03:28 +0000 BananaPancakes 1610459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our lab is 8 years old and 65 lbs. She gets one scoop out of a Bubba Gump Shrimp Co cup once a day. I have no idea what that amount is. We give her two scoops the days she hunts. She also gets table scraps regularly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610450 Sat, 03 May 2014 06:52:16 +0000 Greentea 1610450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My GSP gets natural balance duck -2 heaping cups a day (all at once). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610430 Sat, 03 May 2014 06:02:41 +0000 NCSUchick27 1610430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dog is 4 years old and 18 lbs. She get 1/3 cup of dry food in the morning and 1/3 cup in the evening.</p> <p>We free feed our cat. We keep her food behind a baby gate so the dog won't eat it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610413 Sat, 03 May 2014 05:11:42 +0000 mrs. bird 1610413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As much as they want, they're still kittens &amp; growing at a totally unreasonable rate, ummm... &gt;9oz each last wk alone! They are going to be enormous cats when they are full grown! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610410 Sat, 03 May 2014 04:38:43 +0000 MrsKRB 1610410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an almost 3 year old Boxer, she eats 4 cups of high calorie dog food a day, plus lots of peanut butter and she's a skinny-minnie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610270 Fri, 02 May 2014 22:38:09 +0000 Emsmems 1610270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We normally feed our 70 lb dog 2 cups twice a day but we pretty much free feed. Somedays she will only eat 1 cup all day, other days she'll eat all four cups and we'll give her an extra cup and she'll eat that too! But she's a healthy weight for her frame, so we just go with it! I wish I could self-regulate like she does!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610261 Fri, 02 May 2014 22:21:19 +0000 blackbird 1610261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha you guys talking about me ;). :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610260 Fri, 02 May 2014 22:21:00 +0000 pinkcupcake 1610260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: lol. Never thought about it like that but I think you're right ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610256 Fri, 02 May 2014 22:17:56 +0000 Mae 1610256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: I just assumed it was like switching them from pizza and wings to grilled chicken and broccoli. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610247 Fri, 02 May 2014 22:11:55 +0000 pinkcupcake 1610247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: @hotchildinthecity: idk how true it is, but I heard lower quality dog foods spray chemicals on their kibble to make it more enticing/tasty. I bet they do that w/ cat food ,<br /> Too, and that's why they prefer the shit food over the good stuff :T </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610227 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:58:17 +0000 Mae 1610227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610215 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:51:20 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1610215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: small. freakin. world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610171 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:27:13 +0000 Mae 1610171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: lol she knows allllllll about my pet issues! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610155 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:20:40 +0000 mrsrain 1610155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cat has a small bowl (about the size of a cup measurement) which we fill each night before bed. She self-regulates, and probably eats about 1/3 - 1/2 of it in a 24 hours period. She's ten years old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610154 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:20:13 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1610154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: talk to @blackbird !! I've gotten on my soapbox to her and she has the same exact problem ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610146 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:18:24 +0000 Mae 1610146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: Yep, we're on it! That's honestly sort of the problem. Our cat got sick about 2 years ago and lost a lot of weight and since then we've been very careful to feed the cats high quality food. But they prefer the shit. lol. We've had to switch a few times because we've just never found anything they like as much as they like cheap food. And they'll be okay with something for a few months... then suddenly refuse to eat it anymore. Stubborn! hah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610137 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:14:29 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1610137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 65lb dog gets 1.5 cups twice a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610136 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:12:41 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1610136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: you probably already are doing it but high quality food makes a big difference! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610130 Fri, 02 May 2014 21:10:55 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1610130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: thats the reason we switched!! When we first got liza we fed her friskies and her poop smelled SO bad. Now we feed them both high quality/organic and people say they dont know we have cats! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610093 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:56:15 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1610093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs bunchy: my 15 lb dachshund too. Her bowl usually needs to be filled once every 3 or 4 days...we are bad &amp; give her table scraps too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610091 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:54:39 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1610091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our dog is 80 lbs and gets 3 cups a day. Our little dog is 4 lbs and gets a few handfuls. We just always leave some in her dish so I'm not sure how much she actually eats. A small bag lasts months though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610058 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:41:43 +0000 Dandelion 1610058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our dogs get a cup and a half twice a day. The cats free feed dry food and they share a half a can of wet food about every other day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610055 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:41:01 +0000 pinkcupcake 1610055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hotchildinthecity: yeah, I've found that i need to feed less if it's higher quality food. They tend to poop less, too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610049 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:39:10 +0000 pinkcupcake 1610049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our yorkies eat about 1/2 cup of dry food or dehydrated food daily. Our golden eats like 3 cups of dry food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-food-does-your-pet-get#post-1610046 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:37:42 +0000 Bao 1610046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just keep food in her bowl at all times but we fill it maybe every other day...maybe a little longer. She doesn't over eat. </p>