How do you balance treats/food?
Good Morning,
Ever since I adopted my dog I have wondered how to balance food/treats/extra food after training classes or long hikes.
We hike 4 miles/day on week days, up to 8 miles on weekends. We take a 1-hr agility class once per week.
He's a 15-month old Portuguese Water Dog weighing 41 lbs. He's not skin and ribs but he's not fat. I feed him a scant 1 cup 2x day of Eukanuba dry food. When I do give him a dog biscuit, I give a weight control biscuit figuring he cares only about being rewarded and not about the size and calorie content of a biscuit.
My question is how do you balance your dogs food on days when he/she is working hard at a competition, or when the dog had 2+ hours exercise in a day? If you reward with treats during training, do you reduce the dog's dinner by a few kibbles to balance out the rewards he received in training class?
I'm conerned that as I get more focused on training, that I may slowly creep into feeding him too much and not realize it.
TIA and I'm really enjoying this forum!
Lois
Good Morning,
Ever since I adopted my dog I have wondered how to balance food/treats/extra food after training classes or long hikes.
We hike 4 miles/day on week days, up to 8 miles on weekends. We take a 1-hr agility class once per week.
He's a 15-month old Portuguese Water Dog weighing 41 lbs. He's not skin and ribs but he's not fat. I feed him a scant 1 cup 2x day of Eukanuba dry food. When I do give him a dog biscuit, I give a weight control biscuit figuring he cares only about being rewarded and not about the size and calorie content of a biscuit.
My question is how do you balance your dogs food on days when he/she is working hard at a competition, or when the dog had 2+ hours exercise in a day? If you reward with treats during training, do you reduce the dog's dinner by a few kibbles to balance out the rewards he received in training class?
I'm conerned that as I get more focused on training, that I may slowly creep into feeding him too much and not realize it.
TIA and I'm really enjoying this forum!
Lois
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