Winston's diet!

ok, we took winston for a private lesson last week, and the lady sed he was WAY too fat!! lol so she sed he should be fed the recommened thingy for a staffy a day, but only dry food, nothing else at all at all, no wet food nothing, only other stuff ur allowed to give is for treat wen training.........HOWEVER how do i know how much to feed him? as he aint ur averages staffy he is crossed with irish and standard staff. do i split the meal up in the day? cos i knwo i couldnt survive on just one meal a day! cheers me dears for n e advice

I would take the recommended amount for his weight and feed this in 2 meals a day.

Teagan is on a diet, I had to cut her food by 20%.
My vet said to feed lots of veggies though, as many as she wants, as it is bulking out her food, and she will be full, but the food it healthy!

ok, because he is an irish/standard staff mix, you need to know the average weights for each and then find the middle (if you understand that ) Kc standard is 13-17kg (28-38 lbs) so the average would be 15kg , i dont know the average for an Irish.
when you have the 'middle' weight you need to look at the packaging of what you are feeding and it will tell you how much to feed for that weight, then as Carole said, split it into two meals a day

(did anyone understand that )

thanx for ur help ppl.
how do i find out his recommend amount for his weight? cos he is overweight. he is quite alot taller than ur average staffy too.do i just stick to dry? thinking bout the Burns or Autarky food, but do i give him n e thing else with it? ie egg, raw chicken bits?

What weight is Winston?

nope, nothing else, just the stuff in the bag it says on the bag how much to feed for weight (what he should be ) height doesnt come into it.

as for the weight see my previous post

When you run your hands over his sides can you feel his ribs at all?
Unfortunately even with a pedigree the only way to decifer the correct weight is by feel and sight...

Irish E I would recommend Burns I find it very good, http://www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk/
contact them for samples and they will advise on the quantity then you can feed split into two meals if you wish, but I feed one meal and their Kelties as a treat taken from the daily total... and you can still feed a little veg it will not put weight on

Burns is good if your dog needs to lose a bit of weight.

The do an oats version for dogs on a diet.