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Old December 9th, 2010, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by luckypenny View Post
I was thinking of that, L4H, but tried to calculate approximately how much protein our guys were getting from each method of feeding.

If feeding all three dogs raw, they each get about 1 1/2 lbs (Penny sometimes more) per day. If feeding Orijen, they each get 1 1/2 cups per day. So I calculated how much protein they were consuming with either method and I came to the conclusion that raw ended up being about 1/2 the amount.

Am I making sense ?
Yes, perfect sense. So are you thinking that dogs are getting too much protein if they are on a kibble diet?
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