Hello Everyone,

I hope someone could help me. Ihave a corgi which I later found out was underweight. Meaning she is right for her size but development wise very slowly.

I have Canidae. She eat 3/4 cups a day and is playing and energetic. According to 1 corgi friend. She should be eating 1.5 to 2 cups for a 3 mos corgi.

What do I do? Give appetite stimulant /Vit B? If I don't get the weight the standard upto 6 mos , the opportunity is lost. A lot of people in corgi email list is busy in the Katrina hurricane aftermath.

Thanks!!!

jeff123

Cindy and I have two Corgi's in our home. An adult and a 10 week old puppy. We feed Morgi (the adult) 1/2 to 2/3 cup per day - we feed HONEST KITCHEN http://www.leerburg.com/honestkitchen.htm

Our puppy eats 1/2 cup.

It is important for people to understand that EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ON WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WITH YOUR DOG - the problem is most people dont have the experience to offer good advice. A Corgi does not need 2 cups - unless its really poor quality food

WOW. That stuff is really expensive! One would be better off just feeding raw as opposed to that pre-mixed dehydrated stuff. I mean, sure, it would come in handy for trips, but it's still outrageously expensive. I just take canned meats with me on trips if I won't have access to a fridge.

It doesn't seem that expensive.

1 cup = 1 lbs of food

They way I worked it out in my head is that it's about $1.90 per lbs.

Innova is about 1.60 per lbs.

Solid Gold is about 1.75 per lbs.

Not too bad for a raw food in a bag. Innova and Solid Gold are cooked kibble.

You are right, but that's still expensive in my book. Except for things like beef hearts and liver, I never spend more than $1 per pound on any of my raw stuff. For the organ meats, since they run a little higher in price, I will spend up to $1.50 per pound on them, but they do not make up the majority of the dog's intake, so I'm still only spending around $1.20 per pound, average.


I don't know where you are getting those prices for Innova and Solid Gold. Here, a 40 pound bag of Solid Gold runs about $40 (I don't remember the exact price because I don't buy it anymore). Certainly not $1.75 a pound - that would be $70 for a 40 pound bag! That's more like Wellness. I don't know about Innova, because I've never bought it, but that's still $64 for 40 pounds.

I still feed Canidae because I haven't found a reliable supplier for my organ meats yet, and I am in the process of 'stockpiling' all the raw stuff for the dog, and a 40 pound bag, which lasts me 5 weeks, only costs me $33 with tax. That's $1.22 a pound. About the same as my budget for raw.

Hey, if you can afford the pre-made stuff, that's great! I'm not knocking the product; just the price.

I’m not sure how helpful this is, but I have another example for you: I knew a corgi breeder who had a little moderately active female (20lb adult) that would eat 1/2 cup nutro/chicken soup plus 2-4 little old mother hubbard bones a day and she was at ideal weight. You might contact your breeder and ask what he/she thinks the dog should weigh at this point. I have lots of friends who think they know what I should do with my dogs; I smile and say “thank you.”

Solid Gold does not sell a 40lb bag of food. It's 33lbs for the large ones.


The reason my numbers are inflated is because I compared the small bag prices to the small bin price of the raw food.

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Solid Gold does not sell a 40lb bag of food. It's 33lbs for the large ones.

Is it? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Whoops! I haven't bought it in so long I had forgotten. That's still $1.22 per pound though - same as Canidae.

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I compared the small bag prices to the small bin price of the raw food.

Small bags are always a waste of money. Again though, I wasn't saying anything bad about the product itself, just that pre-made raw stuff is usually exhorbitantly high in price, and this one is no exception.

Totally depends on the dog. You should be determing the proper weight of the dog based on appearance (feeling/seeing ribs) rather than how much you feed.

Canidae is a high quality food. My 57.2 lb GSD gets 3/4 c Canidae and she has a solid layer of fat over her ribs. I would like her thinner, but don't want to cut back on her food anymore. She is an 'easy keeper'.

I also have a 50lb GSD pup who is currently eating 2c of Canidae a day and he is ideal weight IMO. Can easily feel ribs, very slight fat layer? I adjust his food based on whether I think he is too heavy or too thin on a weekly basis.

I wouldn't worry about how much you are feeding as much as how the dog looks. I cannot imagine feeding a corgi (even as an adult) 2.5-3c a day, unless they are extremely difficult to keep weight on.

Good Luck.

Linda

Thank God!!! Because my previously owned lab (b4 I had an accident long story and brain surgery, seizures, lab adopted by friends) I also just felt the rib cage and also view from the top for a coke figure.

Also I lab had chicken necks in morning with veggies. Canidae in evening. Cheaper and convient that way. I don't know why Canidae cost higher in your country perhaps is because we are 3rd country and sell cheaper. A 40 lbs cost Philippine Pesos 1,900. Currency to US$ 55 - pesos 1. 1,900/55 = 34 US dollar./40lbs= .86 cent per lb. Now our minumun wage is P5000-7000. Eventhough Canidae is the best, it is digging holes in my pockets!!! Goodthing my corgi now eats really small amounts which got me worried in the first place. Thanks Everyone!!! Linda, Stacy, Ed, Kristen, Rob,etc Did I Forget someone? I will look in the honest kitchen link and try replicate it here. Thanks Ed and everyone!!! Really appreciate it.

jeff123