Its so easy to over feed a beloved pet, you think that little tiny sliver of chicken cant hurt, or maybe just one crust off of your toast in the morning will be fine, it may look small to us, but to your dog?
The human stomach is about the size of a fist, but a dogs stomach for example Yorkshire terrier, they have a stomach the size of a walnut! Now look at it from yours dogs point of view, your give them a piece of chicken the size of your finger, to a small dog that’s like us eating a whole chicken breast! That crust? A whole slice of toast.
The average human male needs 2500cals aday, and the average human females need 2000cals, what is average? Well in the uk the average male is 5ft 9 and 83kg, females average is 5ft 3 and 70kg, that’s simple enough, we are one breed, homo sapien, so one average can be worked out, but there is 339 recognised dog breeds in the world, and that’s without cross breeds, there is no average dog, so the only way to work out calorie needs is weight, but even this is just a guild line, pugs for example can easily put weight on even with a measured diet and regular walks, where as a grey hound can over eat and still stay slim due to the way they use calories, neutered dogs need less calories, there is just to many factors, but you cant feed a pug the same as a golden retriever just because they both dogs
| Dog Weight | Daily calorie needs | Human equivalent |
| 2kg/4.4lb | 140 | Twix 142cal |
| 5kg/11lb | 280 | M&S cheese scone 305cal |
| 10kg/22lb | 470 | Ginsters Cornish pastie 496cal |
| 15kg/33lb | 640 | McDonalds deluxe cheese burger 650cal |
| 20kg/44lb | 790 | Beefeaters beef roast with the works 834cal |
| 25kg/55lb | 940 | Fish, chips and mushy peas 867cal
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| 30kg/66lb | 1080 | Burger kings chicken royal, chips and coke 998cal |
| 35kg/77lb | 1210 | Wetherspoons large breakfast 1463cal |
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