How to Cook Chicken for a Dog

We use Taste of the Wild which has about 360 calories per cup. The average cup of dry dog food has about 400 calories so this example should work for just about anyone.

So, back to Ella, she eats ½ a cup a day of dry food which is about 180 calories (200 on average for most dry foods).

One 3.5 ounce boiled chicken breast has 284 calories. We made 3 in the example above so that’s 852 calories of cooked chicken.

A ½ cup of cooked white rice boiled in chicken broth has about 113 calories. In our example above we boiled 2 cups of dry rice which usually turns into 3 times that cooked or 6 cups of cooked rice.

6 cups of rice boiled in broth comes out to about 678 calories.

678 calories of rice mixed with 852 calories of shredded chicken comes out to 1530 total calories.

So, if I was trying to match how much ella would need at each meal so she isn’t gaining or losing weight I’d need to figure out 180 calories of chicken and rice for each meal.

Based on the numbers above the 1530 calories of chicken and rice would provide about 8.5 meals. Let’s be indulgent and call it 8 so she gets a bit more. She is sick in this example.

Finally, to feed your dog based on the example in this article use the following table. It’s based off the rough number that a dog needs about 25 calories of food per pound of body weight per day. If you want to really nail down a number you can use the complicated formulas in this article (or just use 25).

* Note – It’s likely your dog weights something in between these numbers. Simply use the 5 pound row to add in how much it should be. The same thing goes if your dog weighs over 100 pounds. Again, these are rough numbers for a small time frame. In the long run you’ll learn the actual amount by seeing if they are slowly gaining weight over time (or losing it). Then you can add in an extra 1/4 cup or remove it as needed. note: Note - It’s likely your dog weights something in between these numbers. Simply use the 5 pound row to add in how much it should be. The same thing goes if your dog weighs over 100 pounds. Again, these are rough numbers for a small time frame. In the long run you’ll learn the actual amount by seeing if they are slowly gaining weight over time (or losing it). Then you can add in an extra ¼ cup or remove it as needed.

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