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How much do you feed your basenji?

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  • Chealsie508C

    Similar to kipawa, I feed my one year old male ( currently 23.0lbs) 3/4cup x2 daily. I have to feed him twice because he is the type of dog that will throw up if he goes too long without eating! Occasionally I'll add chicken or try tO add veggies but he is picky. I'm definitely going to tale some suggestions from others on the forum and maybe give him an egg on occasion ( maybe whole or scrambled), tuna… He hates watermelon and tomatoes and is "iffy" on apples. From the picture you have she looks good

    "I know I've found the breed for me because he totally turns my life upside down and I love it!"

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  • LyshL

    0_o wow.. I only feed maybe 3/4 to half a cup of kibble a day and Hope gets a raw bone or a piece of cooked chicken at night.

    When she was a puppy I fed her 4x times a day (from 8-10 wk) then made it 3x a day (10-12wks) then til she was a yr old she was being fed twice daily. Now once daily with a small extra treat at night and she's perfect weight.

    I have got her on one the highest quality type kibble here in Aus.
    Expensive but worth it and don't need to feed her tons of it - cant go past quality kibble!

    Occasional treats (not daily): include pig ears/trotters, pig snouts, dried chicken and chicken sticks (all natural) as well as roo tail, and some yummy type dog treat biccies that have dried veggies n stuff inside them (natural again). Yum yum yum.

    Owned by Hopper & Ebony the crazy bazzii sisters and King the QH.

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  • C

    I am joining late on this question how much do you feed your Basenji. My girl is 24 pounds which according to some of the online
    sites is bigger for a girl, and she is 24 pounds. She is 9 months old. I think we were giving her to many snacks. lol. She is 16 inches
    tall at her withers, and has long legs but not as long as some. Her elbows come up to allignment with her brisket area. She has
    a small arch upward but not overly so. Her ribs are not visible but easily felt to touch and she does have a waist. She did have
    fatty tissue over her ribs, so I cut her back on food and now feed her carrots for snacks. She eats 3/4 cup once a day, and my
    husband thinks shes starving. I think she looks better and I think she was headed to obesity if I did not cut back. The Basenji site
    says they will beg all the time, doesnt mean they are starving. Does 3/4 cup sound like enough. By the way our first Basenji, what
    a sweet doll. Baroos and sings all the time, snuggles and kisses all the time, and grumbles when she doesnt want to do something.
    I am a proud first time Basenji owner.

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  • renaultf1R

    I have 4 basenjis - they get fed in the range of 3/4 cup to 2.5 cups. My oldest girl (8yo) gets 3/4, the other girl (3yo) gets 1 cup. My oldest boy (8yo) gets 1.5 cups and my youngest boy (2yo) gets 2.5 cups (anything less and he looks like a rail). I feed Orijen, Instinct Duck and Honest Kitchen Zeal.

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  • C

    So it sounds like no one Basenji is the same. They can vary in weight and you should go by your
    individual dogs build and activity. I think she looks good, not skinny and not chunky. So I will
    continue to feed her the amount I am and monitor any changes. Thanks for the feedback.

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  • VoodooV

    I feed Voodoo about twice the amount that is suggested on the bag of dogfood (Hill's). Allways been feeding him on sight, but have been measuring his food after a discussion with some other basenji owners. So I found out I give him double the recommended amount. And he's not at all getting fat from it.

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  • D

    My Bs, aged 9 and 11, get 1 cup of dry food, along with a small amount of canned food. My male, aged 5 gets 1 1/2 cups of food but he is being fed the Prescription Intestinal food along with canned. I rarely give treats and if I do it is a small portion. The amount really depends on the type of food you are feeding and the percentage of protein and fat and the activity level of the dog.

    Do you have a picture of your girl?

    Jennifer

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    Topper,12; Nicky 10, ; and Eddie 8 all eat a combination of 3/4 EVO by Innova, and 1/4 regular adult Innova. We free feed, dry kibble is down all the time, but I think I put about 3 cups out a day, some days they eat it all but some days I don't add kibble at all. Mine do get a bit of whatever we have for dinner, mostly veges, they love all veges as long as they are cooked, especially broccoli and sweet potatoes. IT acts as an appetizer, as soon as they finish their plates they run to the kibble bowls to finsih their dinner. We used cheaper grocery store foods for many years but I felt my dogs deseerved a better quality food so tried several premium brands and settled on Innova. Then when they came out with EVO, I slowly added that but when I went 100% EVO, their poops were a bit loose, so we re-added the regular Innova and it seems to suit them perfectly. Eddie's coat was very coarse when we rescued him, he is soft and silky now. Even though it costs about twice as much as the cheaper stuff, I know they are getting good nutrition and their coats glow and their teeth are clean, so it is worth every cent to me. We are what we eat, and if we eat 'animal by products' (hooves, bones, feathers and even sawdust in some) sprayed with flavors and dyed with food colorings, we may be saving money now, but inviting health probelms in the future. Just MHO, but strangers compliment my dogs on their gloss and vigor! Anne in Tampa, off the soapbox
  • DukeD

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    DukeD
    @basenjibratz: The only one that checks to see what's going on in the kitchen is Talker. When he hears me picking up the bowls and putting the kibble in it, he'll come into the kitchen. You're lucky - I have to comment now because it's been a few nice days lately, where the humidity is low and I have the windows open. I have been putting doggies outside when preparing their food. I try ever so slowly to open the lazy-suzan to get clean bowls, then quietly as possible to open the cupboard door and slide out the tray where the food is kept. They HEAR it!! It's amazing! Next thing that goes on is them squabbling on the deck pawing on the doorwall glass. Well, I'm glad they're not at my feet doing this. I let them in when bowls are in crates and they FLY to their places. Geesh!! They're not starving, they're very well fed with 2 meals a day and add treats…it's their thing, I guess. So young though. I hope they cool it in due time. Not hoping for them to get old, because I go along with them in time, but hoping for a little mellow.