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How much do you feed your basenji?

Basenji Feeding
  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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