Quote Originally Posted by FrostyPaws View Post
The feeding thing can be misleading. I feed all my dogs raw, and some of my bigger dogs get less than the smaller ones simply due to their metabolism. So, because a dog is bigger doesn't necessarily mean it will have to eat more.
True. I had a 31 lb bitch named Squirrel who ran the chain all day / all night and had to feed her more than a 55 lb dog. She was just a calorie-burning machine who ultimately had to be fed twice daily to keep weight on.

Some big dogs, by contrast, may sit around all day and have slow metabolisms and require very little feed.

Ultimately, a person has to have the sense to USE THEIR EYES and determine how much food each unique dog on his yard needs as an individual. Feed charts are just "general guidelines." A person may have to add more, or cut back, based on what his eyes tell him.