Now that Bonnie is home and spending most of her time lying down recuperating, I need to figure out how to keep her weight constant.  The last thing she needs as a new tripawd is excess baggage round the ribs.

She used to run around for ca 1 hour every morning, but will be off walks altogether for a few weeks now.  This morning I gave her 3/4 of her usual ration – is that about right?

Thanks for your quick reply.

My dogs get two meals a day;  Arkwrights Complete with a bit of tinned sardine and granulated charcoal in the morning – and in the evening, boiled pet mince with garlic granules mixed into another portion of Arkwrights, plus a canine joint complex supplement. They get bones regularly, and occasional additional table scraps when suitable.

Here's a link with the Arkwright nutrition info.

The granulated charcoal is mainly for the greyhounds – it adds digestion, and reduces flatulence.  Greyhound gas is much much more noxious than normal dog smells! It also helps improve our big boy Monty's bad breath.

I have found one local pet shop that stocks the granulated charcoal (before that, I was giving the hounds charcoal biscuits). The dosage is per weight, but I ignore the instructions on the tin, as they suggest ridiculously huge amounts – I just sprinkle it on liberally & hope for the best… If I followed the instructions, I'd go through a tin every week, what with having four hounds of large to medium size.
It so happens that our biggest dog is also the smelliest one, whereas Bonnie is the smallest and least flatulent (although her emissions are of particular relevance, as she sleeps under our double bed!)