Lab Owners - Feeding question

I’ve had several labs over the years, earlier hunting dogs, later house pets. Currently have 2yo female, 70lb Dudley yellow. Depends on brand of food & weight of dog. My Charlie gets 1.5 cups, morning & evening, of Purina Pro Plan and is moderately active…

90 lb 8-year old male chocolate lab. We give him a Mardi Gras cup of food in the morning (6-6:15) and another in evening (5). We feed him Purina Pro Plan chicken and rice formula.

Just goes to show how many calories an active dog burns! When mine was in training as a pup, they were up to 8 cups a day, thought he might have worms, etc. After they watched him a bit, they realized the crazy mfer was running laps in his kennel because he got so excited when other dogs came through for their sessions. His kennel was 4’ long.

65# pit mix
1.5 cups in the morning and evening of Purina Pro plan
Lazy as hell unless you open the fridge drawer with the cheese.

I fed once a day for years used a Mardi Gras go cup not sure what size.
My wife says it’s not fair to feed them only once a day so he gets fed twice a day now. He gets about 1.5 to two cups per meal and cut back or add based on waist size.

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1. How many total cups a day should he get?

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I give my male Lacy 3 cups and my gyp 2, plus 3 pumps of salmon oil each. Depending on activity and weather, this may change as required. I like to see some rib but no hip bones. I imagine that's hard to do with a Lab though due to their coat.

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2. How many times per day should they be fed

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I feed them once per day, in the evening after all their work is done. I don't want to risk feeding early in the day and the dogs getting a twisted stomach.

70lbs female. Feed her 3 cups of Purina Pro Plan Sport in the evening.

Will feed her a snack after hunting if she worked a lot

80lb black lab

Feed him call of the wild

In hot months about 3 cups afternoon of the lower protein which is made of bison/venison

In cold months about 3 cups in afternoon of the higher protein which is duck/fowl

Depends on what brand you go with, the serving sizes are always on the back with the weights of the animal. It will show the total cups per day so just spit it if you want to feed morning and afternoon. If he’s active and you hunting him hard in the winter feed him a 30/20 and in summer I would go to a 25/16 around that. Victor or Joy brands are the best out there. Go to their websites and research them. Joy has never had a recall in 70 plus years. It’s hard to find. Victor around my area hear the duck hunters use on their labs. I run coonhounds I need the best feed there is. Just research and you’ll find what’s good for your dog, when you feed the heavy food in the winter and they are super active they need a lot of kcalories. Remember they are athletes and need the best to perform at top levels. Also get you a size scoop that measures a cup that way you know you are feeding them what they only need. Good luck.