Patent ID: 8091509

Claim:
A method for preparing dog food compositions adapted for dogs with certain body conformation types comprising: (1) categorizing a dog for which the food composition is intended as a robust or athletic body conformation type; wherein a robust dog is characterized by having least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of (1) body mass index greater than 90 kg/m 2 and (2) an energy requirement of less than 120*(kilograms of ideal body weight) 0.75 kilocalories per day, and an athletic dog is characterized by haying at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of (1) body mass index less than 90 kg/m 2 and (2) an energy requirement of more than 120*(kilograms of ideal body weight) 0.75 kilocalories per day; and (2) formulating a dog food composition to contain feed ingredients beneficial for the categorized dog.