When you have a puppy, you need to determine the recommended daily amount in a different way than when you have an adult dog. You will need the following information to determine the recommended daily food allowance:
The age of your puppy
The weight of your puppy at maturity
You can look at the weight of one of the parents for the adult weight; the mother if you have a bitch and the father if you have a dog. But you can also look up the average adult weight in the breed standard of your dog.
The following example will show you how to determine the recommended daily intake for a puppy.
We have a four-month-old Rottweiler puppy, a male. The information required is then as follows:
Age: 4 months
Weight at maturity: 50-60 kg (average 55 kg)
We then look in the feeding table in the row (age months), at 4-6 months, and in the column (adult body weight), at 50 and 60 kg. A Rottweiler puppy, male, can then be given 450 grams per day, when weighing 55 kg.