“Pets and other animals tend to need few calories per pound as they get bigger. For example if a hummingbird were 150 lbs it would need about 155,000 kcals/day; if an elephant were 150 lbs it would need 700 kcal/day. Similarly, larger breed dogs need fewer calories per pound than smaller breed dogs.

Reduce food calories provided by chews, treats, and people-food from total daily caloric intake. We suggest no more than 5% of daily calories be sourced from chews, treats, or people-food that is not nutritionally formulated into the total diet.