# How much food do we go through in a month? This much: *minus the treat bags on top. ---- ## Thread In General · started by brada1878 · 72 replies - **Category:** [General](https://nihonken.org/community/c/general) - **Forum:** [Nihon Ken Forum](https://nihonken.org/community/) ## brada1878 (admin) · 2009-01-20T23:44:49.000Z This much: *minus the treat bags on top. ---- ## CrimsonO2 · 2009-01-20T23:57:57.000Z Jeez, you buy enough a month to keep a small boutique store in business :P Jesse ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-01-20T23:58:09.000Z wow - that's a little scary. ## CrimsonO2 · 2009-01-21T00:01:22.000Z Wanna know what's even more scary to think about? The poop to pick up on a daily basis... Jesse ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-01-21T00:05:12.000Z oh, yeah. ## santuzza · 2009-01-21T00:07:17.000Z Wow! That's it - just... wow. That's nuts! Jesse, I can't even fathom the poo. :P ## lymura · 2009-01-21T00:07:41.000Z Yeah, I always wondered about that...the poop. *shudders* The amount of food is scary too. Just not as scary as the poop. ## brada1878 (admin) · 2009-01-21T00:22:57.000Z We have a wheel barrel full of poop - I can take a pic of that too if you like. :o) ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-01-21T00:25:59.000Z That's okay...imagining it is plenty enough for me. ## tobyshiba · 2009-01-21T00:28:07.000Z wow! Then again, Toby eats through 1 big bag of Orijen per month, soo not sure where it is going. lol ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-01-21T00:32:52.000Z Wow! How much does he eat at each feeding? ## brada1878 (admin) · 2009-01-21T01:04:43.000Z What? wow - that's a lot for a Shiba! Those 2 bags of Orijen are for Kaia, Maui, Loa, and Ahi. They go through that in a month... Does Toby have a tapeworm? ---- ## tobyshiba · 2009-01-21T01:24:01.000Z He just eats a cup twice a day. He's super active, though. Then again, he's not a normal Shiba. He's almost 40 lbs. D: ## _dlroberts · 2009-01-21T01:26:16.000Z Holy moly. That's absurd. That's got to be more than 150 pounds of food right? Am I weird for sorta kinda somewhat wanting to see the poop? :-/ ## Calia · 2009-01-21T01:28:38.000Z That is a lot of food, but there are enough stomachs to justify it. I'm with Dave though, I'm kind of curious to see the poop too. It's almost sort of a don't believe it till you see it thing. ## Romi (admin) · 2009-01-21T01:40:55.000Z LOL - that is a lot of food! I too am a little curious to see the poop! hahaha! ## Leonberger (admin) · 2009-01-21T07:30:53.000Z That's a lot of food, but I actually thought it would be more. We're trying that salmon Acana next month to start our rotation. How are the pups liking it? ## kekti · 2009-01-21T08:45:20.000Z thats a lot of food, ok so we're probably doing this wrong but roxy just has food in her bowl and can eat when she wants, she eats a bowl maybe every 2 days, she doesn't eat a lot, maybe thats y she's so skinny. we go through a small bag maybe 1 a month or so ## tobyshiba · 2009-01-21T09:18:05.000Z Actually, Roxy might do a lot better on a scheduled feeding. :) ## brandon_w (admin) · 2009-01-21T10:23:02.000Z That's more food than I buy in a year. ## KFontaine04 · 2009-01-21T10:29:45.000Z Holy Crap! Literally, that must create a lot of crap! Im curios to see the poop-barrow too. Miso and Sake barely finish one big bag of orijen in a month... ## JessicaRabbit (admin) · 2009-01-21T11:00:20.000Z Dave you are weird for many reasons. The poop is just one reason. ## ljowen123 (moderator) · 2009-01-21T11:20:24.000Z Jess - Agreed ## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2009-01-21T11:24:50.000Z impressive food mountain! ## Zinja · 2009-01-21T12:19:07.000Z That's sick. Do you feed your dogs all at one time? The dog trainer said I may never have Sasuke and Ninja eat together because Sasuke's food aggression... He also said it was uncommon for an Akita, Yorkie, and a Cat to be eating a the same time, but we still can do it. That's a month's rent for me :) What do you do with all the poo? Fertilizer? I hope you get a frequent buyer discount from wherever you buy those from. It looks Costco-esque lol. Steph: Toby is 40lbs? Wow! Sasuke is 25lbs at 7months. How big was Toby? I'm just trying to imagine how big Sasuke might get when he is fully grown. ## tobyshiba · 2009-01-21T13:18:39.000Z At 7 months, Toby was probably 30lbs. I can't remember. D: To put it into perspective, Toby was 10lbs at 12 weeks old. Fat puppy. ## lindsayt · 2009-01-21T13:35:42.000Z Can you get breeder's bags or broken bags from the supplier/at the store-maybe cheaper, I don't know if it's possible in your area given the remote-atude. Wow! ## kekti · 2009-01-21T13:43:38.000Z ok what would be the best way to go about switching roxy to a scheduled feeding ## hondru (moderator) · 2009-01-21T14:56:11.000Z That's more food than I go through in a year. Of course, that doesn't count all the raw I feed, though. ## brada1878 (admin) · 2009-01-21T14:57:53.000Z Rui - Our pups LOVE the salmon Acana. The only downside is if they spit up at all [Kahuna tends to do this due to drink too much water] you get a lovely fishy smell. Joe - Yes, we feed all the pups at the same time except for lunch - Masha is the only pup that gets lunch. We feed them in their crates or in different areas of the house. Some of them eat twice a day some eat once - some of them just don't like to eat in the AM. ---- Food costs - We are part of the Orijen/Acana breeder program, so we get a small discount, but it is what it is... We have 11 dogs, 4 of them are Akita, and 2 are Caucasian Mountain Dogs. Some are even puppies and therefore eat more... so, it's gonna be a lot of food to feed that type of pack. Where a Shiba will get a cup of food [or so] a day An Akita eats around 3 cups and a CO eats about 6 cups a day. ---- As for the poop, I will go out and take a pic later. We have been collecting it in the wheel barrel for a while now, eventually I will build some poo composters but I have to wait till the snow melts for that. ---- --- **Navigate:** [Forum home](https://nihonken.org/community/?format=md) · [Sitemap](https://nihonken.org/community/sitemap.xml)