What is the 90/10 rule for dogs?
Brant McLaughlin
2025-06-26 09:57:49
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The 90/10 Rule is a guideline to follow when giving your dog anything outside of their regular daily meals. Whether it’s a dog treat, fruits, berries or anything else that’s safe to feed them, do so in moderation. Treats of any kind should account for no more than 10 percent of your dog’s daily caloric intake. The remaining 90 percent should come from their regular food. This will help to prevent overfeeding and potential health problems.
Maurice Hettinger
2025-06-22 10:55:17
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When it comes to where dog’s get their daily calories, we recommend following the 90/10 rule: 90% of calories from a complete and balanced diet, 10% from treats. Treats can be considered the splurge, but more often, the actual act of giving a treat means more to the dog than the actual treat itself. Treats are typically given as a sign of affection or when training or rewarding. To most dogs, the number of treats is more important than the taste of the treat. There are some instances when high-value (ie high-calorie/ tasty) treats are needed, but more often, low-calorie treats can be given with the same end result—a happy dog! Treats are often the culprit when dogs are overweight or having trouble losing weight. If dogs get store-bought treats, be sure you know how many calories are in each treat—the bag should clearly indicate this.
Shanelle Fisher
2025-06-17 09:13:56
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You’ve probably heard of the 90/10 rule stating that treats should comprise no more than 10% of a complete and balanced diet. Precisely measuring 10% isn’t always straightforward, however, and guesstimating can result in overfeeding. One way to determine calorie count is to consult a food database, like the one provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Data Central. Then with your dog’s calorie requirements in hand, perform some basic math. For example, say you have a 20-pound dog and you’d like to treat them to a banana. Since they require between 325 to 400 calories a day, a maximum of about 32 to 40 of these calories should originate from treats. Feeding her an entire small banana –which contains about 90 calories– is excessive.
Shaun Leannon
2025-06-04 14:34:04
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A healthy, balanced diet for adult pets should consist of 90% well formulated dry or canned food and 10% from outside sources such as training treats, dental treats, toppers, table scraps and supplements. Dry or canned food that is well researched and formulated to meet the standards put out by AAFCO and WSAVA will provide all of the vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients your pet needs to thrive. When you feed your pet over 10% of outside sources you are creating an unbalanced diet, putting your pet at risk for nutritional deficiencies and obesity. For reference, if your pet’s daily calorie intake is 1000 calories, then 900 calories should come from dry or canned food and only 100 calories should be from treats. Please ask your veterinarian how many calories your pet should consume daily to help determine what 10% of calories is.
Osvaldo Deckow
2025-06-04 09:39:52
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The 90/10 rule teaches your dog that 90% of the time it works for you both and 10% of the time it works for you. You see the dog with the stolen item – you walk calmly to the fridge and get out some cheese. You call the dog over – or approach them smiling – offer your piece of cheese so you can get them to swap the item. When the item falls to the floor – DON’T PICK IT UP. Smile, offer more cheese. Repeat… repeat… repeat – until they stop snatching the item back again. Now pick up the item – offer it back to the dog with 2 hands. Offer a piece of cheese as a swap – DON’T PICK THE ITEM UP. Say ‘thank you’ (or similar), reach down and pick up the item in 1 hand. Now give a piece of cheese. Once you have done this a number of times the dog will no longer want to hold the item. You can now pick the item up with 1 hand and remove it. You have taught them that 90% of the time they will get the item back PLUS cheese. 10% of the time, the item will be removed.