2 + 2 = 15
posted by Jen | 9:22 PM
Roxy had a tooth pulled today. While the incision in her mouth is healing, the vet wants us to feed her canned dog food. So, I went to the store today and got a couple six packs of cans, figuring that would last 4-5 days. Tonight we open up a package and read the instructions on how much to feed her.
"Feed 2/3 can per day per 8 lb body weight"
Oh. My. God. Roxy weighs 100 lb. Do the math - that means these people are suggesting we feed her 8 1/3 cans of food per day. 8 cans! E-I-G-H-T! As in 2/3 of the amount of food I thought would last 4-5 days!
Now, those cans weren't terribly expensive, but I paid about $4.50 for each six pack. So, now let's add this up... At 8 cans per day that's $6.75 per day. $202.5 per month. I think we normally spend about $100 per month on food for both our dogs.
I thought, it has to be a mistake. We decided to start her out with 3 cans tonight - she didn't have any breakfast because of the surgery, after all. Then I came upstairs and checked Iams web site. For a 100 lb dog, it says 3 2/3 cans per day.
Somebody's math doesn't add up, and I've checked mine 3 times.
"Feed 2/3 can per day per 8 lb body weight"
Oh. My. God. Roxy weighs 100 lb. Do the math - that means these people are suggesting we feed her 8 1/3 cans of food per day. 8 cans! E-I-G-H-T! As in 2/3 of the amount of food I thought would last 4-5 days!
Now, those cans weren't terribly expensive, but I paid about $4.50 for each six pack. So, now let's add this up... At 8 cans per day that's $6.75 per day. $202.5 per month. I think we normally spend about $100 per month on food for both our dogs.
I thought, it has to be a mistake. We decided to start her out with 3 cans tonight - she didn't have any breakfast because of the surgery, after all. Then I came upstairs and checked Iams web site. For a 100 lb dog, it says 3 2/3 cans per day.
Somebody's math doesn't add up, and I've checked mine 3 times.
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2 Comments:
What's with the 2/3? Can't they just settle on increments of 1 can?
The other cans said 1/2 cans per 8 pounds. I think, for some reason, they wanted to use 8 pounds consistently. Which makes little sense to me, regardless of whether their math works out.
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