A dog should be maintained in good body condition and not allowed to become overweight. The food intake required to maintain good body condition will vary, and should be adjusted accordingly. Use the standard chard below as a guide. Because of the results of the extensive testing conducted on special value dog food, you can be assured that you are feeding quality nutritionally balanced food for maintenance of adult dogs. However this product is not to fed as the sole ration to growing puppies, very active dogs, hard working dogs, pregnant or lactating female dogs. These types of dogs have special nutritional needs and require a different balance of protein, calories and other nutrients. Changes in your pet's feeding habits should be made gradually. When changing over to special value dog food, first substitute small amounts of special value in place of your pet's current food. Then over the next week to 10 days increase the amounts of special value while decreasing amount of his other food until your pet has 100% special value dog food. Special value dog food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the aafco dog food nutrient profiled for maintenance 100% complete And balanced nutrition for adult dogs. No artificial flavors or colors