How much do you feed a corgi?

Responsible corgi ownership means making sure you’re feeding your best friend right. But it’s hard when your dog has a face that you just want to give them treats to all day!
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How much a corgi eats changes throughout their life. Here’s a few guidelines to ensure you are giving your corgi the correct amount of food.

​How much do you feed a corgi a day?

The suggested amount of food for your adult corgi is 2/3 cups to 1 1/2 cups of dog food split across two meals.

So that’s between 1/3 and 3/4 of a cup each meal. You can measure out how much food you should give your corgi using a standard kitchen measuring cup.

However, you may still be wondering: “how do I know which of these measurements is best for my corgi?”

The amount of food to give your corgi depends on a few factors. These include:
  •  The body type of your corgi
  •  The height, length, and size of your corgi
  •  The age of your corgi – and whether they are an adult or a puppy
  •  The amount of activity your corgi gets each day – and what they do!
  •  The metabolism and metabolic rate of your corgi

Overall, the bigger and more energetic your corgi is, the more food they are going to need. Smaller corgis, or corgis that are very young or very old, do not need enough food to sustain themselves.

With time, you will get a sense of how much food your corgi needs. If they start gaining weight, or losing weight, you may need to adjust their diets. You should also ensure that you are giving your dog high-quality food (check the ingredients!) This will help keep your corgi healthy, full, and will stop them pining for treats later in the evening.
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You should also always have water available to them, so that they can stay hydrated. This is critical in warmer countries and hot seasons!

​How often should you feed a corgi puppy?

Corgi puppies are a little bit different when it comes to how much they need to be fed. But as you’d expect, a smaller dog means a small diet.

From 2–4 months, you want to slowly move them from around 1/3 cup to around 1 cup, adding a little more each week. By 10 months, they should be able to eat a similar amount to a full-grown dog.

When they are a puppy, you should feed them smaller portions more often, rather than bigger portions less often. This can mean four feedings when they are only a few months old, cutting down to 1–2 as they age.

You should also ensure that you are feeding them puppy food (i.e. food that is specially designed for puppies) rather than generic dog food. The higher protein levels and extra nutrients are better for your corgi puppy’s growth, and will help keep them healthy.
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Like their adult counterparts, it is very important to keep them hydrated, and leave water out and available to them. The last thing you want is poor puppy health from a lack of water.

​When to switch your dog from puppy to adult food

It’s hard, isn’t it? You want your puppy to stay a baby forever (but somehow have all the training of a grown dog!), and keep all their cute features.
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As much as we want it to be so, our puppies aren't going to be puppies forever. Sooner or later, they grow up, graduate puppy school, and they're off to university!

A corgi puppy should move from dedicated puppy food to an adult brand at around one year old (give or take depending on their development). The different ingredients help support their different body needs.

Some corgis will adjust to this straight away and will easily take to new food. Other corgis you may need to ween onto the new brand, by slowly substituting in the new food in portions over a few weeks.

However long it takes, this is an important step in your corgi’s development, and one that all corgi owners eventually have to take.
A corgi eating a piece of melon
It is fine for adult corgi's to have the occasional treat, but don't make them the main part of the diet.

Can I free-feed my corgi?

If you've never heard this term before, free-feeding is leaving food out all day for your corgi to graze on. Like a dog bowl filled with kibble.

Free-feeding means that your corgi can eat whenever they are hungry. This sounds good in principle.

However, corgis are often voracious eaters, and can have a hard time limiting their intake. That means that even with the best intentions, you might end up with a dog two or three times the recommended size!

We recommend only feeding your corgi at set times during the day, and only the amount they required. This will help keep their weight under control.

Final thoughts on feeding your corgi

Whether you have a little baby corgi pup, or a fully grown corgi dog, it’s important to feed them right.
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From this article, you now know how much to feed your corgi – and this is just one more tool in your toolbelt for successful corgi ownership.

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