how much should a 1 year old pug dog eat?

and what kind of food is best for them?

What kind of food is best for them?Unfortunately, almost all commercial food is made up of fillers that dogs and cats can't digest mixed with powered meat bits from an unknown origin.For starters, it is legal and common to put euthanized cats and dogs into kibble. The agent they use to euthanize them does NOT break down when the kibble or canned food is cooked and the end result is a slow poisoning each time you feed. Even high grade commercial foods cause very serious health issues in the long run. If your vet recommended this food to you then please understand that vets are not given education in dog and cat nutrition. They learn how to feed a dairy vs. a meat cow and they learn which prescription diets are for which ailment. That's it. They don't really need to know what to feed Fido in order to neuter him. Just like MDs don't need to know that much about how to feed people.I greatly encourage you to read up on what is allowed legally into commercial foods for pets. Here are some great links to some videos about that:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkyBv2wA8…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkyBv2wA8…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfFmhgbZn…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHadGUXCf…I also greatly encourage you to learn the benefits of a different dietary options, here is the link to part of a chapter of the book "Scared Poopless", and award winning book on pet health. It's only a few pages, but it will surely show you why homemade diets are the best way to go:http://www.dogs4dogs.com/JR_PDFs%20from%…If you are interested in a homemade diet option, then do your research. I did mine and ended up choosing a "prey model" diet. On this diet my dogs poops less because he actually absorbs what I give him to eat. The poop doesn't smell either. It's much cheaper than a commercial diet too. I only spend $30 bucks every two months on my small breed dog and my friend's Dane only costs her $40 a month as opposed to $50-60 for a high quality bag that doesn't last that long. On top of everything, my dog is healthier. He seemed fine before but now he is AMAZING. Here are a few resources to the diet I choose to feed, which by the way, takes little time to prepare:http://www.rawfed.com/http://rawfedcats.org/http://rawlearning.com/and a group on Yahoo! that helped me greatly:http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfe…Finally, I understand if you are feeling unsure about taking the plunge into a home prepared diet. That is normal. So, eve though kibble and canned foods are extremely processed junk food I will provide you with a resource page to choose the very best commercial food. I only feed canned if I have to feed commercial because it is less processed than kibble and is far higher in moisture content so my pets don't become as dehydrated. The link is unbiased and evaluates based on ingredients alone(though lab testing on dogs and cats by commercial feed companies is also very cruel): http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/Please, understand that I want you to read all of this not because I want to gross you out, but because I want you to know that your precious family member is really getting the worst of the worst from people who don't care about her at all. But they will lie to you in an instant.Also, read up on the dangers of heart worm meds, flea/tick meds, and over vaccination. Vets would like you to believe that you need to medicate fluffy every month to protect her, but those "meds" are actually dangerous pesticides. As for vaccination, many vaccines have been proven to last a lifetime but are given over and over to make money. Scared poopless has great info on these topics. Oh, and next time you want a puppy, try Naturally reared.com.EDIT: I have a Facebook group called "Natural Pet Care." It will give you great resources as well.How much should they eat?Between 2-4% on a Raw diet.

Good gracious! Um...I'm not sure if you'd like another novel to read, but I have a female pug who is now 2 years old. I've fed her adult Science Diet food for about 14 months now, and I put approximately a cup of kibble in her bowl around lunchtime, with a couple of "treats" on top (the treats are two or three pieces of kibble from another type of dog food. she thinks she is getting spoiled!) she usually eats the whole bowl, or at least 3/4 of it. I would say a cup and a half for a male pug, and then adjust it depending on whether or not he ate it all or seemed to need a little more.