dog nutrition

I need help.  My dog is a heeler mix that is prone to seizures.  We have her on Phenobarbatol which I believe has made her put on weight.  I was told before we put her on the medicine to get her off corn and I have.  I feed her Diamond lamb and rice but she is hungry all the time.  She totally makes me nuts.  If she thinks I'm heading to her bowl, her food or her scooby snacks she races to beat me there and sits and waits.  She wakes me up in the middle of the night for a snack.  I don't know enough about nutrition to figure out what she needs to feel satisified.  Any ideas?

I would say that you probably need to discuss this with your vet.  Since your dog has special dietary needs any taken blanketed advice on how much to feed her could be detrimental to your dog's health. 

I feed my dog Solid Gold Lamb & Rice.  I also cook ground lamb and a mix of organic white basmati and organic brown basmati (rice).  Its about a 2:1 ratio of dry to wet food.  She had a tumor on her head a few years ago which I had removed and is in excellent health now.  Since the surgery though I don't mess around with substandard dog food.  I used to feed her Nutro Max (certainly not substandard) but I went up a notch from that even. Basically, the stuff you find in a grocery store is garbage. 

Regardless of how much your dog needs to eat I would recommend I higher quality food.  A quantity of one food is not necessarily the equivalent in nutrition as the same quantity of another food.  She may be malnourished.  Most dog foods contain some pretty awful stuff, aside from the chemicals and fillers, they also put parts of the animals unfit for human consumption in there as well as tumorous growths.  Not kidding.  And if you think you can't afford it, just think about how much it costs at the vet every time she has a health issue.  You'd be surprised what top-notch dog food can do for your dog's health.  Just think about what it would be like if you fed your kids a diet of nothing but fast food & frozen tv dinners.  They'd have health issues too. 

It is my beleif that our doggies' diets should be regarded with the same respect we have for our own and in some cases, better.  I hope this helps. 

Very helpful.  I need to do more research on the subject.  I have asked my vet about her hunger issues and they told me the first three ingredients are the most important.  Most of them I have read is protein, fiber and fat.  I thought fiber was the one you wanted to fill you up.  Thank you for your help.