This feature (balancing for life stage) is coming in the next update. So you could make a batch for all the adult dogs in your family and feed them different amounts; the program will tell you exactly how much to feed. However, if you have, for example, 2 puppies, 2 adults, and 1 lactating female, then you would make 3 batches. We will not have an option to make pet food for “all life stages”, as this is very imprecise.

There is a workaround with the current version.

In this example, I am assuming that you are making a batch for 3 adult dogs. Just choose any dog and balance a recipe precisely for that dog. Once that is done, run either of these two reports:

Lifestage Quantity Report

– or –

Lifestage Kilocalorie Report

Make sure the life stage for either report is set to “Adult Maintenance.”

If the report says the recipe is balanced, you can feed it to any adult dog. You have to adjust the amount for each dog (to meet their caloric requirement).

If the report says the recipe is not balanced, you have to keep modifying it (in the Recipe Balancer) and running it through the report until it is balanced. Note that this may mean the recipe becomes unbalanced for the exact dog attached to it, but that is okay. Because you are balancing a recipe for a life stage, it will never be precisely optimal for an individual dog. The advantage is that food preparation is much easier.

Next, run the Batch report to get exact measurements for your batch and the exact amount to feed to each dog:

Batch Food Report

That’s it!