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I think switching to a better quality food as suggested earlier should be your first step. Innova EVO is a great one. Cutting the time down to eat should be done since in the wild, it isn't natural for food to just hang around until the dog is finished eating. They've gotta eat quick and get that food down or another predator is going to take it away. It also helps dogs be less picky since you'll come to an understanding of "eat what I put before you or you won't get anything until next mealtime".
I feed my pup for about 20-30 minutes. She's on Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul and she gets about a cup and a half a day split into two meals. Lately her appetite has changed and she's not eating all of it, I'll probably begin cutting it back to a cup a day.
She does get Mother Hubbard cookies (3-4 a day) and if we do a clicker training session she won't get a meal since she'll have eaten many treats (I use Natural Balance tube food cut into squares).
She weighs about 19-20 lbs at 6 months old. She looks like a skinny string bean my friends tell me, but she's a good weight. She walks anywhere between 2-5 miles a day and more on the weekend when we go hiking.
You definately want to put him on a good quality food first. He might lose weight just due to that. Grains shouldn't be a major ingredient in any dog diet.
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