How much food at 2years

Just curious.. I know all dogs are different in activity, size etc.. but in general terms, how much food in cups does the average 2 year old pyr usually eat? We feed Marley good quality food and every time I take him to the groomers this self proclamed "large breed expert" says.. "are you feeding him? he is so skinny" I think Marley seems fit and don't know if she is just used to seeing overweight dogs  or perhaps is she right?

Uh Oh only 3 1/2 cups.  My mom put a crock from a crock pot out one for Buddy and one for Dollie because they would fight over food, so I am sure they are being way over fed. Dollie (Lab) is defintely over weight, but Buddy looks pretty good, but since he will be 3 in April I was wondering if he will fill out any more then he already is.   

Bev, it really depends upon the kind of food & the activity level of the dog, so I wouldn't necessarily worry if Buddy's weight seems right.  Once you have him at home with you, you may want to take him for a little drive to the vet to step on the scale.  This is also a good way to make him more comfortable with vet visits, especially if everyone pets him & he gets lots of treats.      Anyway, if his weight seems in line with other pyrs of his height & gender, and his ribs feel fine to you & the vet, then I wouldn't be concerned.  It may be that he's just been eating a food that has a lot more filler in it, so he's needed more of it to be adequately fed.  That's one of the many benefits of Innova, it takes less food to feed them and thus they make less poop!    
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What is Innova?

Innova is a high quality dog food.  Jake, my pyr will be 2 next month.  He weighs around 100lbs.  When I was feeding Innove Evo, he was eating 6 - 8 cups a day, plus 1/4 c pureed chicken and 1/2 c brown rice.  He still needs to gain weight in my opinion.  He is just very active, running, jumping and playing with Max for a good 3 - 4 hours a day.  Now that they are on raw, he will only eat about 2-2.5 lbs a day.  If you are changing from one dry food to another, yes, you do it gradually over a period of a week or more.  To go from dry to raw, you simply stop feeding dry and start feeding raw.
Kathy

His last vet check was last year - next one in June.. he weighs about 100lbs and is eating about 5-7 cups of Nutro food daily plus treats. Will his thick coat (he is outside all the time) it is hard to guage how much fat if any is over his ribs. I guess I will ask the vet in June if he hasn't put on much weight.

The level of exercise your dog has or is getting, plays a big part in feeding requirements as well.  Since it has been cooler here for the last few months, we have been getting out more and longer.  Jake and I, since he is my "never runs out of steam" dog, have been jogging a couple of miles and walking another 3-4 almost every day.  Max hangs in for the jogging, but peters out pretty quickly.  Cody walks a few blocks and his hip bothers him.
Kathy

Jazmine my dane is 128 pounds and eats only 2 cups of food a day...Titan eats about 7 pounds of food a day. = approx. 9-10 cups of food a day (?) Maya the belgian who weighs approx. 50 pounds eats about 4-8 cups a day (super highly active) (her past owners ran her 14 miles a day and only fed her 2 cups a day.  It seems that she is maintaining her weight with this amount of food