Diet advice

[Tilleysmom]

Put her on the Atkins Diet. No carbohydrates, especially starches and sugars.

It would more than likely work. I had a dog that needed to lose some weight. When I took her off of kibble and put her onto a raw food diet with no starch veggies, she lost the weight and had to have her food volume increased to maintain her new weight. She loved it, being able to eat more food and I loved it because she lost her excess weight.

 

[Calliesmom]

Back to this thread again! Melli's gone angry again. I'm going to give this one more shot . . . in analysis of common dog food brand kcal/cup, I found our TOTW is 350 kcal/cup. Shay gets about 1-1/2 cups a day, a bit more as sometimes the scoop is more heaping than others. This maintains him at a slim 52 pounds with enough waste to clear the anal glands but not poop-galore. Melody is only happy (and nice) when she receives 1-1/2 cups of kibble. I cut it and she becomes a demon -- even if I add plenty of veges.

I found that Avoderm and Advanced Pet Food both have a "lite" that provide 298 kcal/cup. Thus, the same amount of volume in the tummy would be about 80 calories a day less -- probably closer to 100 because I can give just a bit less than that on her. Instead of heaping, I can go to the bottom of the lip successfully.

Any thoughts of Avoderm or Advanced Pet Food? I used Avoderm on one of mine years ago but it wasn't available where I nomally shopped. That would be prior to Amazon and my best friend in the brown truck. Never tried Advanced Pet Food brand.

Thoughts? I can always add veges to that if the little piggly wiggly feels not full enogh on that food. Reminder: if she gets that volume of kibble, she's fat, happy, and very pleasant.

I'd say it's worth a shot- we've used Avoderm in our rotation- we just have to shop at a different pet store to buy it.....