Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: good low cal food
as you know megan has to loose a lot of weight 8kg or more .at the momment shes on our pet shops own brand low cal food .because she has to loose so much can anyone recomend a good low cal food thanks sue
I do low cal kong toy stuffing for the girls, its just a thin chicken broth, with either turnip or carrot in (no spuds ) water and chicken boiled down. I bung up the end of the kong by bashing a piece of carrot down into it, then fill, and freeze upright.
I don't know about complete foods, but in the past if one of the girls looks to be a bit porky I've always just cut back the amount they're getting. Chloe's portions are tiny compared to Indie and Tau, but then she's a doddery oldie who doesn't burn anywhere near the amount of calories they do.
I do low cal kong toy stuffing for the girls, its just a thin chicken broth, with either turnip or carrot in (no spuds ) water and chicken boiled down. I bung up the end of the kong by bashing a piece of carrot down into it, then fill, and freeze upright.
I don't know about complete foods, but in the past if one of the girls looks to be a bit porky I've always just cut back the amount they're getting. Chloe's portions are tiny compared to Indie and Tau, but then she's a doddery oldie who doesn't burn anywhere near the amount of calories they do.
To be honest low calorie food is just an expensive way to go, more money for the pet food manufacturers. The best thing to do is to reduce the amount of ordinary food that you are giving.
Just as with people there is no magical cure for reducing weight. I am afraid it is just feeding less and bulking up with vegetables.
I've suggested before (more than once) trying Iams Light - a 15kg sack should last you a few months - and there are some very good offers on it at the moment making it cheaper than the normal Iams foods
is boiled spuds and carrots ok to give to reduce wight?
Carrots are OK, though they don't have to be boiled, just diced up smallish. Spuds are OK occasionally, but are a complex carbohydrate, so need to be used with great caution when trying to help a dog lose weight (just as with humans really).
For the OP. When I was having problems with Charlie's weight I did not bother with diet foods. I just selected a good quality food (Burns, in our case) and fed it in reduced portions. I also extended his exercise each day, and he lost the weight fairly quickly.
There really is no great big secret here. Select a good quality food (Burns, Autarky, Arden Grange etc., but NOT rubbish brands like Pedigree or Bakers no matter whether they are "on offer" or not) and feed a reduced amount. Increase her exercise, though in small amounts at first so as to minimise strain on her joints while the weight problem settles down.
As others have said, there is no miracle cure for obesity, just feed less and exercise more. If you have already cut her food down by a lot and she is getting plenty of non ploddy exercise, they get her Thyroid levels checked at the vets.
I meet a lady who for years had trouble with her rather portly Spinone. He had been on every diet food you can buy and only ever had very reduced rations, plus no treats at all. It was only after several years did her vet test his Thyroid function and found his levels were really minimal. Now he is on Thyroxine tablets daily, he eats a good sized meal twice a day, of normal non diet food AND he has lost about 10kgs. He looks and acts like a different dog now. So if you haven't already, then please do ask your vet to test for this, as it's only a simple blood test and it could make all the difference.
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) water and chicken boiled down. I bung up the end of the kong by bashing a piece of carrot down into it, then fill, and freeze upright.
