Dog on low fat diet put on 2kg in 4 months

rising_from_the_ashes

Another thing to consider - does the vets have one set of scales (say in the waiting room) or is there a set of scales in each consulting room?

If the latter, then there can be a difference between scales

Maisie has been to the vet today and in a different consulting room than she's been in before - and the scales weighed her a lot lighter

I have cut her rations a bit but there is no way she's lost 2kg in a month!

Previous similar reductions have brought about a loss of 1kg for the 1st month or 2 then it reduced to 1/2 kg / month


So, although he may have gained weight, it might not be as much as you're fearing

I can now see why my old vets just had the one set in the waiting room!

dawnie1972

Rev - no I don't mean the IDA dry food, I mean the Hills Prescription Diet I/D Low Fat wet food.

Rising From The Ashes - the vets have one set of scales - out in reception area, so only weighed on those scales. Also she was 13.4kg at last visit, and is now 15.8kg, from memory before she got the pancreaatitis she was 14.6 so lost a kilo during that bad week of illness but has put all that back in plus the same again.

The Devil Made Me Do It - she won't touch wainwrights, tried her on that when she was first diagnosed pancreatitis, and have tried her again about a month ago but she'll leave it in her dish and not touch it.

Rev

dawnie1972 wrote: »

Rev - no I don't mean the IDA dry food, I mean the Hills Prescription Diet I/D Low Fat wet food.

Rising From The Ashes - the vets have one set of scales - out in reception area, so only weighed on those scales. Also she was 13.4kg at last visit, and is now 15.8kg, from memory before she got the pancreaatitis she was 14.6 so lost a kilo during that bad week of illness but has put all that back in plus the same again.

The Devil Made Me Do It - she won't touch wainwrights, tried her on that when she was first diagnosed pancreatitis, and have tried her again about a month ago but she'll leave it in her dish and not touch it.

TBH. The wet isn't much better.


Inhredients.


Water, Turkey Liver, Pork Liver, Rice, Egg White, Rice Flour, Pork by-Product, Whole Grain Corn, Egg Product, Flaxseed, Dried Beet Pulp, Oat Fiber, Calcium Carbonate, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Ginger Root Powder, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Choline Chloride, Iodized Salt, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Ascorbic Acid (source of vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Beta-Carotene, Copper Sulfate, Niacin, Manganous Oxide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Biotin, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite.


Rice flour. Corn. Egg white. Rice. Oats. Pork by product.


Burns is supposed to be good for getting weight off dogs. I don't rate it because it's basically rice flavoured with a bit of meat but there are no nasties in it.


They also have a nutrition help line you can call up tell them what's what and they will tell you what food is suitable. A lot of people use them as an alternative to prescription diets. Worth a mention.

When my dog needed to lose a KG a basically just cut the food by 10-20% and bulked it out with veg which is just empty calories. Used fruit as treats etc. it's hard especially when you can't figure out why the weight is going on. But I'm sure you'll figure it out.

sheramber

What kind of biscuit are you feeding?

I would probably cut back on the biscuit feed.

Babbawah

I will be blatatantly honest with you here because the truth hurts you but it might help your dog.

Your dog is putting on weight because you're feeding it wrong & I suspect you don't really understand the dietry needs of a dog.

It is a dog. It should eat what, when & how a dog eats.

It is not your child, it is not like a human surrogate & never will be. It is a dog.

Repeat the mantra . . . it is a dog.

Treat it like one & feed it like one & it will reward you by suddenly reverting back to that which we love.

Which is a dog, behaving like a dog.

Paradigm

Babbawah wrote: »

I will be blatatantly honest with you here because the truth hurts you but it might help your dog.

Your dog is putting on weight because you're feeding it wrong & I suspect you don't really understand the dietry needs of a dog.

It is a dog. It should eat what, when & how a dog eats.

It is not your child, it is not like a human surrogate & never will be. It is a dog.

Repeat the mantra . . . it is a dog.

Treat it like one & feed it like one & it will reward you by suddenly reverting back to that which we love.

Which is a dog, behaving like a dog.

Please explain?

Babbawah

Paradigm wrote: »

Please explain?

To you, I don't feel the need to.

You are a part of the problem, not a part of the solution.

It is not possible for a dog, or even a human, to eat 1kg of food & put 1kg+ of weight on. Not even if the food is 100% fat, sugar, carbs, or anything else your stupidity would deem to thrust upon us.

Dogs are dogs & they should eat what, how & when, the same things they have for 1000's of years before stupid dog owners came along & destroyed their health with food that stupid dog owners think their dogs should be eating.

Harsh but true.

You are killing your dogs because you don't actually like dogs, you just have this warped & false sense that owning a dog is somehow a good thing.

Paradigm

Babbawah wrote: »

To you, I don't feel the need to.

You are a part of the problem, not a part of the solution.

It is not possible for a dog, or even a human, to eat 1kg of food & put 1kg+ of weight on. Not even if the food is 100% fat, sugar, carbs, or anything else your stupidity would deem to thrust upon us.

Dogs are dogs & they should eat what, how & when, the same things they have for 1000's of years before stupid dog owners came along & destroyed their health with food that stupid dog owners think their dogs should be eating.

Harsh but true.

You are killing your dogs because you don't actually like dogs, you just have this warped & false sense that owning a dog is somehow a good thing.

Thought I was asking too much.

krlyr

Babbawah wrote: »

To you, I don't feel the need to.

You are a part of the problem, not a part of the solution.

It is not possible for a dog, or even a human, to eat 1kg of food & put 1kg+ of weight on. Not even if the food is 100% fat, sugar, carbs, or anything else your stupidity would deem to thrust upon us.

Dogs are dogs & they should eat what, how & when, the same things they have for 1000's of years before stupid dog owners came along & destroyed their health with food that stupid dog owners think their dogs should be eating.

Harsh but true.

You are killing your dogs because you don't actually like dogs, you just have this warped & false sense that owning a dog is somehow a good thing.

So what should she be feeding her dog?

Owain_Moneysaver

If she's putting on weight she's eating too much and exercising not enough. To lose weight you have to feed less than a diet that would maintain weight.

Most dogs are experts at the plaintive "I'm hungry" look. If you feed her less (within veterinary guidance, of course) her tummy will soon 'shrink' and she'll get used to the smaller meals.