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DaxAriel's toy
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posted June 29, 2004 04:44 PM
Ariel has always been BIG and I actually thought she's been slimming a little. The vets assistance tells me she's still overweight.
I don't think it's dinners but do think it's dog cookies. I catch people giving her treats thru the fence (cause she's soo cute!!) and I'm guilty of using them as training rewards. She might be about 5 lbs too heavy right now.
Here's my question:
a) do I post a DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS SIGN?
b) do I eliminate all treats only meals?
c) do I change from puppy food to adult food?
What do you guys think?
PS she's still at the vet's recovering from her spay. POOR BABY.
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posted June 29, 2004 07:50 PM
Well, with our puppy we actually don't give her dinner, because we work with her training in the night, so her dinner IS treats. I think that was suggested by our trainer, and we have a nice, fit puppy. Also, perhaps you should look into "beware of dog" signs for the fence...People would proably be less likely to approach and give treats to a supposedly "mean" dog. But before enforcing the steryotype, you could try just a "do not feed the dog" sign, although that may not work as well. That should easily take care of 5 lbs over I period of time, methinks. But then, I've never had an overweight dog.
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posted June 29, 2004 08:00 PM
The people who feed her - know her. She's a sweetie and a mooch.
I was doing some more research on line and in books and she might be a tad over the ideal for a rotti.
I think I'll cut out the milkbone biscuts and just use dog food and start measuring. Since I'm sure she's stealing food from my older dog who's really picky & slow eater, I'll have to separate them.
Part is still puppy fat which she's had all along but she just started developing real muscles.
Thanks for replying.
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posted June 29, 2004 09:10 PM
Yep I agree to all if you consider skipping dinner for treats or which ever meal is convienient for you you can buy rolls of rollover it is actually good quality dog food looks like salami, comes in beef turkey, lamb.
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posted June 30, 2004 04:16 AM
Just a note on the "Beware of dog sign".... sometimes they do more harm than good, for the homeowner. If you have the sign, and your dog bites someone, you could be charged with owning a dangerous animal (or something like that) that you knew was a threat (hence the sign). If your dog bites someone, and no sign.... I think things work out a little better for you. The case I am thinking of here involved a burglar being bitten by a "knowingly aggressive dog" (sign)and the home owners having to pay the burglar's medical bills.
Don't know where I read this..... but I dod ask my insurance rep about this, and she said it was the truth, at least where I am.....
Good luck with ariel, she's a beauty!!!!
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posted June 30, 2004 09:43 AM
I think switching from puppy to dog food would probably do it. My Charlie has the highest metabolism ever, so he started to lose weight on the adult food. I had to increase his amount.
Anyway, as I said I think that may be enough ![[Smile]](smile.gif) .
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posted June 30, 2004 09:56 AM
in brief the answers to the question
1) yes goodness knows what people might accidentally feed them this is always a good idea
2) Yes, treats are not a good idea for dogs prone to be overweight. If you need to use food rewards then measure out her ration in the morning and use a single nugget from that as a reward when necessary.
3) Only if she is adult age.
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posted June 30, 2004 11:12 AM
You mention that neighbors feed her treats, you feed her treats, and she might be eating the older dogs food.
So you really at this point dont have any idea how much and of what she's eating.
So before I considered switching foods id stop all of the above until you can get a handle on what her actual intake is. From there you can figure out if its best to cut down her food, switch it or both.
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posted June 30, 2004 02:20 PM
Good point... I really don't know how much she's been getting from other sources. I'm home for the next 4 days - so l'll keep my eyes open and see if I can corner the neighbors and ask them to limit their nutritional contributions.
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posted July 02, 2004 03:39 AM
Doglover, my Sophie used to be obese, we just kept giving her so many treats, snacks, rewards, s***** and her puppy food when she was little that she was 10kg overweight, I'm not sure what that is in pounds. It took us a year!! I'm not kidding to get her back to 30kg, which is supposed to be a little heavy for her, but the vet says she is big boned and it is fine.
Easy to put on, sooo hard to get off. Visitors used to come and try to give her tit bits, I just about jumped down their throats, so we put up a sign, 'DON'T FEED SOPHIE' - 'ON A DIET', we also spoke to our neighbours explaining her predicament. It is good that you are going to be home.
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posted July 02, 2004 06:55 AM
Ariel is 43 kg and she will be 6 mths on July 5th. She has never had that lean look of a whippet always a barrel chest. The vet tech says I should be able to feel her ribs clearly.
I don't feel fat on her sides but muscles/meat. TO me it seems like she's just started developing the big muscle groups on her legs, back & chest because we are now doing "real" exercise vs puppy play. I'll just monitor and make sure that I keep track of what she's getting to get. She has at least another year of puppy growth so a diet to lose weight isn't the right thing either.
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posted July 02, 2004 07:03 AM
doglover I would caution you to monitor "real excersise" carefully. If she still has significant skelatal development to do overdoing it can be detrimental. I would never roadwork a puppy. Swimming and fetch and things that are low impact are best.. good luck.
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posted July 02, 2004 08:12 AM
Thanks... summer is so limited here but I'm planning on twice a week trips to the river for swimming which I think is the best excersie for the puppy and my old girl she's 10.
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