badboyz Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) Hi, my boomerang beagle, has returned to me as a 3yr old 19.7kg piglet. I have her on a diet and she has my other dogs to chase and play with. She has lost 600gms in this first week, weighing in at 19.1kg today. I was hoping for more. Can anyone tell me if this is a good amount or should we have done better. She is certainly getting fitter, as last week she could barely run and would collapse on the ground panting. Now she is zooming around whenever she gets the chance. :rolleyes: Pic added for the record, mid week 1: Edited October 14, 2008 by badboyz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss B Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 600g, I'd be happy with that :rolleyes: I've got my two Cavs on the Hills R/D weight reduction diet and they are doing really well. You will probably find that she will lose a really decent amount for the first couple of weeks, and then her weight loss will slow down or even plateau. Just continue with her diet/exercise and you'll see results. Slow and steady is the key to weight loss success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretel Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What are you feeding her? I like to do away with any dry food if they need to lose weight. With visiting fat Cavs I feed chicken neck/s and veggies and they lose weight easily on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboyz Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 When she first came she would not eat any raw at all, with the exception of chicken necks. Ex owner sent over a huge container of some cheap and nasty dry food, which she happily ate. So, she gets 2/3 chicken necks in the morning (depending on their size) and about a 1/2 cup of Optimum Weight Management dry at night. I was initially adding a few spoons of the same tinned food, and was gradually changing that to the raw mince I feed my own dogs. So now she is eating the 1/2 cup dry and small globs of raw mince for dinner. I guess the 600gms is pretty good, considering she will also be building up muscles she'd forgotton she had! I think I was just expecting her to be under the 19kg mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~*Shell*~ Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Woah! 500grams is the recommended weight loss rate per week for a human so 600 grams for a dog is massive! My dog has been on a diet since last year - and he's only lost about 8kgs - with about 6-9 more to go (he was 43kgs at his heaviest because of the poor diet his old owners gave him). Our vet said that was a good rate of loss for him because he had no muscle on him when i got him (dumped in a backyard). Zero is a sibe though and some lines have notoriously slow metabolisms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest june.andnovas Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Could be different for dog but I've found chicken necks too fatty for a pet who needs to shed a few. My male cat was around 7.6 and he was chubby. now he's around 7.3 and looking a very sexy boy. I found taking him away from chicken all together until I'm happy with his weight seems to be working. He ate some last week, stole them from the kitten and he gained a few grams from eating some. Maybe it is just him but they don't seem like a good food for a pet who is chubby! Maybe try switching to a less fatty boney meat? He is also on RC light and it's working wonders for him. Just my thoughts =) Now I have learnt my lesson ... keep your cat/dog slightly underweight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 600g is fantastic for a week. She must have been feed sooooo much before she came to you if you are still feeding 3 chicken necks plus dry food and she is losing weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dackel Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hi, I must agree with Gretel. Get rid of the dry food for a while at least until she is more stable in her weight. I have a dachshund who smells food and puts on the weight. I only fee raw now i.e raw meaty bones, veg, sardines a bid of offal etc and no dry. He lost weight and I can now feel his ribs . BTW he has mch more energy and is a happier dog all round. My Vet said " Less food, more exercise" works best of all Petra andfelix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laneka Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 I have a desexed Rott bitch who has done her ACL and because of limited exercise tends to put on weight. I put her on a diet of minced mixed veges and fruit and lean minced beef. This girl puts on weight when I feed her raw lean meaty bones. No dry food at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboyz Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Thanks all for the tips and encouragement. I've never had to diet a dog here before. Working on decreasing the dry and increasing the raw mince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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