Need advice about a good diet food please.

**Freedom** · 03-22-2007, 02:43 PM

Hi!

Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover is also a very good quality food. They make a lite version. It is all human grade ingredients. Here is the web site:

http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/

Along the top, click on "find a dealer" and put in your zip code.

**binka_nugget** · 03-22-2007, 02:56 PM

I had a lot of success with 50% pumpkin, 50% meat with Kai. I guess it's easier to mix it in with meat than kibble.. but it might be worth a try.

**My Peanuts** · 03-22-2007, 03:37 PM

Thanks everyone!

Ashley, you are talking about the raw right, right? I'd love to do it if I could afford to, but it would be near impossible because of Jimmy's no meat diet. I couldn't give the other dogs fresh meat and poor Jim his prescription U/D food.

Logan, I'm checking out that website now.

**binka_nugget** · 03-22-2007, 03:39 PM

Yep, I did it with raw.. but it might be worth a shot to try it with the kibble. I had to switch back to kibble recently (chicken soup) because of Kaedyn's pancreatitis scare.. I'm just gonna continue mixing the pumpkin with Kai's kibble.

**GrabaLab** · 03-22-2007, 05:24 PM

Our Lab got a little heavy and we are using Exclusive™ Reduced Fat
Chicken & Rice Adult Formula Fresh Chicken. [green bag] at the website:
http://www.pminutrition.com/main.html

We increased his excerise and he's done really well loosing weight.

Good luck!

**carole** · 03-22-2007, 06:19 PM

Well i donot have dogs, but i do have overweight kitties, and to be honest i have one success story, my lexie has lost over 2pounds, and i did not buy any special diet food as such, i just limited her intake to what the packet said for her to loose weight, and was strict about it and it worked, so maybe that is all you will have to do,but you do have to be super strict.

,but of course if that is not working as you say, then combination of low cal food and intake should do it, good luck.

**Kfamr** · 03-22-2007, 07:00 PM

Firstly, How much kibble are you feeding them? I wouldn't change foods, but reduce the amount and try one of the followings.

Cut out the wet food. Find something else to entice them.
A few ideas:
Add one of the following:
-Canned pumpkin
-Sodium-free canned green beans
-Any kind of cooked or pureed squash

Don't over do it, just maybe a generous spoonful of one since your guys are smaller. These all act as (good) fillers and don't have the useless ingredients and sugars that wet dog food does.

If you don't feel you need to reduce the amount of food:

Add water to their food and stir it around (NOT hot water, it will destroy any heat sensitive nutrients, just room temp. water.)

Of course, they may have added on some extra pounds with the winter months, however definetly get them some healthy exercise, too. As someone else mentioned, a food with a lower protein amount will help with weight loss.

**mr.chiwawa** · 03-22-2007, 11:31 PM

Heres a link to what I feed my dog they also have a low fat one for over weight dogs...with all the pet food scares comming out I would be very leary of some brands....Hope this works......

http://www.healthypetnet.com/Healthy...oductID=401106

PS. they have other size bags and its cheaper if you do auto ship and a thousand times better for your dog.... if you would rather try a sample first let me know and i can send some your way...my moms friend is a "dealer" and wouldnt charge me if i asked for some and where your a pter and we are all here for the same thing nor would i......

**CathyBogart** · 03-22-2007, 11:36 PM

I agree that reducing the amount of food further and bulking it with a bit of pumpkin or string beans would probably work.

**My Peanuts** · 03-23-2007, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Kfamr

Firstly, How much kibble are you feeding them? I wouldn't change foods, but reduce the amount and try one of the followings.

If you don't feel you need to reduce the amount of food:

Add water to their food and stir it around (NOT hot water, it will destroy any heat sensitive nutrients, just room temp. water.)

Harley gets half a cup twice a day, Sylvia and Morty get 1/3 a cup twice a day.

I really like the pumpkin idea, I'll try that. I've tried green beans and other veggies, but maybe the pumpkin with coat the dry food and force them to eat it instead of pick through it. I hate that they like Pedigree. I'm not saying it's bad food, but I have reservations about any food that can be bought in a super market.

I tried the water, they are too smart for me!