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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
We own a three year-old male Border Collie.
We bought Karl as a two year-old from a trainer here in Ontario, Canada. We were feeding him about 1 1/3 cups of medium size Nutrience twice a day. When he weighed in at about 43 lbs at the vet about 6 months ago we cut him down to 1 cups twice a day. Last week we cut him down to 2/3 cup twice a day. He is getting about a 1 hour run most mornings with other dogs and is healthy and his height is small to medium (for a Border Collie). We brought him to the farm where he was raised until he was 2 and the trainer said that he was overweight and should be about 35 lbs. I cannot see him getting more excerside or eating less than 2/3 cup twice a day. He is also holding his weight at about 43 lbs. So, I was thinking about changing his kibble to one of the 'diet' formulas. We don't want to spend a small fortune on his food and on the other hand we don't want to change over to the 'supermarket' variety of food. All suggestions are appreciated. |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
wrote in message ps.com... We own a three year-old male Border Collie. He is getting about a 1 hour run most mornings with other dogs and is healthy and his height is small to medium (for a Border Collie). He is also holding his weight at about 43 lbs. ..........nevermind what the breeder said, how does the dog look? buglady take out the dog before replying |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
The vet said that trainers like working dogs on the thin side.
He also said that we should try to get him down to about 38-39 lbs from 43. |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
NUTRO.
wrote in message ps.com... We own a three year-old male Border Collie. We bought Karl as a two year-old from a trainer here in Ontario, Canada. We were feeding him about 1 1/3 cups of medium size Nutrience twice a day. When he weighed in at about 43 lbs at the vet about 6 months ago we cut him down to 1 cups twice a day. Last week we cut him down to 2/3 cup twice a day. He is getting about a 1 hour run most mornings with other dogs and is healthy and his height is small to medium (for a Border Collie). We brought him to the farm where he was raised until he was 2 and the trainer said that he was overweight and should be about 35 lbs. I cannot see him getting more excerside or eating less than 2/3 cup twice a day. He is also holding his weight at about 43 lbs. So, I was thinking about changing his kibble to one of the 'diet' formulas. We don't want to spend a small fortune on his food and on the other hand we don't want to change over to the 'supermarket' variety of food. All suggestions are appreciated. |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
Hi, I've an 11.5 year old Wicklow Collie who is deemed overwight.One
vet said he should idealy be 21 kg for his age and he is now 22.20 kg. He has been put on Waltham Low Fat Digestive cans, one a day plus some simple meat like turkey or chicken. Two months ago he had gained 1 kg in a month but I think he is doing fine.The special cans are a rip off at 2 euro each but he also has a gastro entoritis problem so the cans are recommended for that too. Ask your vet about your dog! |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
And ... its readily available.
Thank you. I will check it out. |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
We will check for fat later today and post the results.
However, I checked the guidlines on the kibble bag. Assuming that we want him to weigh about 35 lbs the bag suggests about the amount that we are feeding or even a bit more. One pet food store was recommending a kibble that is salmon based (instead of chicken). They say that it does wonders for dogs. It is also very expensive at about $55 (Canadian) for about 30 lbs or less. The Nutrience is about $41 for 40 lbs. |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
We did (see previous post).
He thinks Karl should be about 38 lbs (from 43). |
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Recommendation for a 'Diet' food for Overweight Border Collie
" wrote in
oups.com: We will check for fat later today and post the results. However, I checked the guidlines on the kibble bag. Assuming that we want him to weigh about 35 lbs the bag suggests about the amount that we are feeding or even a bit more. The bag of what I'm feeding to my dogs suggests an amount that's about twice what I'm actually feeding them. The smaller dog is still getting a bit portly. If I fed the "recommended" amounts, the poor beasts would look like furry beachballs with eyes. |
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