Well, at least one of us is trying to do better :~D
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Well, at least one of us is trying to do better :~D
Why did you stick a pole in your poor dog's eye?
He looks a bit resistant to the program ;)
Our dog used to be such a picky eater. She was quite overweight, despite regular exercise (we walk her at least once a day, often twice, and tug games) and hardly eating anything. She used to get a scant cup of dry food and a couple of teaspoons of canned food mixed in, and one hard-boiled egg a day, and still didn't lose weight. Then she was diagnosed with diabetes, switched to W/D food. She gets not less than six cups a day and a whole can, as well as two boiled eggs, and she's lost close to 30 pounds (108 down to 79)! The vet said the food is like eating sawdust, but she just loves her new food, so we're truly grateful. It's hard to keep weight on her now, and you don't dare miss a meal or she lets you know it.
My dog Harm, a four year old Alaskan Malamute/Siberian Husky/Chocolate Lab cross, eats like a hog. However, he runs like a freight train. If I don't get out of the way, he mows me down. I can't fill that dog up. When he weighed 72 pounds, the vet said he was as big as he was going to get unless I let him get fat. Now he is nearly 90 pounds or maybe more. He is also taller. The breeder told me all the pups from the father and mother usually weighed 100-115 when fully grown.
I can't limit Harm's food intake because he will steal everyone else's food and become extremely hard to handle. However, he and I are going to start walking 3 miles a day next week. He does not know that yet, though. ;)