Thanks for the info. We feed her twice daily, but I have to admit, since my daughter started on grown up food, Ursa's been quite the opportunistic cleaner upper. This is something we work very hard to discourage, and our daughter has been good in not feeding Ursa snacks like she used to (she used to have a game where she'd ask for a biter biscuit and then sneak it to Ursa.)
I'm going to see how the grain-less diet works for her. She walks a few miles every day with either myself or my hubby, but since I've got a triathlon in less than a month, maybe I'll bring her along on a few of my light runs (I'm a terrible runner, so she won't be working beyond her ability right now.)
Our friends with the Rottie and two cockers actually changed what they were feeding when they saw how trim my three girls are and their male cocker had become very chunky.. I saw him last weekend (they live in California and have a second home here) and he is starting to slim down nicely after a couple of months off food with grains in it... of course, he is also getting a little more exercise from their new puppy. I did laugh when you said your child was slipping food to your dog, because our friends "were" slipping cheeseburgers to Ozzie because the husband felt guilty eating in front of him....
Yep, Ridgebacks are cool/gorgeous, but they’re definitely not for everyone.
I will have to figure out how to post a pic or two some day.