No food off the table or any human food. This is rule #1 - I hate beggars. If then never got any food from you outside of feeding time, they will not even beg.
Feed twice a day with quality dry food. Reduce amount until the dog starts loosing weight, once weight is achieved, up the amount to where it remains steady.

I never understood having an overweight dog. It sure is easier to keep the dog from eating than one's self ...

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I am not even close to being an expert, but my daughter feeds both of them raw food. She did a pretty extensive study about dog food and she was less than impressed of the outcome..

If you would like I will ask here to post some info here.

I have three dogs. Two are perfect in terms of weight. One is way overweight. Part of the problem is that he has a thyroid issue, but the bigger issue is that we have always left food out in a common bowl 24/7, and he LOVES food! He dropped about 4 pounds right after we put him on thyroid medication, but he's gained 3 lbs back. I talked to my wife today and told her we have to put them all on a specific feeding schedule and control their intake starting tomorrow (I'm flying a trip right now).

That's my formula exactly, excepting for the last part. My old girl's metabolism was so low (although she got tons of activity), that at 5-6 years (as her metabolism changed), I had to begin feeding her way less than any recommended "guidelines" for her size. Her last eight years, not an ounce more than 2 cups per day. Canned food would have simply "messed her up"...I found out the the hard way from a ham bone one T-giving :).

Leaving food in the dish for the dog any time they want is really a dangerous thing... A fat dog is prone to many diseases and will have a shortened lifespan, just like us humans...

a sunny day on the beach.

have begun the canned food and green beans diet. will try it for a month or so to see how it works. he's handling it fairly well, no whining.



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We have two Dachshunds. A smooth red female and a longhair male. Both are 15. The male has gone blind and is hard of hearing. For most of his life he only ate to survive. He did not care about food and often did not eat his bowl of food for the meal.

About the time he lost his sight his thyroid went bad as well. He is on thyroid pills twice a day now. He has turned into a "hungry all the time" dog. An hour after he is fed he is in the kitchen moaning for food. All he ever gets is some green beans. You would think that were steak scraps. The funny part is our female is interested in the food but turns up her lip at green beans.

They never get scraps and they don't beg for our food.

So...
Today is day one for the new regimen. I came home from flying today at about noon, talked to my wife about our new feeding plan (she absolutely agreed to it), and pulled the food bowl off the floor. I looked up the recommended amount of food for each of the dogs for that particular brand and flavor (IAMS ProActive Health, Weight Control), and set up the feeding schedule. The two normal-weight dogs are getting the recommended amount, and the overweight guy is getting a slightly reduced amount from what was recommended.

The good thing for me is they all LOVE carrots. :)

Camping at the beach with two of my Porsches and the dogs...;) The third dog is somewhere out of the picture.
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+1, we have a golden and she gets2 cups of dry with water and some small snack pieces as treats, absolutely no table food. That just makes them beg at the table.

Oh... I love greys... I'd have another greyhound in a New York minute!

angela

my roomies had a lab. FAT like a turd floating at the bran muffins factory men's room.
it would barely eat. just nibble on some dry dog food. zero energy. you throw a ball, and you are walking to get it yourself.

they put it on a raw diet. chicken hearts raw, cooked oatmeat or brown rice, and steamed carrots. they varied it, but that was the usual. that dog ate and lost weight!! lots of weight. it looked like a lab again.

my dog, i am transitioning. i buy pureed pumpkin. feed raw meat,, and rice and oatmeal. he is slowly losing, but his energy is way up.

What can you feed a dog to "fill it up"? We have a new dog from a rescue and he's poopin a LOT .... Many times a day and its very liquidy. Nsty i know... He is only 15 months and seems to be settling in but he's having quiet a few accidents. I also can't get him to poop on he long walks I take him on...only wants to go in the yard. Any thoughts?

Another easy answer....Pumpkin. If you wish a quick fix, a little Pepto Bismol will help as well. Just make sure you hold the mouth shut and rub the throat to make them swallow after you squirt some in there, as you'll have "slung pink" if you don't. I'd also have the dog checked for worms and also check that the anal glands have been expressed.

your rescue dog is sick - call the vet

sounds similar to what my dog had, it was some sort of bacteria issue easily treated with meds from the vet.

Blue Buffalo for our pooch. One cup three times daily and lots of exercise. She is a lean mean frisbee catching machine.

He was doing that butt rubbing on the floor thing today. I remember my last dog needing that done.

Thanks. It's on the list to do this week with the off time. We've only had him a couple of weeks. I thought it was stress at first, but he's pretty relaxed with us now.

day four. he's taken to the carrots, pumpkin and bean supplements well. no whining. one problem...

his farts could blister the paint off a car.

any way of dealing with this?

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we do the same thing.
It works.

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In 4 months he was back to working weight. (-15 pounds as he was in the pre. pic.)

He gets one cup of dog food in the Am. One cup of green beans around noon and a 1/2 of a cup of dog food in the pm. No treats, no snacks.