[nagdu] weight question

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Abby.
4 cups seems like a lot, but I have, and prefer, smallish dogs, around 60 
pounds or less.  Ben is eating 2 cups of Canidae a day, and his predecessor 
Echo did the same.

I have been feeding Cannidae for All Life Stages for several years, and have 
been happy with it.  However, in his old age, it doesn't seem to agree with 
Ben as well as it used to, so I am experimenting with grain-free foods, 
starting with Great Life Grain-free Chicken.

If you search the archives for dogfood, you will find much discussion on 
this topic, with many opinions.

Did you explain to your friend how to check her dog's weight?  Sometimes, we 
teach each other more than our schools do.  The methods I learned were to 
see if I could feel the ribs with gentle pressure, and if the dog has a 
definite waist--a tucked-up belly.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Abigail Bolling via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:57 AM
Subject: [nagdu] weight question


> Hi all!
> So there are actually two questions here!
> Jada is on a food called Diamond Natural. She is getting almost 4 cups of 
> food a day, and seems to be sluggish but losing weight. do you guys think 
> it is time to switch her to a diferent food? If so, which food should I go 
> for? I've had her on imes, and didn't like all the recalls the food got. 
> Purina didn't agree with her coat. and she didn't seem to have much energy 
> when on that food.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Another question is that my friend is a grad from Leader and she has had 
> her dog for about a year or so. Her golden is about 5 pounds overweight, 
> but was issued with a labrador harmess, so he is having trouble breatheing 
> while walking.
> Leader told her that if her dog is that much over weight that they would 
> take him from her.
> My first reaction to this prospect was that it was utterly ridiculous. 
> When I asked my friend what her pups target weight was, she didn't know. 
> When I asked her how often she physically checked his weight, she said she 
> didn't know how.
> Are there any recent leader grads who ma have these same issues? The only 
> way I was able to conclude that the dog is only five pounds over is 
> because my friend knew that he was 67 pounds when she got him, and now he 
> is 72.
> The dog's belly strap is losened to the max, but is still way too tight. 
> Any way to help the dogs comfort level until a field rep can suplly my 
> friend with a new belly strap?
>
> Thank you all for reading my posts! :)
> Abby and sleepy Jada
> Abigail Bolling
> Wright State University: Social Work
>
> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the 
> music play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)
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