[nagdu] Low cal food

[Raven Tolliver]

Prescription foods are a gimmick. Cut back on his normal food to just
1 cup at each meal, and he should be fine.
-- 
Raven
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You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
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On 10/3/15, S L Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dan:
>
> After a long illness my last dog Tara gained some weight.  My vet also
> recommended the Hills Reduction Diet food.  Tara was a golden and she ate
> anything I put into her dish.  The Hills prescription weight reduction food
>
> takes off the pounds quickly.  Then you can return him to his regular food
> but might want to give him a bit less to keep him from gaining too much
> weight again.  You could add just a small handful of his Purina to see if
> that will make him enjoy it more.  Purina does have some low calorie weight
>
> control dry foods.  You can check out their website at www.purina.com.
>
> Sandra
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Weiner via nagdu
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 6:59 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Dan Weiner
> Subject: [nagdu] Low cal food
>
> Hello to all.
> Well I hope things are going great for everyone on this beautiful Saturday.
> The vet has made her  exam of Parker and during the time I was out of
> commission for my ankle surgery Parker the Great gained some weight.
> He has been eating Purina Proplan lamb and rice.
> The vet recommended Hills Weight reduction prescription diet chicken
> flavor.
> Has anyone used this food and what results.
> I have transitioned Parker over four or five days to it and it seemed fine,
> but today, after a few days of eating it with gusto he barely wants to eat
> any of it. I'm considering starting to mix it again with the other food and
> trying to make a slower transition... Or who knows maybe there's something
> about it that makes him uncomfortable.
> So any experiences or observations would be welcome, or even any other
> ideas
> about low cal foods, I need to make sure the weight question doesn't get
> out
> of hand.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Dan the man, Parker the nut
>
>
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