 |
 |
|
| Home | Dog Care | Cat Care | Bird Care | Fish Care | Reptile Pets |
Dog Weight Loss
Weigh your dog. Let us say it weighs sixty pounds. Find the sixty-pound mark on the left side of the graph. Follow this line until it strikesthe curve. From that point on the curve, drop straight down to thebaseline. There you will see how many calories it needs-1,900 for asixty-pound dog. Or you can work the graph backward from the calorie line to see fromthe diet your dog is getting compares with its actual needs. It is gettingtwo cans of a good grade of dog food, plus three large dog biscuits,three candies, assorted tidbits from the table, and a bowl of milk everynight. Let us figure just the first two items. Two cans of food have goocalories, three large dog biscuits (one half pound each) have 2,zoo.That makes a total of 3,1oo calories, when only what is necessary is1,9oo. Add the table scraps, candy, and milk and your dog is gettingnearly twice what it requires. This will explain why it weighs ninety-three pounds when the correct weight for its breed is sixty pounds.How are you going to reduce your dog's weight? There are two orthree ways. First, you can feed it 1,9oo calories and knowing that aworking dog needs many more calories than an idle one exercise itenough to take off the excess weight. By exercise we don't mean walk-ing around the block. You can easily find ways of real exercise. Hitchyour dog to a wagon and give the neighborhood youngsters rides; take itfor ten-mile hikes, if you yourself are energetic; or make it retrieve. Ifyou throw a stick or rubber ball only fifty yards and the dog runs after itand brings it back, remember that seventeen retrieves will mean it hasrun for a mile. If it is very fat, you will have to accustom it gradually tothis exercise, a little more each day. But if you do make your dogexercise, the fat will melt away provided you and the rest of thefamily all see to it that it gets its 1,90o calories a day and no more. Thedog won't be starving until it has used up the energy stored in its excessweight. When it is down to sixty pounds it still will have plenty of fat.The second method is underfeeding. Switch to a totally differentdiet, say, dehydrated dog food. You know it is good for your dog but sodifferent that it won't eat at first. Fine! The less the dog eats, the more of its own fat it consumes. By the time it is eating the new food well,considerable weight will have been lost. Then feed your dog half itsdaily caloric requirements and its fat will melt away by this method too.It is well to give a complete vitamin capsule with the food once a daywhile the dog is losing weight, because it may not have sufficient vita-min content in its restricted diet. A combination of exercise with a restricted diet is good. But one must be cautious. Some very fat dogs become so inactive that theirhearts cannot stand exercise. Their spirits are willing, but their heartsmay be weak, their muscles flabby, and their lung capacity greatlyreduced. In cases like this gradual daily increase in the pets' activity isimportant. |
Dog Health Addisons Disease Dog Ask the Dog Doctor Veterinarian Babesiosis in Dog Bacteria in a Dog Mouth Canine Cushings Disease Canine Ehrlichiosis Disease Transmission in Dog Distemper Dog Dog Abscess Dog Anal Glands Dog Anatomy Kidneys Dog Anemia Dog Antibiotic Dog Aseptic Necrosis Dog Auto Immunity Dog Bandage Dog Bladder Infection Dog Bloat Dog Blood Vessels Dog Breathing Problem Dog Bronchitis Dog Cancer Dog Castration Dog Cathartic Sand Laxatives Dog Cesarean Section Dog Cleft Pallet Dog Clipping Dog Clitoris Dog Cold Symptoms Dog Collars Dog Constipation Dog Copulation Dog Cough Dog Cryptorchidism Dog Deficiency Disease Dog Devices to Prevent Self Injury Dog Diabetes Dog Diabetes Insipidus Dog Discharge Dog Diuretics Dog Ear Infections Dog Eating Stool Dog Emphysema Dog Encephalitis Dog Enlarged Prostate Dog Epilepsy Dog Esophagus Dog Fits Dog Fleas Dog Gum Disease Dog Has Anthrax Dog Head Fractures Dog Heart Dog Heart Stimulants Dog Heart Worms Dog Heat Cycle Dog Hemophilia Dog Hernias Dog Hip Dysplasia Dog Hip Problems Dog Hock Joint Fracture Dog Hook Worms Dog Hydrothorax Dog Hymen Dog Hyperparathyroidism Dog Hypoparathyroidism Dog Hypothyroidism Dog Illness Diagnosis Dog Immunizations Dog Infections of the Uterus Dog Inflammation Dog Intestinal Illness Dog Intestinal Parasites Dog Joint Health Dog Kidney Problems Dog Kidney Stones Dog Laporotomy Dog Liver Disease Dog Lupus Erythematosus Dog Male Sterility Dog Mammary Swelling Dog Monsters Dog Nose Problem Dog Pain Killers Dog Pancreatitis Dog Parasites Dog Parvoviral Gastro Enteritis Dog Pelvic Fracture Dog Pleurisy Dog Pneumonia Dog Production of Monsters Dog Progressive Retinal Atrophy Dog Protozoa Infection Dog Rabies Dog Restricted Pelvis Dog Round Worms Dog Routine Problems Dog Ruptured Cruciate Ligaments Dog Rupture of the Heart Dog Salivary Gland Dog Salivary Gland Disorders Dog Sanitation Dog Sclerosis Dog Secretory Gland Depressants Dog Sedative Dog Septicemia Dog Shedding Dog Shoulder Dislocations Dog Skin Dog Skin Problems Dog Sneezing Dog Spinal Cord Injuries Dog Steroid Dog Stomach Problems Dog Taenia Worm Dog Tape Worms Dog Taxoplasmas Dog Testicles Dog Thermometers Dog Throat Problem Dog Tranquilizer Dog Trichinae Trichinosis Dog Tumor Dog Twisted Uterus Dog Urinary Tract Infection Dog Uterus Problems Dog Vaccine Dog Verminious Pneumonia Dog Veterinary Examination Dog Viruses Dog Vomiting Dog Weight Loss Dog Whip Worms Dog With Diarrhea Dog With Perianal Fistulas Edema Dog Enlarged Female Dog Breast Enlarged Heart in Dog Fluke Dog Hemobartonella Canis Is My Dog in Pain Congestive Heart Failure Leash Breaking in Dog Lime Disease in Dog Mother Dog Health Paraphimosis in Dog Peripheral Nerve Diseases in Dog Peritonitis in Dogs Respiratory Infection Dog Treatment Tetanus in Dogs Tonsillitis in Dogs What Cause a Dog to have Intussusception
| |
If you don't give your dog more to eat than it needs, it won't beoverweight. If it is already too fat, you can get it back into shape byregulating its diet. If you have a reasonable amount of willpower, reducing your dog's weight will be a fairly simple matter.