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Heavy Beagle

Niko

I have a 3 yr old that weighs 48 pounds and the vet has tried different weight loss dog food. The last one we tried was Royal Canin which Niko hated. I switched him to Orijen which is alot more healthier in my opinion then the other diet dog foods. The vet said he would never weigh 30 pounds as he is a big boy but would love to see him weigh 40 pounds. I only feed him once a day with a cup of the food and cut him off any dog treats except the odd chicken tender but is counted into his daily food intake. I walk or run him pretty much everyday for an hour or hour n half. He doesn't run like a fat dog. If we can't go for walks then I play with him for a good 30 mins or more around the house with various games. What can I do to get him to loose weight and get down to the vets desired weight. I am at my wits end of what to do with this dog. Any help would be greatful.

Symptoms: Obesity & Weight Gain

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•   Derek McCoy says:

  November 13th, 2008 at 07:29 AM

  First off, feed him twice a day instead of once.  Feed the same volume of food, but split it into two meals.  Give 2/3 in the morning and the other 1/3 in the mid afternoon.   Reducing the total calories taken in by the body at a time will aid in weight loss.  When you only feed one meal a day, the body cannot process and metabolize all those calories taken in at a single feeding, so a higher percentage goes into fat stores.  There is also a great new product only recently available to veterinary medicine called "Slentrol".   It is a liquid fat binder thats given with food which bonds to the fat molecules in the food and greatly reduces the percentage of fat absorbed by the body.  Similar products have been available to human dieters for years and have shown very good results.  This has been on the market in the US for dogs now for about two years and seems to be very effective at aiding weight loss regiments if pet owners administer it correctly.

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