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Originally Posted by nigelsmommy  Well, a little chubby is a bit of an understatement. I just adopted a little girl into our family. She is 5 years old and was desperately needing a new home. Apparently someone in the home LOOOOVED giving her lots and lots of treats, and she is terribly overweight. She should probably be about the same size as my Nigel (8 lbs), but she is far exceeding that. I feel just horrible about it. I've put her on NutroMax Weight Control food, and we will be giving her tons of exercise. Does anybody out there have any more advice for me? I'm hoping that my wild man Nigel will keep her moving so that she will slim down a little, but I'm open to any suggestions!
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I have a Porky Yorkie as well and the two most important things are portion control and exercise.
It is VERY important to use a weight control food. It has less calories but still fills them up. If you use a regular food but just cut back, then the bile acids in their stomach can cause them to throw up. Ask your vet how much he should be eating of the weight control food and then divide that by his number of feedings. Tucker needs 5 oz of his food a day for weight loss and I feed him twice a day so I use a 2.5 oz scoop to measure out his food. Its easy and that way I know that he is getting the correct portions.
As for exercise, Tucker loves to take really long walks but sometimes I'm too tired after work. He really really loves to play frisbee so when I'm too tired to take him for a walk, we go into the back yard and I throw the frisbee for him to fetch. I can throw it really far and he loves to run out and catch it which is great exercise for him.