New to site. Please give me advice. Hi to all. I am new to this site but already love it. We have a three year old female, spayed yorkie who is extremely overweight. We have tried everything to reduce her weight. I have changed her food about three times and nothing seems to work. We have had her on Eukanuba vet prescribed Optimum weight loss, which did nothing. I then changed her myself to Natural Choice lite, which again did absolutely nothing for her. I now have her on Wellness lite, which isn't helping her to lose weight. The only thing it seems to be doing is making her stool extremely hard. She has a sensitive stomach and often goes through periods of time where she vomits, bile. She is ALWAYS hungry. We do not give her any treats, other than a few kibbles of whatever food she is eating. We do not give her human food anymore, although we have tried raw vegetables which she will eat, but it doesn't really help. She still seems to be starving. We do not even give her bones of any kind anymore since she often would throw up and I had thought that contributed. As a matter of fact she just threw up as I am posting this. She inhales her food, and a problem with wellness is that the kibbles are quite large. I soak them in warm water for a few minutes but it doesn't seem to do much. She eats her food in two seconds, it's no wonder she throws up constantly. If she isn't sleeping she is miserable and always brings me into the kitchen and stares at her food and cries. My daughters and even husband accuse me of starving her and will yell at me for only giving her 1/8 to 1/4 cup of food twice daily. She is about ten pounds and according to her vet, she shouldn't be more than 7 or 8.. based on her bone structure. I know a big problem is that she hates any type of exercise. She is wee wee pad trained which contributes to this problem since she does not have to be taken out for walks. Even when she does, she will lie down and I end up carrying her each time we take her out. She at times even cries for us to pick her up to go from room to room, since she apparentely doesn't like floor changes.. carpet to wood. Yes, she is spoiled and I do take her everywhere with me, and she ends up being held. We do play ball with her, but after a few minutes she has had enough. She sounds like me. Does anyone have any advice on how to reduce her weight. I do not want to put unnecessary weight on legs/hips or cause any additional health problems for her. Could someone please recommend something. I am going crazy trying to reduce her weight and still letting her remain happy. My vet keeps insisting that if she looks like "that" she is getting enough food, yet she acts as if she is being starved by us. If anyone knows of a healthy weight reduction food with small enough kibbles, please let me know. We are almost ready to let her use my treadmill, although I can see her flying off the back of it. We have even tried to have her swim in our not too large bathroom tub.. she hates it. I am sorry for the long post, but if anyone can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it. I am glad that someone recommended this site to me, it seems terrific. Thank you for your time and have a great day. Randy and Reese |
Why dont you talk to your vet andsee what he would do for her diet. Sometimes vets have diet food I dont know if it is any better than whats on the market. Good luck I am thinking of putting my dogs on diet food also because they have gained too much weight. |
Hi, I speak with my vet constantly I have had Reese on Eukanuba optimum weight control, which is vet prescribed. It did absolutely nothing for her weight. I was also told by many laypeople that Eukanuba is by far the best food for a dog. My vet is monitoring her, but often will just say that she is getting enough food, according to her weight and appearance. That does not help us. She seems to be starving. They keep telling me that more exercise is necessary. That's great, talk Reese into that. I can't even follow that basic rule, let alone Reese doing it. Thank you for your response. As in humans, exercise is the key to weight loss, but I was hoping that a particular food would also help. Have a great day. Randy |
Does she have any other furkids to play with? She might enjoy the exercise if it's with another yorkie or similar sized dog. Is there a dog park near you? I know a lot of spayed females that seem to just put on wieght no matter what their owners do. I have so many yorkies they don't have time to gain too much weight!! They're always chasing each other around all over the place! I wish I could find a way to bottle up their energy! Suz |
Welcome to YT Randy and Reese. I dont have much advise regarding food to help Reese loose weight, but I think that she needs exercise. I know is not easy since she doesnt seem to like to walk, but a little every day might help. My Gucci is a picky eater. I feed Canidae dry kibble and Innova wet. |
Buy several cans of unsalted green beans, I mix this in with my overweight dogs food, and they love it and it is filling, yet very few calories. My dogs are fed 1/8 cup dry food in the mornings with a teaspoon of lowfat cottage cheese added 2 to 3 times a week, and for evening they are fed a little over 1/8 cup dry mixed with about 1/8 c. homade chicken mixture I make, and for the overweight ones, this mixture is cut in half and replaced with green beans. This is how I keep them in shape for the shows. They do get treats when they are being trained to walk in the show ring, and other times as well. |
Welcome to YT.. I think with what you have described it could be possibly a thyroid condition. Have explored this at all with testing??? Just a suggestion... :D |
Reese's dislike of exercise We do try to take her out quite a few times, daily. Since we are in New York and the temperture has dropped she literally shakes as soon as we walk outside. She can have a down coat on and it wouldn't help. When people speak about true indoor dogs, Reese is it. When I take her outside I wrap her up in a blanket and she is wearing a sweater. She still will shake, and not out of fear, she is fearless. She does not like any form of exercise with the exception of ball playing which we do several times a day. She is not a stair climber, a furniture jumper, but just wants us to pick her up for each "activity" of hers.. which is usually eating in the kitchen, and changing rooms to get better sun. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining.. her personality in many ways is a blessing. She is not a jumper, she doesn't ruin furniture and we always know where she is.. which is usually by my side. This is really just her nature, and probably that she has legg perthes, which is a congenital hip disease. That is another long story, which I will spare all with, but we have had several specialists, (including a renowned specialist at Cornell) who told us to leave her alone until GD forbid she is in pain or lame. So far luckily enough, she is fine, other than exibiting the unsually calm yorkie behavior. We do realize how important exercise is for her and will continue to "fight" with her to walk or do anything to get some exercise. Thanks so much for all of your advice and nice responses. If you do have any recommendations on weight loss food, please do let me know. Randy and Reese |
Do you have a pic you could post of her? Also, do you have any other pets? Maybe you could get a kitten? That could maybe entice her to play a bit more! |
Thanks again to all I did neglect to tell that Reese has been tested at least three times for a thyroid problem She given a blood test about six months ago and once again thanfully it came back negative. I appreciate that recipe. When you say that you cut the evening meal in half do you give a total of 1/8 of green beans and her food in total, and also cut out the chicken? I have been giving her just her wellness light food 1/8 to a 1/4 twice.. once at 8 AM and then again at 6PM. Someone told me to feed her later. At 5PM she is rushing me into the kitchen and crying. I doubt she would wait till after 6. I have given her cut up peeled apples, carrots (which I was told have too much sugar in them, by some) and fresh green beans, which I can't say she loved. But I will try the no salt canned. Are the canned ones supposed to be healthy for them? I had always thought that canned vegetables were extremely unhealthy. Thanks again for all of your help. |
overweight reese I do have many photos.. in fact I have more around my home than even my three daughters. They often complain to me, after counting all of my frames, as to why I have so many more of Reese. I did try to post her photo by my name, but I had problems. The browsers did come up but it said that there was an error. Then I read about the size of the photo and needing to change the digital photo size... now it was getting too involved for me. I thought I would let my 13 year old do it for me. She does not photograph chubby at all. She actually appears to be much smaller in all ways, in her photos. So when I do figure out how to post them, please do not think that I am pushing for her to be an anorexic. Trust me she is far from it. She is probably over 10 lbs, now, plus her coat is fuller now. But you really do feel her weight. She also has a smaller head than most, LOL I am making her sound abnormal, so she appears to give a very small impression until people see her entire body. We are all obsessed with her, she is totally spoiled and loved but I am extremely concerned for her health. As for the second pet, we have been looking for one, another yorkie or maltese, but I have those mommy blues, that I am going to take her out of the limelight by adding another. I know that this will not be the case, since even with my human daughters, they got over it. Although, my older daughter, soon to be 21, often does say she should have been the only child.. of course there would then be more of everything for "her". She will appreciate her sisters when she gets older, more and more, as Reese would appreciate a furbaby sibling. |
3 Attachment(s) Here are some pics of Reese! Who by the way is very cute!! I think she looks perfect! :D |
Thanks for posting them, but as I said.. her photos are deceiving. Lucky Reese. I should only be as lucky. |
Reese is so cute and adorable. I can tell she is spoil, well we all spoil our babies. :) Lucky's mom, Ty for postinf the pics for Reese's mom. Love her name by the way. I love that chocolate, :) . |
Thanks Marie, Gucci is adorable too. Where did you get her red sweater? I love it. We were going to name Reese Gucci and at the last minute decided on Reese. |
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