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Apologies in advance... I'm sorry, but the thread title "My Yorkie is too fat" reminds me of this little ditty from the 1940's. |
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Tasey had his weigh-in today: 11 pounds 4.5 ounces!!!!! Yay Tasey! I am going to keep him on his current diet of 1/2 cup Honest Kitchen per day. I am not going to add FreshPet because Lovetodream88 pointed out stomach upset. I will weigh him again in a few days to make sure he continues to go down. |
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His new diet is not working out. He is miserable and so hungry. For some reason Honest Kitchen just does not fill him up, and he barks and begs for more food. I tried some of his Fromm reduced calorie kibble with a little Honest Kitchen as a topper. He seemed happier. We also found a Fresh Pet kibble, but it is very expensive. I bought some and he tried it and seemed to really like it. I know I need to pick one and keep him on it, and that switching isn't good. It is so hard to figure out what works for him. Once I get him to his goal weight I am hoping maintaining will be easier. |
Keep him on same diet if he enjoys the food, if he's still hungry give him frozen green cut beans (thawed) as a filler, there are no calories in cut beans but will fill his lil tummy without extra calories. How much you give doesn't matter, you can start with 1/4 cup to see if that satisfies his hunger, if it doesn't give him more. |
thanks Matese. I will try that and see if it helps. |
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Our little Audrey loves cauliflower. When she needed to lose a little, the PT said to replace some of her 1/4 cup of kibble with green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, but not peas or carrots {too fattening she said). Audrey likes all, but loves cauliflower. She lost two of the four or so ounces to see a waist. Gew |
Tasey's weigh-in last night - 11 pounds 9.5 ounces :confused: Back to the drawing board. I am done with the fancy food, and I am going back to fromm reduced calorie kibble with a tiny bit of canned for a topper. I will weigh him again in a week. My husband and I are so disappointed because we have been walking him extra, and having him chase a ball more. |
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Last night Tasey was 11 pounds 6 ounces. I am going to continue on with Fromm, and if he isn't down a little more in a week then I will reduce the amount a little. He still looks pretty fat, but I know it will be a process. |
You should weigh by the month not the week. What you want is a slow loss of weight, not fast. What ever you are feeding weigh after one month not a week of two. If you see no loss after a month then make your adjustments. |
Thank you Matese. I will try that because the little fluctuations in his weight are stressing me out. |
We replaced about1/4 of our two yorkies 1/4 c of regular kibble with green beans, chopped cauliflower or broccoli. They are fed twice a day. They lost about 2 1/2 ounces in a month. The cauliflower was a real hit with them. Then we used frozen small pieces of cauliflower for treats. We needed treats to encourage the dogs to do their PT exercises three times a day. They are now down a little over 5 ounces in two months to 7 pounds 10 ounces. Don’t know if this might work for your puppy. Our PT said to think of an ounce as a pound. That made me feel better. I was disappointed because we still don’t have waists. Gew |
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dogs are not like humans where they can loose weight fast like humans do. It took me 8 months to get 2 pounds of my boy, a slow process but necessary. He's a big boy now back to his 12 pounds. I substituted 1/4 cup kibble for 1/4 cup frozen cut green bean, he LOVES his green beans lol. |
Weigh in was last night - 11 pounds 0.5 ounces!!!!! He looks thinner too!!! I am so proud of him. He is eating 1/4 cup of weight management Fromm with 1 tablespoon of Honest Kitchen as his topper. In the morning I skip the topper altogether. He has also been walking more, and playing with toys more. Our biggest issue with his exercise is the road is cement, and one of his paw pads is roughed up. I put musher's secret on it, but I think it needs a rest before we walk much again. |
Our road is macadam and pretty beat up after this winter. My two yorkies wear boots with rubber soles when we go for a walk twice a day. They even wear boots in the summer because the macadam gets so hot. Mine love to walk and meet and greet the world. Me,too. Gew |
Gew - where did you get them? I really need something like that for Tasey. I am also ordering him a bike trailer. I am looking one that is a stroller, trailer combination. He starts his training class the week of April 16th. I am hoping he will find an activity he enjoys. |
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