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I have a 6 year old Miniature American Eskimo that has a partly torn ligament in her knee the vet said she should lose some weight that she should be almost to skinny to help heal her leg. I was wondering what is the best weight control dog foods to feed her. Her max is 453 kcals a day, shes a grazer so she likes to munch little bits through out the day so I need a food that has a very low kcal but still healthy no corn meal crap and I can give her more then a cup shes 30lbs now and I need her down to 24lbs. Also I'm in Canada so sadly we don't get a lot of American brands. I'm looking for both caned and dry.
The green been diet is bad for trying to lose weight you cant control the kcals in human grade food vs dog foods. My vet told me to stay away from caned human foods and cut vegetables that cant be measured down to the calorie. I do have low fat dog tears 2.7 kcals a treat there the lightest dog treats you can find and there healthy and organic made here in Canada there called "My Healthy Wolf" And the food I'm feeding her is the lightest one I could find at 306 kcal a cup for the dry and 130 kcals for the wet. She only gets fed once a day at 5pm every day and she nibbles on one cup of kibble through out the day but shes always going back to her bowl looking for more I was hopeing I could find one 200 or less a cup she theres more to munch on with out exceeding her 453 kcals a day.
LOL! I don't understand your weights either even after the explanation. :-)
Not sure what foods you have available but look at the better, a bit more pricey brands, that say they are for weight control. You want a food lower in protein and fat and preferably grain free or without corn. Make sure the first ingredient is meat or fish.
You can try the green bean diet. Cut each meal with half kibble and half green beans. I use canned and rinse them in a colander before feeding. You can actually use the green beans, pieces of carrot, etc for snacks. I think they even sell low fat dog treats now. Maybe your dog is used to getting fed too often?
Karla may be able to help you with more food suggestions.
Not sure what foods you have available but look at the better, a bit more pricey brands, that say they are for weight control. You want a food lower in protein and fat and preferably grain free or without corn. Make sure the first ingredient is meat or fish.
You can try the green bean diet. Cut each meal with half kibble and half green beans. I use canned and rinse them in a colander before feeding. You can actually use the green beans, pieces of carrot, etc for snacks. I think they even sell low fat dog treats now. Maybe your dog is used to getting fed too often?
Karla may be able to help you with more food suggestions.
I meant kcal, It's short for kilocalorie which is a large calorie that kilocalorie approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of one kilogram of water by one kelvin. All dog food is measured in kcals even on some human foods they still use kcals. I don't know why it's just the way it is. IF you look on the side of your kibble bag just past the the feeding guide right near the bottom of the bag it should say how many kcals in one cup and in one kilo.
I understand the problem, both me and my dog - a 20+ pound Westie that should weight about 18, he is a good size male as Westies go.
You folks in Canada are better than me, USA, at metric, but I think your dog's limit is 453 cal, not kcal. Not much of an answer and I stand ready to be corrected...seems to me I should limit my intake to 2000 cal per day, maybe my cal is yoiur kcal : ) I can carry over 200 pounds without being overweight, I a bit taller than my Westie.
I'm with you on the no grain (corn especially) and I haven't looked at the cal per cup of the dog food I use. I read the number of cups for a target weight and try to follow it. My dog's weight problem is too much "people food", from me, and too little exercise. I'd walk him, but he doesn't like the leash much since he is free ranging on our property. Our dog is almost 100% kibble with splash of hot water. Of course, he has water on the side too.
You folks in Canada are better than me, USA, at metric, but I think your dog's limit is 453 cal, not kcal. Not much of an answer and I stand ready to be corrected...seems to me I should limit my intake to 2000 cal per day, maybe my cal is yoiur kcal : ) I can carry over 200 pounds without being overweight, I a bit taller than my Westie.
I'm with you on the no grain (corn especially) and I haven't looked at the cal per cup of the dog food I use. I read the number of cups for a target weight and try to follow it. My dog's weight problem is too much "people food", from me, and too little exercise. I'd walk him, but he doesn't like the leash much since he is free ranging on our property. Our dog is almost 100% kibble with splash of hot water. Of course, he has water on the side too.
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[First thing: what we typically call a "Calorie" in the world of dieting and nutrition is, scientifically speaking, a kilocalorie or kcal.]
and I think in the "world of dieting" even if not successful in that area myself, or for my dog. So, when I read kcal, I just think Cal... and understand. Being in the USA if have always dealt with BTU and it is a nice size unit when dealing with heating and cooling of a house, say.
Leaving my education, we have several "senior" and "low calories" dog foods, but my focus has been more on healthy foods and food our dog will eat. The Westie breed, in my experience, will reject most foods other dogs will eat, including "diet" foods. And, being a Terrier, he will loudly let me know if he is hungry even if the is uneaten food in his dish.
I'll look your dog's breed up, but my guess is she will eat diet dog food, all other dogs we have owned tended to "wolf" whatever we put in front of them.
I'll look on the bag of Natural Balance Sweet Potato and Fish to see what the energy content of a cup is.