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thanks for all your help Bon likes carrots best she also likes white bread.I am trying differant foods had some funny looks in Asda as i line the diet dry food up and read all the lables the Asda one looks bettter that the others os am trying that the veg and the fish in oil for a couple of week to see how much she lose's and instead of taking her down the counrty park for a hour in the morning and out after tea we are going out four times for shorter walks till she gets thinner

know you've had lots of ideas but our dog had problems with his hips as a young dog of 4.

Told by vet we needed to reduce his bulk in his muscles and to stop giving him dried food as the cereal content bulked him out. He was not overweight at all.

I was advised by vet to buy tin dog meat without cereal, said all dog food was good as it had all the nutrients the dogs required. Found one called Choice, he loved it. 4 flavours they did in the 1990s. Very often on special offer, 4 flavours packaged together, buy 4 for the price of 3. Used to stock up when it was cheap.

Our dog dropped weight around his joints very quickly and went on to enjoy 8 more very active years.

Pat

Thanks PatinCypru will have a look at that

my lab is 3 now and is overweight(they are very greedy dogs) vet first told us to use special dog food(from the practice)£2.50 per tin.and then a friend su,ggested a diet of chicken and pasta,and thats what we did.buy bags of chicken £9.00 for 3 bags which i boil and put into bags in the freezer,pasta is the cheepest from tes-- 25p per bag. 2meals a day and plenty of walks and runs in the fields,it took about 4m before he was normal weight,but ive kept him on his chicken and pasta,he likes it and it keeps his weight down,he also likes rice but i find to much rice gives him the runs.x good luck. :-D

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP

As you have guidance from your vet I would imagine you have ruled out any possible other medical problem. We have a lab who was very overweight and who ate like a pig. He has been diagnosed with a thyroid condition and is now on medication. The change in his eating habits and weight is amazing. He has lost about 11 kilos.

The info about including rice and vegetables is a good idea. Also google what not to feed your dog. There are several foods which are not good for them, onions, chocolate and sultanas are three which spring to mind.

Our vet also told us that dogs do not understand different types of food. Somethings they won't eat but on the whole food is food and it does not matter what the brand, texture, or the pretty label on the can looks like.

thats very interesting about thyroid problems ANTIE SHERLOCK, neer thought of that before,i know thats labs are greedy but we are haing problems with our lab jumping up and taking food off the kitchen tops(hes never ever done that before)if i didnt know better i would have said he has worms)but i know he doesnt because we have never missed a treatment.
sorry to highjack this thread with my own lab problems. :-D :-D
please ignore spelling mistakes,some of my keys are not working. :-D :-D :-D :-D i can spell :-D

i had to get strict with my 2 half yr old chi, we had him spayed and he seemed to eat more so we cut this down, then the crafty thing would perch half on the sofa n half on me shoulder, and as the fork or spoon was approaching my mouh he would gulp it, at fist i found it hilarious but soon realised he was gaining weight again, we use royal canin now its about 11 pound a small bag, they were on bakers dried

........and its true vets sell whats on promotion, not always whats bestx