Becky, Would she eat No salt added canned green beans or raw/low sodium canned carrots for a treat instead? Our boys love them! Sue
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Becky <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Hi Joan, thanks for all the info. > Gracie is now 6 years old. She started to put on weight about a year > after she was spayed. I really feel like she is not over eating, but > rather, not getting enough excercise. > In fact today, I had her in the pool for some stress free joint excercise. > > She weighs 12 pounds right now. She used to be at a steady 8. > I am going to try extra hard to be sure she is excercising every day. I > hope this will make a difference. My daughter is a vet tech, she brought > me a bag of Canadai for weight loss. > But one point you made was the one about treats. Gracie likes her evening > treats. Guess I need to stop that. > > Becky & the girls > > Sent from Becky's iPhone > > On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:02 AM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Joan Croft [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:40 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Becky & Gracie > > Hi Becky. > > How old is Gracie, and how much does she weigh? > Can you post a picture to see just how fat she is? > > I have to say I really felt that I was the worst Chi-momma in the world. > First I should have recognized that he was the fattest little puppy that I > had ever seen. He looked like a little bear cub. > > I think at 8 weeks he was 3 lbs and 11 oz. I know, some of you have full > grown chis that are that size or less. Before my vet weighed him, when he > just picked him up for the first time, he said ‘Oh, he’s a hefty one!’ I > guess that is polite for ‘who the heck has been over feeding this puppy!’ > And…in only 8 weeks of his life! > > Well, he told me to cut back the amount of the then ‘Royal Canin Baby Dog’ > and I did, I looked at the amount on the bag and I was feeding less than it > said to. (However, right now, Dolly & Desi get about half of what the RC > Chihuahua bag says that they should get. I think it both increases their > sales, but also promotes little chubs) > > At that time, Desi had to go every week or so for his boosters, and he was > gaining…but he was a puppy so we couldn’t starve him…he had bones and > muscles and things that needed to be nourished and grow. I think at > 12-weeks was when he was put on RC Small Breed Puppy…I guess less fat > maybe? > Well, I fed him about half…and this puppy was hungry because he had been > free-fed at the breeder and was accustomed to eating all day long. He would > come and cry and cry and then when I would feed him he would be by his bowl > before I could put the food in. He would wake me up in the morning with > many, many kisses at 5 am…he was hungry – and why was my sleep more > important? He was still eating three times a day then, so it was easier to > cut back when it had to be done over three feedings. > > Right before he was 4 months old, the vet diagnosed a dangerous testicular > problem and so he had to be neutered right away. Well…it took about four or > five cuts in his little round belly to untangle and free the testicle that > was not attached to anything. But, I think that during that surgery, the > vet saw the total thickness of that fat layer he was carrying around. So > before he was four months old, he was on RC Adult Chihuahua food. I worked > with the vet in adjusting what he was getting. > > The good thing about my vet – and maybe you can get your vet to do a deal > like this with you – is that he told me that I could bring him in any time > FOR FREE, and he would weigh him, feel him to see if his ribs were really > in > there, and then let me know if we should cut back more or maybe even give > him a little more. So if I had to cut his food back to half – I would start > cutting it a little bit each meal over maybe a week…they really don’t > notice > that they are missing 10 pieces (RC Chihuahua – very tiny) in each > feeding. > > Remember that I did all this under the guidance of the vet…because he was a > puppy. There were a few times that the vet would tell me to give him a > little more, and I could see he was growing up and out – and then a little > too round. > > I think he was maybe 11 months old when the vet said that he was a good > healthy weight and his bones and everything could be felt and not sticking > out. So, he said to give him a little more…but I saw him gaining and just > cut back a little more. > > With both of mine wanting to be inseparable, Desi was always with if I had > to take Dolly for something, so he had some extra feels in between his > visits. The thing is that Desi loves Dr Bullard...maybe because he made him > a lean playin’ machine. > > At about 14 months, Desi was pretty much lean and staying very steady in > his > weight. Oh…I didn’t think that day would ever come. And then right before > he was two, I noticed that he had gotten a bit wider around his rear…he had > been very narrow and I even asked the groups if males have smaller builds > than the females (Dolly is thin, but her rear bone structure is wider.) > > I noticed this about three months after I had surgery and thought maybe I > just didn’t remember how narrow he had been. I took him to Dr Bullard…Desi > had gained weight, but he was still just as lean. The vet and I think that > because he was taken off of puppy food so early, that part of his bone > development was delayed. He has been about the same size – with no growth > spurts for almost a year, so I am hoping that this is it. > > As hard as it is: > > No treats. If you have to give her a treat in order to train her to go > potty outside…the Charlee Bear treats are very low calorie. Chicken Liver > and Cranberry is their favorite > > http://www.petco.com/product/117215/Charlee-Bear-Dog-Treats-with-Turkey-Live > r-And-Cranberries.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch > > Look for the tiniest treats, and you can even break the tiniest. I had some > that were tiny little star treats > > http://www.petco.com/product/114218/Wet-Noses-Little-Stars-Organic-Dog-Train > ing-Treats.aspx > > If you can keep the treat to just that one to train for potty training…that > is good. Once he learned to go potty, I made him come further and further > inside the house before I gave him the treat. I would then take one and > throw it a little distance so he had to run into the house to get it. After > a few days of that, it was just praise…no treat. > > Before I had Desi, Dolly wanted treats all day and so I made it that the > only time she got a treat was when she finished a bowl of her food (she is > a grazer.) So I used to get all excited and then give her the treat. When > Dolly finishes her food, she will bark to let me know, and so I still give > her the treat, but at the same time, Desi gets a very tiny treat…and > sometimes just one little RC kibble. > > Your dogs (if you have more than one) don’t really care if they all get the > same treat, just that they get one. > > Desi then learned to almost inhale his food, and then he would sit on the > bed and look like he was chewing for 20 minutes. That was part of his > ‘breeder free-feeding’ syndrome. The vet told me that he had the food in > his esophagus and doing the chewing motions was pushing it a little at a > time down his throat. So then, I had to buy all kinds of treat dispensing > toys to feed him his kibble. We have been doing this for about a year and a > half. I had to start one kibble at a time and then if he didn’t chew, he > had to wait for his next piece. (Not easy for that little guy that LOVES > food!) > > It took about three months, twice a day, to get him to chew his > food, then we started the treat dispensing toys and I would stand over him > and watch. If he started to not chew his food, I would tell him that I > wanted to hear the crunch…and then he would chew. > > I am always looking for new toys, but he is outsmarting me…as the > vet predicted, so I have just figured out putting a treat which is too big > to come out in the toy along with his kibble, slows down the number of > kibble that he can eat in a set amount of time…and then his food will not > get all clogged up in his throat. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Becky > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Dogs that fall into hands of BAD people > > I am interested in hearing from you, what diet you used to get him to lose > weight. My little Gracie could lose a little weight. Any advice? > > Becky & the girls > > Sent from Becky's iPhone > > On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will attest – having a male Chihuahua born of the same bitch and sire as > many other litters before him. Bitch and Sire 4 ½ and 5 ½ lbs…look like > most Chihuahuas today. I got Desi at 8 weeks old, very sweet and loving > little guy, but at 14 weeks he was a good inch taller than his littermate > brother when they were just standing normally. Today, Desi is almost 9 lbs > and very lean. He has the stature and some of the features of the original > Chihuahuas when they were up to 20 lbs. He has a much longer snout and he > was VERY OBESE when I got him…on a diet until he was 11 months old, and now > he is actually losing a little more weight and has very long back legs, a > very long narrow body, and his front legs are a bit shorter and stouter > than > his back. He got some genes that had to have been recessive. I am glad > that I never have seen any aggressive traits in either of mine, but Desi is > living proof that genes from many generations before get thrown into the > mix > every once in a while. > > > <image001.gif> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Pam Dean > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Dogs that fall into hands of BAD people > > > Amen. Some of us are working hard to achieve that end. Hope it comes ,in > my lifetime. > > > From: jules <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 4:49 PM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Dogs that fall into hands of BAD people > > > A friend was sold a pup out of the back of a car here in the UK. She > thought > it was a Patterdale. She also bought a female Patterdale from a breeder. > Very early on, the male dog was extremely aggressive towards other animals > and humans. > She took him to her vet, and the vet thought he was a Pitbull terrier. > My friend employed dog trainers to no avail. This dog made an unprovoked > attack on the Patterdale bitch causing severe damage to ligaments. > My friend had to have the dog destroyed. He had also attacked her family. > Aggression is hereditary. It gets passed on. > Fighting dogs are bred > Fortunately here in the UK pitbull terriers are banned. There have been too > many incidences af extreme aggression. > > --- In [email protected], Becky <stewartgang@...> wrote: > > > > I don't believe there is any scientific proof that all Pitbull dogs are > aggressive. Why not focus your energies on doing something with people who > are unfit dog owners of all breeds? There would most likely be alot less > situations that happen, if there were educated, appropriate , accountable > and responsible owners. > > > > Becky & the girls > > > > Sent from Becky's iPhone > > > > On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Pam Dean muffinsbabies@... wrote: > > > > > Do you really believe that only "bad people" have pitts that attack? > That is so not true and I know that from personal experience. All of the > instances I or my friends have been involved in the owners were the > "responsible" ones. The ones that thought the sun rose and set in this > gentle giant. The ones that insisted their dog was different and would > never > hurt an animal or human..they have been raised different. Well guess > what..their so called gentle giant killed just as quickly as any other > pitt. > > > > > > From: stewartgang stewartgang@... > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:11 PM > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Dogs that fall into hands of BAD people > > > > > > > > > How unfortunate for our four legged fur friends. More and more often, > we > see on the daily news, a dog that has been badly neglected or abused. And, > we also hear of dogs that have attacked someone. The bottom line here is, > all of these dogs have fallen victim to being in the hands of BAD people. I > will always feel sorrow for the ones who are hurt by the hands of people, > but I also feel sorrow for those that will be eauthanized because of an > attack which could have prevented if they only had been in the hands of a > GOOD and responsible owner. > > > Dogs come into this world as babies, no matter what the breed, and > puppies love and trust everyone. It is what they experience through their > lives that develop their character as adult dogs. I believe that there is a > lot to be said about both animals and children on how they are raised and > the outcome. > > > I really don't think that there are bad dogs, but I sure do believe > there are alot of bad people. Not everyone out there are like the ones on > this forum, who love and care about their dogs, how unfortunate for those > dogs who lie in those peoples's hands. > > > > > > Becky & the Girls > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo! > > > Scandal shakes influential Chinese family > > > Privacy Policy > > > > > > > > > > > = > > >
