I can not imagine feeding a dog that much food especially a cavalier. He sure has your number. My dogs get 3/4 cup of food once a day and some of them are to fat on that but they are the ones that clean up the yard if I don't get to it first.
Cathy Glenn Fulton wrote: > In a message dated 1/6/2002 4:14:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > agree, if a dog has a weight problem, reduce intake and do not change = > > to a "diet" dog food. In my experience, one of the worst things you can = > > do is put an overweight dog on low cal and a senior dog on senior food. = > > > > You can't believe how I have worried over this problem. But how little can > you feed before being overcome with guilt? Charlie was not purchased to be > show quality so I have no complaints that he got too big. He weighs 32 > pounds, down from 37 a year ago. For his size, which would be way too big > for the standard, he should probably way about 27 pounds according to my vet. > He is 3 years old, no heart murmurs and in excellent health, other than > being overweight. He is now on 1 1/2 cups of reduced calorie California > Natural. He loses maybe 1/2 pound per month. His treats consist of nothing > but raw carrots and raw green beans. He always seems hungry. He is the joy > of my life and I hate thinking that he is always hungry. I want your advise. > I have toyed with the idea of an all natural high protein diet but my vet is > avidly against it and I really don't have any idea what is enough or too > much, or what supplements are required. Thanks any suggestions. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Glenn Fulton > Cincinnati/Mason > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. -- http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
