https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/18431/weight-loss-for-your-own-pet How do others do this? My dog is so overweight and it is killing me seeing her like this. I know how its done. Eat less and exercise more. Exactly like humans. My biggest problem is the other people in the house just doesn&#39;t care and its like talkingen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/133452?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:27:06 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:951fb8ff-d91f-4016-8a9b-0243a04c7ac1SmegSlayer<p>My late Cavalier was nearly 12kg at one time and we did manage to get her to loose weight (to 9kg). she was fed twice a day and I like advising this as a whole day is quite a long time to go on one meal when everyone around you is eating.</p> <p>She had both wet and dry food (mainly because she refused to drink anything) and were advised to try Chappie. She had chappie with a small amount of Tesco mixer in the morning, 2 small bonio shape biscuits for &#39;lunch&#39; and then a small amount of chappie for dinner at 6pm. Theory was she had the higher calorie meal in the morning and had the whole day to burn it off.</p> <p>We did all commit to it as a family and she stayed at 9kg for the rest of her life.</p> <p>If your family won;t commit then threaten them with how much bills are for diabetes, what it would involve, or heart meds- the general public don&#39;t know the true price of drugs because of the nhs.</p> <p>Would it be better if you took them and her along to her vets to get advice? Maybe if they heard it from someone else it would have an effect?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>