Weight loss in dogs

RE: Weight loss in dogs

Geniverger — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:19:51 GMT

The Hill's Quick Reco is a fab online tool which helps you work out target weight and also how much to feed - even works it out if you want to mix wet and dry! (Hills food only obviously, but Metabolic is brilliant). Just google Quick reco :) its pretty simple to do but if you need a run-through your hills rep will go through it with you.

RE: Weight loss in dogs

Steph Worsley — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 22:18:52 GMT

I use the MER for their target weight. However by reducing the amount of their "normal" food you risk reducing the intake of the macro and micro nutrients that they require so you end up with an animal being deficient, however if they only need to reduce by a small amount I would try this, anything that is BCS 8 and 9 out of 9 is definitely requiring a specific weight loss diet.

RE: Weight loss in dogs

Amie Atkins — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:21:18 GMT

Thank you!

RE: Weight loss in dogs

Robyn — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:06:21 GMT

I cheat and use the PFMA website! There's a separate one for cats and dogs.

https://www.pfma.org.uk/dog-calorie-calculator-nrc-method