One of my pack members and I are getting fat. We both need to go on a diet.
She is a 15 month old, 51 pound bully breed.She is a solid piece of muscle but she is losing her waistline.
I am currently feeding her a raw diet, 2% of her body weight, however I am feeding her for a 48 pound dog. I supplement her with fish oil,vitamin E and C.
She is training for agility and odor detection. I am using small bites of hot dog and all natural treats as rewards for both.
Since she is eating raw I can't use her daily food rations for the day as rewards, so my question is, can I feed her 1% of her body weight instead of 2%. It looks like she hardly has any food in her bowl as it is, she will really act like she is starving.
I have used the green bean diet on my Lab in the past. She weighed 130 pounds now she weighs 85. However at that time they weren't eating raw she was eating Flint River Ranch Trout and Potato.Would supplementing more green beans be an option with the raw diet??
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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The green bean "diet" is very nice for fluffing up a bowl that looks tragically empty to the hungry dog, and I have both used and recommended it for raw-fed dogs.
However, you can also use part of the dog's muscle meat portion as rewards, and I do this a lot with less active seniors. That is, I cook something like a skinless chicken breast (skinless breast so the results can be carried almost grease-free) and dice it up small. This changes the odor to make it different/treat-y and makes it easy for the handler to manage.
I like the chicken idea (and so will she, it is one of her favorites)
I have heard from a Vet with the green bean diet that they can eat as much as they want. When I used the diet, I supplemented green beans for kibble? Which method is correct?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Did the vet mean as much green beans as they want? I guess that might be OK. Green beans are very low in calories.
I used both canned (no-salt-added!) and frozen ("French cut") because both are processed either by overcooking or by blanching and slitting the long way, and therefore not the wall of cellulose that raw whole ones would present to a dog. (I don't make the mistake of thinking that this is some awesome source of nutrients. It's not. lol)
I just put the good raw food (no modifications in protein or fat) that was either the amount appropriate for the desired weight or the amount the dog had been eating less 15% or 20%, and then fluffed up the dish to better fullness with the green beans.
I have one dog who adores the canned ones. (Taste one; they are pretty gross.) I could use them as marker rewards for that dog.
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