Any ideas on why some dogs just plump up? My poor bitch is a little blimpie-has been for a few years. On dry food, she ate maybe a half cup a day. (Maybe-often less) On raw, she will eat a chicken leg or thigh (sometimes even a whole leg quater) about every three days. She can have free feed offered with dry or raw-she simply is not a hungry dog. She will not overeat unless I offer her raw beef, which is pretty rare with the price of beef these days. She is fairly active, running, hiking or walking (walks are three or more miles) but the fatty stuff will not go away. I am embarrassed to have people see her-she looks like I overfeed her. Dog is a spayed chow/akita cross, will be seven in February. Blood panels come up negative.
I doubt I could feed her less...I am thinking there may be a physiological reason, unrelated to nutritional intake, for the weight?
Hi,
I have the same problem as you. I have a female spayed cocker who barly eats and is getting bigger by the day. I talked to my trainer and he said that it's just because she is spayed and her hormone level is down. And also the older you get, the less calories, protiens and all of those good things they need. I hope this helps you.
Angela
Spaying has almost nothing to do with it. Spaying is usually blamed when overfeeding is the problem. Increasing exercise helps a lot, especially exercise where the dog has to pull (Springer is a great example).
"Dog breeding must always be done by a dog lover, it can not be a profession." -Max v Stephanitz
Originally posted by alex mankowich: Any ideas on why some dogs just plump up? Dog is a spayed chow/akita cross, will be seven in February. Blood panels come up negative.
I doubt I could feed her less...I am thinking there may be a physiological reason, unrelated to nutritional intake, for the weight? Hey alex...have you run thryoid panels? T3 and T4? If you have, it may not hurt to re-do them and send to Michigan State or Dr. Jean Dodds..
Common meds (like Heartworm preventative) can affect test results and she sounds like a possible hypo-thyroid case to me...
Originally posted by alex mankowich: Any ideas on why some dogs just plump up? Dog is a spayed chow/akita cross, will be seven in February. Blood panels come up negative.
I doubt I could feed her less...I am thinking there may be a physiological reason, unrelated to nutritional intake, for the weight? Hey alex...have you run thryoid panels? T3 and T4? If you have, it may not hurt to re-do them and send to Michigan State or Dr. Jean Dodds..
Common meds (like Heartworm preventative) can affect test results and she sounds like a possible hypo-thyroid case to me...
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We have a Cairn Terrier who developed thyroid disease when she was about 4. We noticed that her activity decreased and she got fat. The funny thing was that she hardly ever ate. She also started to develop skin problems which we thought were food alergies. We went through every brand of alergy dog food that our old vet had. When we moved and got a new vet she immediatly suggested the Thyroid test. Sure enough she was right.... the dog takes medication twice a day for life now but she eats (normally) lost alot of weight and has the activity level of a Terrier again. In agreement with Cindy.. talk to your vet about the possability of Thyroid disease.
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