Feediing Quandary
The two dogs in my signature are miniature dachshunds that will turn 14 years old this summer. They are beginning to show some signs of old age (Dusty has cataracts) but they are generally in good health.
A couple of years ago, Tinker, who had always been slightly larger, began to lose weight, and Dusty began to gain. At their last checkup, Tinker had dropped from her max weight of 10 1/2 pounds to just under 9, and Dusty had gone from 9 1/2 pounds to 11. I switched their food from Beneful Healthy Weight back to the Beneful regular recipe, and Tinker seems to have gained a little of her weight back, but Dusty is getting even fatter! She is not quite the obese overstuffed sausage common in Doxies, but she's getting there.
The dogs share everything. They sleep in the same kennel, curl up in the same chair, and of course eat from the same bowl.
Is there anything I can do to regulate their diet so Dusty doesn't get any bigger and Tinker doesn't fade away to nothing?
A couple of years ago, Tinker, who had always been slightly larger, began to lose weight, and Dusty began to gain. At their last checkup, Tinker had dropped from her max weight of 10 1/2 pounds to just under 9, and Dusty had gone from 9 1/2 pounds to 11. I switched their food from Beneful Healthy Weight back to the Beneful regular recipe, and Tinker seems to have gained a little of her weight back, but Dusty is getting even fatter! She is not quite the obese overstuffed sausage common in Doxies, but she's getting there.
The dogs share everything. They sleep in the same kennel, curl up in the same chair, and of course eat from the same bowl.
Is there anything I can do to regulate their diet so Dusty doesn't get any bigger and Tinker doesn't fade away to nothing?
