Nandi, a rescue, needs help. She weighed in at 115 yesterday at the Vets for a tooth X-ray. She has joint problems so she can't exercise enough, so without exercise she can't lose weight to help her joint pain. I give her 1 cup of Kirkland Healthy Weight dog food, 2 oz. boiled chicken, 2/3 cup rice/green beans with chicken broth for moisture, twice a day. All fat removed. I figure she only gets about 800 cals. a day. I feel guilty giving her so little because she eats like there's no tomorrow. Her thyroid was checked and normal but on the low side. She's started on .4 mgs of Levothyroxine, to boost it a bit. I had her down to 106 with exercise but when the wife went to the hospital for two months I couldn't keep up. She pants a lot and an earlier X-Ray showed fat in the chest cavity, possibility causing the breathing. She's on Novox, Tramadol, Pepcid, and Glucosamine. There's many "Lose weight quick" ads on TV for people but I've never seen any for dogs. If so, the Vet didn't mention any. As for treats, she may get a Gram Cracker once in awhile or ground meatball or pork cube for her pills. I think the poor girl has the problem as being too fat because she can't walk and can't walk because she's too fat. Can anyone give us some help? ..... Nandi & I thank you.
Jerry..
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