My staffy is overweight

hi am new on here .. just a little advice please .. my staffy is over weight, is it healthy enough to feed a tin of tuna a day with proplan biscuits ?

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Im not sure about tinned tuna, most people use it to get their dogs to eat but i don't know if anyone feeds it as a daily diet. Its quite high in fat due to the oils in it, the salt water one is quite high in salt.

If your dog is overweight, i would exercise more and cut out and treats/table scraps. the proplan biscuits will be fine and if your dog wont eat them alone you can try some low calorie wet dog food.

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Equi wrote:Im not sure about tinned tuna, most people use it to get their dogs to eat but i don't know if anyone feeds it as a daily diet. Its quite high in fat due to the oils in it, the salt water one is quite high in salt.

If your dog is overweight, i would exercise more and cut out and treats/table scraps. the proplan biscuits will be fine and if your dog wont eat them alone you can try some low calorie wet dog food.

I agree.

Hi and welcome from us and Suki. I agree with the advice given as well. You could also use sliced vegetables as a substitute for treats

Hi and welcome to the forum from me and the kids
Can you tell us a little more about yourself and your dog ?? Has he just got overweight with you ?? Have you taken him on like this ?? How much exercise does he currently get ? It will just help us appreciate what's going on , thanks

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Galadriel wrote:

just blade wrote: hi am new on here.. my staffy is overweight . is it healthy enough to give him his proplan biscuis and a tin of tuna ?

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I'm not a fan of Pro Plan TBH, it doesn't have enough meat and too much grain IMO. Tuna shouldn't be given on a regular basis due to the risk of heavy metal toxicity although it's fine every now and then.

If your dog is overweight then my advice would be to find a food high in animal protein and low in grain/carbs. Carbs tend to be stored as fat in dogs and prevent the protein in the diet from being used as an energy source.

Could you afford something like Applaws?

Do you feed lots of treats?

Sorry, that should've been prevents the fats in the diet being used as the primary energy source...

Please take a look at the chart on the link below, just click on click to enter and click on the first picture the dog. it may help you to determine if your dog is overweight:

http://www.pfma.org.uk/petometer.html

Galadriel wrote:Hi

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Galadriel wrote:

just blade wrote: hi am new on here.. my staffy is overweight . is it healthy enough to give him his proplan biscuis and a tin of tuna ?

Hi

I'm not a fan of Pro Plan TBH, it doesn't have enough meat and too much grain IMO. Tuna shouldn't be given on a regular basis due to the risk of heavy metal toxicity although it's fine every now and then.

If your dog is overweight then my advice would be to find a food high in animal protein and low in grain/carbs. Carbs tend to be stored as fat in dogs and prevent the protein in the diet from being used as an energy source.

Could you afford something like Applaws?

Do you feed lots of treats?

Sorry, that should've been prevents the fats in the diet being used as the primary energy source...

I was going to say that about the mercury! Can't add any more

Nosipho wrote:

Galadriel wrote:Hi

I've just replied to this here - https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t19983-fish4dogs-and-sardines

Galadriel wrote:

just blade wrote: hi am new on here.. my staffy is overweight . is it healthy enough to give him his proplan biscuis and a tin of tuna ?

Hi

I'm not a fan of Pro Plan TBH, it doesn't have enough meat and too much grain IMO. Tuna shouldn't be given on a regular basis due to the risk of heavy metal toxicity although it's fine every now and then.

If your dog is overweight then my advice would be to find a food high in animal protein and low in grain/carbs. Carbs tend to be stored as fat in dogs and prevent the protein in the diet from being used as an energy source.

Could you afford something like Applaws?

Do you feed lots of treats?

Sorry, that should've been prevents the fats in the diet being used as the primary energy source...

I was going to say that about the mercury! Can't add any more

Tuna is FAR too protien rich to be given every day, and isnt a way of trimming a dog thats over weight, a couple times a week is fine mixed with a good quality kibble as a supplement is good though

Excercise, excercise, excercise, and good food given in the right amounts, at the right times, and the dog will do the rest

What you want to start doing is weighting your dogs food its alot easier to adjust the amount for lossing weight, but like Andy said plenty of exercise...

As said above, re-evaluate his food and food amount. Not saying that it is BUT it could be the wrong food for him or too much. Maybe turn up his activity levels a notch, longer walks.

Onyx receives only small portions of fruit, apple, as a treat. That's possibly 3x a month. Atm he gets 1.25 total cup a day on evo and weighs 38-39lbs stands 15.5. He knows praise is satisfying enough just for him. He is on a food I read about, keep in mind k/cal and cal per cup cause none are identical and vastly vary. Onyx is rough straight up brutal when he plays and is harder working out. And I love him for it, bold, fearless, totally reliable and relentless.

Get on a food you read up and think would be more benificial with working him out, he will solve it all