Grain free food with less calories?
Submitted by Lindsey on November 20, 2011 - 7:23pmI have 6 bullies and have been feeding them blue buffalo wilderness-salmon. They are all chubby and could use to lose a few pounds, my one girl actually has thyroid issues and for sure needs to lose weight! The current food they are eating is 415 calories a cup and they are all eating 2 cups except for my girl that has the thyroid issue which only eats 1 1/2 cups and still is chubby! I am needing to find a grain free food that has less calories then this food..I hate to change foods because other then the weight issues they are doing awesome on it. I have tried taste of the wild before and most of them had issues with it (licking feet like crazy, scratching faces like crazy etc.). They seem to do the best on the salmon but I have no clue what food to try that has salmon and less calories. Would appreciate any suggestions.
You could give them less food
maybe 1/2 cup less and substitute with frozen green beans as a filler and no snacks. Exercise a little more, works wonders.
Lynn King CPDT-KA
Have you tried the green bean trick?
substitute 1/4 cup of food for 3/4 to 1 cup of cooked green beans at each meal. That will help them have less calories but feel full. TOTW salmon is about the lowest calorie food I've seen. Costco makes a salmon grain free that has 336 calories per cup (Natures Domain is the name). What you don't want to do is start feeding a 'low calorie' food, those are mostly full of fiber and not very nutritious.
Blue buffalo wilderness has a weight management food,
I use the same food as you, when I bought it the lady at the store mentioned Blue Buffalo also has a weight management grain free food, it is a yellow bag, it is turkey. The protein and fat are lower, the salmon protein is 34% and the fat is 15%, the weight management one is 30% protein and 10% fat, I am not sure about the calories though, I didn't read that part, sorry.
Wellness Core Reduced Fat
That's what we feed our 2.5 year old baby and he has gone from 70 lbs to 59 lbs in about 4 months!
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. ~Roger Caras
GO RAW:)
Hello! Sounds like you have lots of cute little ones to love!! I use Darwins Natural Dog Food. It is raw, grain free and gets delivered to your door so its super easy to feed! My dog (and my neighbors dogs) lost weight and are now maintaining healthy weights with the transition to a biologically appropriate diet aka raw. I have really seen great things with the change to raw. No more interdigital cysts, shinier coat, healthier teeth, and less poop! For more info about raw www.bulldogintheraw.com
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