Dogs, as well as people, can get fat and lose weight. Excess weight negatively affects quality of life of an animal: limits its mobility, causes an otdyshka and increased fatigue. It can also become a cause of infringement of a metabolism, diseases of joints and cardiovascular diseases.
Healthy nutrition of a dogSometimes it is difficult to the beginning dog breeders to determine the normal weight of the pet. Therefore it is better to address for council the veterinarian. The normal weight of a dog depends on her age, sex and the sizes. As a rule, the dog is considered fat if under a layer of muscles and fat edges are badly probed.
Before weight loss weigh a dog. It is the best of all to make it if you at first measure the weight on bathroom scales, and then you will get up on them with a dog on hands. From the total weight take away own, and you receive the pet's weight. It is better to weigh large dogs in veterinary clinic.
The dog breed is also important in determination of weight norm of an animal. For Rottweilers, bulldogs, pugs the dense constitution is characteristic, and hounds of a dog differ in the tightened belt and the thin, but well developed muscular layer.
The got fat dog is recommended to be transferred to less high-calorie food. Reduce portions of a forage by 10-15%. Precisely to calculate amount of food, weigh it on culinary scales. In intervals between feedings do not give to an animal food from the table: cookies, slices of cheese or sausage, etc. You watch that members of your family also did not feed up a dog. After two weeks of decrease in caloric content of food weigh a dog again. If she did not manage to lose weight, reduce a portion by 10%. If the weight of an animal began to decrease, continue to give the reduced portion of a forage before achievement of desirable result.
The consumption rates specified on packing of a dog forage are designed for an average animal without his age, sex and level of physical activity. The large or smaller portion of food can be required for your dog.
You do not starve a dog, counting on fast weight loss. It not only will not give long-term effect, but also can have an adverse effect on health and behavior of your pet.
Physical activity of a dogDaily walks are extremely important for a dog. If you increase time of morning or evening walk for only 10 minutes, the animal will burn more kilocalories and will improve the physical shape. In the fresh air try to move more with a dog. Play a ball or "bring a stick". If there is an opportunity, allow the pet to communicate, play and run with other domestic dogs. You watch that games were rather intensive. Breath and heartbeat of a dog have to become more frequent considerably. At hot weather refrain from outdoor games that at an animal the stenocardia attack did not develop.