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...to start reading this article from the beginning please click on here....Adult dogs should not eat as much as they did when they were puppies therefore cutting the amount is recommended. You can cut the amount of food down by supplementation. For example, say you feed your dog 2 cups of dog food per day. Cutting that in half, only feeding one cup, and then using a healthy substitute in place of the other cup is an effective way to reduce your dogs food without it getting hungry. You can supplement pumpkin mix in place of one cup of food. Get the kind that is plain and not ready for baking as this contains spices. If your dog doesn't like pumpkin try yogurt or vegetables. Obesity is a serious problem and needs to be addressed immediately. If you find your dog is overweight, get them checked out by the vet and get on a diet program to reduce and maintain a healthy weight. Your dog will live a longer happier life as a result. The Iams diet dog food is a weight loss food because it's low fat-nothing more special than that. Obviously all a reduction in fat means is that there are fewer calories per cup than in an equal serving of regular dog food. Fat always seems to be the component in food that gets demonized and avoided over protein and carbs simply because it's got more calories per gram than the other two, but people forget that fat is a great source of energy and fats are vital and necessary for our bodies to function properly. IMO, "reduced fat" stuff is just as much of a gimmick for dogs as it is for people, if not more so. Pet food companies feel they can charge a premium for diet foods even though there isn't anything particularly special about them. The bottom line is that many consumers are willing to pay a premium price just for the sake of convenience. These diets appear to exist mostly so owners don't have to change the serving size that they feed to their dogs (either because they feel guilty about having to feed less, or because it's convenient). On the presumption that you're feeding Iams ProActive Health Large breed a day, which contains 313 kcal/cup, and that translates to about 40 calories an ounce. So, if there are 1.5 cups a day (12 ounces, 480 calories) and another ounce of chicken breast (for a total of 526 calories, assuming the chicken is cooked. Cooked chicken is 46 cal/oz, raw chicken is 31 cal/oz), and that you've decided that you want to feed a premium food like Nature's Variety Prairie Salmon formula, which contains 420 kcal/cup, or 52.5 kcal/oz. According these calculations, you'd be feeding 9 ounces of Nature's Variety and 1 ounce of chicken breast to come in at slightly less than the caloric content of the weight loss kibble (518 cal). Obviously, adjust these calculations based on the actual amount you're feeding. Weigh out a day's portion of the diet kibble as well as treats, calculate the calories per ounce of each and then go from there when figuring out her day's allotment of the regular food and treats. By switching to a regular dog food that isn't charging you premiums based on the weight loss gimmick, you can feed her a better kibble. It seems to be a good idea to portion out meals and treats for the whole day just so you can be sure that you're not feeding too many calories and impeding your dog’s weight loss accidentally.
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