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<p>Nearly every dog I’ve ever known seems hungry all the time. Even right after a big meal the dog is ready for another go.</p>
<p>YDS:</p>
<p>With the ground turkey, in terms of how much, my 75 pound dog would get 3/4 of a pound per day with about a cup of chopped fruits and veggies. Adjust as appropriate for your dog’s target weight…</p>
<p>our dog lost some weight on Nutro Natural Choice Adult LITE</p>
<p>Update no. 3: After a month of green beans, less dry food and continued exercise, we finally have success!</p>
<p>Took him in today for a weigh-in, and he’s lost 3.6 pounds. I guess the three months of exercise finally kick-started his metabolism, plus he’s getting less overall food. And he really loves the green beans. He won’t even eat the evening dry food until I put the green beans on top. </p>
<p>Today, he weighs what he did a year ago and looks much more slender. I’ll be curious to see the changes in him as he continues to drop. I’m still not convinced he really needs to lose 10 more pounds, but we’ll see how it goes.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! I’m such a proud mom.</p>
<p>Yay, you don’t say! My lab tends to be heavy, and I walk him a lot. The only way I have ever gotten him to drop weight is on diet dog food. He gets three cups a day (and he is almost 100 lbs.) Trader Joe’s used to have a nice inexpensive one. Now I get it at Whole Foods. There is also a Paul Newman brand that I use sometimes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the update…I think I will put green beans on top of MY dinner tonight!</p>
<p>feed less, maybe?</p>
<p>I know, right? I have not had the same percentage drop in weight that he’s had, and I’m doing most of the walking with him. Of course, he didn’t have fast food for lunch like I just did. :(</p>
<p>Update no. 4: I was excited to post a good-news update but then reread my first post and am not as excited. Oh well.</p>
<p>Took the dog to the vet, and he was down from last year, to 68.5. YEA! Vet said he still would like to see him a little lighter.</p>
<p>The discouraging part is I’d forgotten he was 67 when we first got him. 
But I think he was still growing then. Anyway, he looks pretty good right now, but I’d like to see him at 65, for sure and maybe lower. I’ve recently increased our walking distance and pace (more, faster walking/less smelling and peeing) and feel confident that he’ll drop those last three pounds.</p>
<p>I have to chuckle YDS - here you on on THIS thread talking about your dog’s weight! You two are “in it to win it” together!!! :)</p>
<p>I know! I use my love for the dog and concern for his health to help keep me on track as far as exercise. :)</p>
<p>Send your dog over to the Weight Loss for Dummies thread. Maybe we can start a MyPlate page for him…</p>
<p>I wish there was something like that for a dog. I feel like he hardly gets a thing to eat and exercises every day, but it’s really slow going for him. He’s going to be in for a shock when it cools down and I make him walk twice what we do now!</p>
<p>I have a similar problem with my dachschund. It is upposed to weigh in the low 20’s. The other day, he weighed almost 30 LBs. He is 10 years old and never liked to eat his dry food. I give him mixture of dry and soft. Now he can’t have enough dry food. Could he have developed a thyroid problem?</p>
<p>Iglooo, there are lots of good ideas on this thread if you want to go back and read it all. We don’t have the money for high-dollar food, so I just incorporated some green beans in place of some of the dry, as suggested.</p>
<p>Actually, I have read them all. Thank you for starting this thread. I incorporated carrots in his diet as a result. I am still puzzled by the sudden change. Here’s a guy I used to bribe to get him eat dry food. Now, I catch him with his head buried in the dry food bag. And he is not young.
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<p>Do dog’s metabolisms slow down like a human’s?</p>
<p>Sure, why wouldn’t they?</p>