Gwen Massey
New Member
Hi everyone,
Thanks for the advice about Oscar. All I can say is he already has a regular feeding schedule. Breakfast; Dinner, Tea. I ensure he has at least 4 hours between each meal and do not feed him after 5pm to try and reduce the need to go out during the night.
I changed him to a grain free kibble last night which contains 70% chicken 30% sweet potato, fruit & veg, I am hoping this will fill him up!! My vet says he is overweight. I strongly disagree. He is only ever given the recommended daily allowance, he is never given scraps, so he weighs what he weighs because he is a healthy, stocky, male cocker.
Everyone tells me cocker's are greedy but, honestly, this hasn't been the case with my dogs. I do not believe Oscar is greedy, I believe he is simply hungry because the food I was giving him just wasn't sufficiently filling for him. It was like feeding a baby water instead of full cream milk.
Anyway, I will see how we get on with this grain free stuff and let everyone know our progress in a few weeks time; if anyone is interested.
Thanks again.
Thanks for the advice about Oscar. All I can say is he already has a regular feeding schedule. Breakfast; Dinner, Tea. I ensure he has at least 4 hours between each meal and do not feed him after 5pm to try and reduce the need to go out during the night.
I changed him to a grain free kibble last night which contains 70% chicken 30% sweet potato, fruit & veg, I am hoping this will fill him up!! My vet says he is overweight. I strongly disagree. He is only ever given the recommended daily allowance, he is never given scraps, so he weighs what he weighs because he is a healthy, stocky, male cocker.
Everyone tells me cocker's are greedy but, honestly, this hasn't been the case with my dogs. I do not believe Oscar is greedy, I believe he is simply hungry because the food I was giving him just wasn't sufficiently filling for him. It was like feeding a baby water instead of full cream milk.
Anyway, I will see how we get on with this grain free stuff and let everyone know our progress in a few weeks time; if anyone is interested.
Thanks again.