I'm dog sitting and need help

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a typical young lab. They will eat all day if you let them. Just get the dog back on schedule and stop telling yourself he's hungry. He's fine, his drooling is probably more about being stressed about being in a new house. Or he is just a dog that drools.

And yes, put his food away, out of sight.

My chihuahua mix could eat all day if we let him. He was always hungry and begging for food!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel any better my mutt 75 pound 1 year old dog eats 6 cups a day. And she is skinny! You can see her ribs!

You need to feed a better quality food.

Pp - I am feeding my dog what my vet recommends.

How many kCal in each cup?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel any better my mutt 75 pound 1 year old dog eats 6 cups a day. And she is skinny! You can see her ribs!

You need to feed a better quality food.

Pp - I am feeding my dog what my vet recommends.

How many kCal in each cup?

535 kcal per cup

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a 2yr lab and feed him 4 cups of dry food per day ( split b/w 2 meals). 4 cups is what the manufacturer recommends on the back of the bag. 2 cups seems entirely too little to me. Given all dry dog foods have different recommended daily feeding guidelines, but I cannot imagine 2 cups being correct.

It’s well known that manufacturers recommend more food than dogs actually need.
Our two 55lb poodles each get 2 cups/day.

My 2-year-old, 60lb poodle gets 3 cups a day, per the instructions on the back of the dog food bag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a 2yr lab and feed him 4 cups of dry food per day ( split b/w 2 meals). 4 cups is what the manufacturer recommends on the back of the bag. 2 cups seems entirely too little to me. Given all dry dog foods have different recommended daily feeding guidelines, but I cannot imagine 2 cups being correct.

It’s well known that manufacturers recommend more food than dogs actually need.
Our two 55lb poodles each get 2 cups/day.

My 2-year-old, 60lb poodle gets 3 cups a day, per the instructions on the back of the dog food bag.

[Anonymous]

You would love life with my beagle. Lol. The dog is manipulating you and is probably stressed like others have said.

Definitely keep him on his schedule.

[Anonymous]

PLEASE don’t overfeed the dog! Ignore the drooling and begging - many domesticated dogs would eat themselves to death given the chance.

Sadly like American humans the majority of American pet dogs are overweight or obese - too many owners/stewards of dogs exhibit love by treating and feeding the dogs - a fat dog lives on average 2.5 years fewer than a fit dog with optimal body condition score.

Dogs should have a waist that is noticeable when looking at the dog from above - a significant tuck in after the ribs and before the back legs. You should be able to easily feel a dog’s ribs just beneath the skin. In some breeds like sight hounds, the ribs should be visible without touching the dog. Dogs should be lean, they should not be big round sausages who waddle when they walk.

PLEASE, follow the instructions and don’t overfeed the dog. You are a bad dog sitter if you feed that dog more than directed and anything you didn’t ask the owners about in advance - some dogs have allergies etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE don’t overfeed the dog! Ignore the drooling and begging - many domesticated dogs would eat themselves to death given the chance.

Sadly like American humans the majority of American pet dogs are overweight or obese - too many owners/stewards of dogs exhibit love by treating and feeding the dogs - a fat dog lives on average 2.5 years fewer than a fit dog with optimal body condition score.

Dogs should have a waist that is noticeable when looking at the dog from above - a significant tuck in after the ribs and before the back legs. You should be able to easily feel a dog’s ribs just beneath the skin. In some breeds like sight hounds, the ribs should be visible without touching the dog. Dogs should be lean, they should not be big round sausages who waddle when they walk.

PLEASE, follow the instructions and don’t overfeed the dog. You are a bad dog sitter if you feed that dog more than directed and anything you didn’t ask the owners about in advance - some dogs have allergies etc.

You just had to toss that bit of venom in, didn’t you.

[Anonymous]

Labs are always hungry! I have one who is nearly two and she could easily eat an entire 16 pound bag of dog food in a day or two if I let her.

At that age, they are still puppies and need a lot of stimulation of they will get bored and destructive. Take another longer walk this evening and in the meantime, play fetch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE don’t overfeed the dog! Ignore the drooling and begging - many domesticated dogs would eat themselves to death given the chance.

Sadly like American humans the majority of American pet dogs are overweight or obese - too many owners/stewards of dogs exhibit love by treating and feeding the dogs - a fat dog lives on average 2.5 years fewer than a fit dog with optimal body condition score.

Dogs should have a waist that is noticeable when looking at the dog from above - a significant tuck in after the ribs and before the back legs. You should be able to easily feel a dog’s ribs just beneath the skin. In some breeds like sight hounds, the ribs should be visible without touching the dog. Dogs should be lean, they should not be big round sausages who waddle when they walk.

PLEASE, follow the instructions and don’t overfeed the dog. You are a bad dog sitter if you feed that dog more than directed and anything you didn’t ask the owners about in advance - some dogs have allergies etc.

You just had to toss that bit of venom in, didn’t you.

It’s not venom, and FYI I’m presently obese so I’m not casting aspersions. But my dog, whose diet I can control, has a perfect body condition score and at every visit the veterinarian praises her weight and laments that the majority of his patients canine and feline alike are overweight or obese.

I’m crazy about my dog. I’d do just about anything to get 2.5 more years with her. Plus she is six years old yet runs as fast as she did when she was 1. She’s full of energy and has no joint pain, and her teeth are great for her age. She eats a mostly raw whole foods diet which the veterinarian was first skeptical about and now says, ‘just keep doing whatever you are doing.’

My own weight climbed in recent years in association with a number of health issues, and I’m working on getting it back down, but I’m not really concerned about longevity other than wanting to live at least one hour longer than my dog.

https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/article/weight-loss-in-cats-and-dogs#:~:text=Recent%20statistics%20classify%20the%20majority,cats%20—%20as%20overweight%20or%20obese.

There’s a weight problem in America, and it isn’t just affecting humans. Recent statistics classify the majority of pets in the United States – about 56% of dogs and 60% of cats — as overweight or obese. Along with our house pets, an estimated 30% of horses are now considered obese, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE don’t overfeed the dog! Ignore the drooling and begging - many domesticated dogs would eat themselves to death given the chance.

Sadly like American humans the majority of American pet dogs are overweight or obese - too many owners/stewards of dogs exhibit love by treating and feeding the dogs - a fat dog lives on average 2.5 years fewer than a fit dog with optimal body condition score.

Dogs should have a waist that is noticeable when looking at the dog from above - a significant tuck in after the ribs and before the back legs. You should be able to easily feel a dog’s ribs just beneath the skin. In some breeds like sight hounds, the ribs should be visible without touching the dog. Dogs should be lean, they should not be big round sausages who waddle when they walk.

PLEASE, follow the instructions and don’t overfeed the dog. You are a bad dog sitter if you feed that dog more than directed and anything you didn’t ask the owners about in advance - some dogs have allergies etc.

I highly doubt the short time op is watching the dog he will suddenly balloon up to 100 pounds. Yes obesity is a problem but if the op is walking more than the dog might need more.

As I recommeded communicate with the owner

[Anonymous]

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update please! Did you contact the owner? What happened?