The vet said Fred needs to lose 2 pounds. I am on a mission to slim him down. When I feed green beans with his food do I cut out dog food completely or just cut it back? I ordered him this bowl to help him eat s l o w e r too cause he's a chow hound:

He gets enough exercise but he is always eating whatever anyone will give him or he can find. I tried training with him to ignore food but it doesn't work, I don't konw what to do.

About the green beans:  I just cut back on the kibble and mix the veggies in with it.  My dogs LOVE canned green beans, and will eat them with or without dog food. 

That's a pretty ingenious looking dog food bowl, too---never saw anythning quite like it before.

Fred likes green beans I just never know what to do with his dry food when serving them with a side of veggies!!

The bowl is called Brake-Fast, it helps dogs who eat super fast slow down due to the prongs in the middle. There is a video on their site to demonstrate:

http://www.brake-fast.net/demo.htm

Fred eats really fast so maybe he never feels full, hopefully this will help slow him down!

He weights 22 pounds, vet said he needs to lose 2 pounds at least. I am feeding him 3/4 cup split into 2 feedings/

I will try the pumpkin too, what about some chicken breast and carrots too?

As far as the treats, they don't get that many but when people come over they do,. Fred knows that too so sticks close to the treat givers (my mother!)

I wonder if I can sign Fred up for the ad on the side here!!

Val,

No Hijacking LOL, I just seen  your response as I forgot about this thread! I would ask your vet if Melo is gaining to fast. I got both mine terriers when they were already 2 so I am not sure about the growing rate of a puppy. As long as you can feel her ribs she is okay, it's once you can't feel them anylonger it's time to lose some weight. I think what you are feeding sounds fine, 1.5 cups does seem like a lot when you throw in treats too. Does she look to be getting bigger??

ACCCK, Sorry Melo. Okay so Nora is a cutie pie. Honestly you will be able to tell if you are overfeeding by looking at her. As long as she looks healthy and in good weight you should be fine. When in doubt, ask the vet!!

Does she scarf her food down. I felt like I was starving Fred because he ate so darn fast. I got him the Break Fast bowl and now he eats slower and probably gets fuller cause of it!!

What's the brand?  If I think it's the brand I think it is...... that's what my Prince's prior owners had him on and it just made him FAT!  I fed him Eagle Pack Holistic - the fishy kind, I think it was the sardine formula, and he did just fine.  I now have him on Wellness CORE Ocean formula (grain free) and he's doing fine on that, too!!

I should mention Prince supposedly had horrible allergies to Chicken, but I don't know how they came up with that assumption.........

When Lucky weighed 28 pounds,  I started feeding him 1/4 cup twice a day also.  I felt guilty for feeding him so little food so I added green beans and made sure to feed him a high protein food.  I fed EVO Reduced Fat (52% protein) and added fish oil to his diet.  I believe that if you satisfy the nutritional needs (proper amounts of protein and fats),  then the quality is much more important than the quantity of food fed.  Lucky has leveled off at about 20 pounds now.  Since the start of spring, I've been rotating between two Eagle Pack Holistic Select foods, the Chicken and Rice, and the Small and Mini Breed Adult formulas.

I'm personally not a fan of any food that is so low in protein and it's been my experience that my dogs were unfulfilled eating a small amount of low protein/high carb food.  Do you have to feed Duck and potato?   I know Eagle Pack has a Duck and Oatmeal food in their Holistic Select line of foods. It's got a bit more protein and can be supplemented with a little canned D & O food.  I would recommend adding some canned NB Duck& Potato but I see that the canned is only 23% protein, leading me to believe it's got more potato than duck in it.  On the other hand, the Eagle Pack Duck canned food is 41% protein.