Hi,
We had our dog sterilized 2 months ago (she is a cross breed with possibly a tolling retriever). She is 2.5yo and she always used to be 9kg. She used to eat by herself(we just filled her cup and she would eat as much as she needed, and this kept her weight stable at 9 kg for 1.5 years). After the operation we changed her feeding habits and now measure 100g of food split into 2 meals/day. The problem is that she gained 1.5 kgs and the vet confirmed she has some fat on her underbelly.
He said I should consider buying a special kind of food from his vet shop which is more concentrated (and extremely more expensive than the food we feed our dog now). We currently feed her Brekkies excel (it says it has chicken, rice and corn in it). It costs us about 7Eur/4kg. The food the vet proposed is called i think proplan and it is about 20Eur/3kg.
One thing that makes me really worried is that the vet said that supermarket food like brekkies, pedigree, vip, are likely to cause the dog longterm liver and kidney problems. What do you think? Is the vet trying to scare me into buying their expensive food, or does he genuinely care for my dog's health.
Just a note: the vet clinic we go to recently changed their vets (!!). The previous vet, unlike the current one, said I should keep on feeding her whatever I was feeding her before the operation. Maybe he was canned because he wouldnt sell the special food..
We had our dog sterilized 2 months ago (she is a cross breed with possibly a tolling retriever). She is 2.5yo and she always used to be 9kg. She used to eat by herself(we just filled her cup and she would eat as much as she needed, and this kept her weight stable at 9 kg for 1.5 years). After the operation we changed her feeding habits and now measure 100g of food split into 2 meals/day. The problem is that she gained 1.5 kgs and the vet confirmed she has some fat on her underbelly.
He said I should consider buying a special kind of food from his vet shop which is more concentrated (and extremely more expensive than the food we feed our dog now). We currently feed her Brekkies excel (it says it has chicken, rice and corn in it). It costs us about 7Eur/4kg. The food the vet proposed is called i think proplan and it is about 20Eur/3kg.
One thing that makes me really worried is that the vet said that supermarket food like brekkies, pedigree, vip, are likely to cause the dog longterm liver and kidney problems. What do you think? Is the vet trying to scare me into buying their expensive food, or does he genuinely care for my dog's health.
Just a note: the vet clinic we go to recently changed their vets (!!). The previous vet, unlike the current one, said I should keep on feeding her whatever I was feeding her before the operation. Maybe he was canned because he wouldnt sell the special food..