While I agree that a vet check is good, I cannot think of any health issues where cutting back on treats and scraps from human foods would be a problem.
So I would start that immediately. No food from the table or scraps from your plate. If there is a healthy item that you wish to treat her with, cut out an equal amount of calories from her food. With the caution of not swapping more than 20% or so of calories from the balanced dry or canned food for human food.
I would not feed a diet food personally and not Blue Buffalo in general.
I would buy a small or sample bag of a different flavor good dog food, like a fish flavor maybe since its smelly, and use that for treats from the table. Since it would be a balanced food, it can swap 1:1 for calories of her canned food meals. Remember to consider calories and not volume or weight when looking at dry vs canned food.
Try some low key games in the yard to get her moving without much joint impact. For example, take that kibble and walk to different parts of the yard and call her to you and feed a few pieces. Ask for a long stay, reward. Then call to another area etc to get her moving around.
These training sessions should count as meals, not in addition to her meals ! Thats why to use a balanced food as a treat.
Slow but steady weight loss should be the goal.
So I would start that immediately. No food from the table or scraps from your plate. If there is a healthy item that you wish to treat her with, cut out an equal amount of calories from her food. With the caution of not swapping more than 20% or so of calories from the balanced dry or canned food for human food.
I would not feed a diet food personally and not Blue Buffalo in general.
I would buy a small or sample bag of a different flavor good dog food, like a fish flavor maybe since its smelly, and use that for treats from the table. Since it would be a balanced food, it can swap 1:1 for calories of her canned food meals. Remember to consider calories and not volume or weight when looking at dry vs canned food.
Try some low key games in the yard to get her moving without much joint impact. For example, take that kibble and walk to different parts of the yard and call her to you and feed a few pieces. Ask for a long stay, reward. Then call to another area etc to get her moving around.
These training sessions should count as meals, not in addition to her meals ! Thats why to use a balanced food as a treat.
Slow but steady weight loss should be the goal.
