Help. My hubby's over feeding our dog!!

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Can any of you doggy people help me. We have a lovely collie x staffie aged 6 ish ( we think - he was an adopted stray). He gets 2-3 hours of good quality free running exercise daily split into morning and evening walks and is fed a mix of wet dog food (James Wellbeloved pouches) and fresh meat, usually chicken, turkey or pork, always cooked, as well as a selection of biscuits. We haved wasted pounds trying him on every dried food on the market. He simply won't eat any of it.

I work hard to keep his food intake balanced and at reasonable levels and his daily allowance is split between 2 feeds, mid morning evening.

Problem is ... How on earth do I stop my ( well meaning but misguided) husband secretly slipping him treats, dentistix, sweet biscuits, cheese (or anything else he's having in his lunchtime sandwich) etc etc between meals? The effect on pooche's waistline is becoming pretty catastrophic. Help!
 
Vet. Get him weighed and get the vet to have serious words about the dangers of obesity, the shortened life span, the possibility of early onset arthritis. One biscuit eg digestive, is equivalent to us eating a McDonald's meal, I believe.

Stop buying Dentastix, they're full of sugar! Cheese is hugely calorific. Lay off all biscuits and put food in a bowl and weigh it. You have to monitor your husband (how ridiculous, if my husband did this, he'd be severely told off!)

The dog should be lean and fit so you can have him for longer.
 
cinnamontoast said:
Vet. Get him weighed and get the vet to have serious words about the dangers of obesity, the shortened life span, the possibility of early onset arthritis. One biscuit eg digestive, is equivalent to us eating a McDonald's meal, I believe.

Stop buying Dentastix, they're full of sugar! Cheese is hugely calorific. Lay off all biscuits and put food in a bowl and weigh it. You have to monitor your husband (how ridiculous, if my husband did this, he'd be severely told off!)

The dog should be lean and fit so you can have him for longer.
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I'd definitely be booking a visit to the vet with hubby present. You could even have a word with the vet beforehand and tell him your concerns - just tell hubby it's a health check.

If he must treat, take some food out of the daily allowance and tell hubby he is only allowed to use that stock.

Failing that, have you tried training classes? For the hubby?:D
 
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