Re: BUDDY
Janie, is correct... one thing at a time.
You wrote this yesterday:
The changes I have made to his diet the past 3 days are: I have cut back on the food from 1 1/2 cup twice per day to 1 1/4 twice per day. I also am not feeding him lean hamburger or chicken breast with his meals. I also feed him 20 minutes before giving him the shots whereas in the past I always just gave him the shot at the same time as the food. I was planning on adding a little more heavier food like Blue Buffalo -- maybe 1/3 Blue Buffalo and 2/3 Hills WD Prescription but I wanted to see how big a role feeding 20 min prior to giving the shot and doing away with the 5 or 6 small pieces of hamburger and chicken along with his food.
Are your transistioning Buddy over to a different food? And if so, I would stick with whatever food you are going to give him, and not a mix of food, unless you are changing him over. For some dogs, it takes longer to transistion, especially if there is tummy upset.
You also mentioned that you did not give hamburger, but perhaps this morning you did?
I agree, I would leave out the hamburger, transition over to the food you would like to feed Buddy, and keep an eye out for lows. Let us just do this for now, and then see what type of curve Buddy has. We can then tweak later.
I would recommend getting a scale, if to measure out his dry food. This keeps things really consistent. But 1 tab is one Tablespoon.
Barb
Janie, is correct... one thing at a time.
You wrote this yesterday:
The changes I have made to his diet the past 3 days are: I have cut back on the food from 1 1/2 cup twice per day to 1 1/4 twice per day. I also am not feeding him lean hamburger or chicken breast with his meals. I also feed him 20 minutes before giving him the shots whereas in the past I always just gave him the shot at the same time as the food. I was planning on adding a little more heavier food like Blue Buffalo -- maybe 1/3 Blue Buffalo and 2/3 Hills WD Prescription but I wanted to see how big a role feeding 20 min prior to giving the shot and doing away with the 5 or 6 small pieces of hamburger and chicken along with his food.
Are your transistioning Buddy over to a different food? And if so, I would stick with whatever food you are going to give him, and not a mix of food, unless you are changing him over. For some dogs, it takes longer to transistion, especially if there is tummy upset.
You also mentioned that you did not give hamburger, but perhaps this morning you did?
I agree, I would leave out the hamburger, transition over to the food you would like to feed Buddy, and keep an eye out for lows. Let us just do this for now, and then see what type of curve Buddy has. We can then tweak later.
I would recommend getting a scale, if to measure out his dry food. This keeps things really consistent. But 1 tab is one Tablespoon.
Barb
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