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Re: Puppy Fat
Ok lol youve got a lab , ive got 2 golden girls just about 15 months each Daisy we had from a pup and Jessie we had at christmas off people we knew who were having family issues and couldnt look after her anymore .Daisy weighs 29 kilo and jessie was a fat git when we got her she must have been pushing 35 - 36 kilo , Since xmas she has gone down to just under 33 kilo we need to get her weighed again as ive put them on a raw diet and want to make sure we dont undo the good we have done so far our aim is to get her to 30 kilo . She is a bigger bonned dog than Daisy so think it un reasonable to expect her to get too trim , we would also like Daisy to get down to 28 kilo as she has a dodgy elbow and we dont want her too heavy . Your boy is a growing lad , he should be about 32 kilo fully grown at 15 months. he looks quite heavy bonned so you could say an average male lab at 15 months with his bone structure may be more like 33 - 34 kilo but you need to keep him on the trim side to help with joints ect . When we fed complete dry food i had to drop there intake from the recommended 400 grams to 300 grams split into 2 feeds . it depends on the dog as to how much is enough , or too much , some dog foods are high in fat and high in carbohydrate and if its not burned off it gets turned to sugar and deposits its self as fat . most labs have 30 % more body fat than the average dog as they were bred to swim in cold waters fetching in fishing nets so this extra fat acted as insulation , you can get foods especially for labs with a lower fat content , before we switched to raw i had the girls on a food called Pero Labrador , £30 for a 15 kilo bag and we fed 300 grams a day , its based on salmon and brown rice has added glucosamine and no nasty preservatives ect , you can order it direct from them delivery included . If you dont change his food drop it by a third and dont give any other biscute type treats for training , get him used to raw carrot instead , no callories to worry about , our gilrs would kill for carrots . hope this helps
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