nutro large breed weight management vs. nutro lite

[robsaun317]

my female rottie lexus is currently eating nutro large breed weight management for approx 8 months now and still no weight loss and i am considering swapping to nutro lite i am not sure really what to look for on the bag that makes the difference in weight loss and i was hoping someone could help me out.

i already feed her less than what the bag reccomends for weight loss and she usually doesnt even eat all of what i give her. i feed her 2 cups in morning and 2 cups in evening. for a total of 4 cups a day. she is 3 yrs old about 24.5 inches tall and pushing 108 lbs. she ideally should be around 95 lbs. no matter what i do the weight does not seem to come off. i was going to swap to canidae because of what i hear on this site but i have had really great results out of nutro. and the price of canidae here is rediculous. $40 a bag after tax. should she maybe get 3 meals a day 1 cup per feeding or what please some suggestions would really help. if i do swap do i keep the same amount of intake or lower intake as well. any suggestions would help because i want to keep her healthy. i know the food is good her stool is nice and small and she has a lot of energy we play ball for at least 30 minutes a day and she loves to chase my remote control car around backyard. only for about 5 minutes because batteries dies but that is 5 minutes of pure running. going to call nutro tomorrow and see what they reccomend but i wanted to get the advice of some subject matter experts.

[RottiMomCT]

How much exercise is she getting??? Do you take her for good long walks?? Does she just go lay down and sleep after her play sessions? Remember, a good dog is sometimes a tired dog....

I feed Royal Canin Sensible Choice Natural Blend to all five of my dogs. If they were active, they'd get what the bag recommends, but since 4 of the five do little more than bark at the mail carrier, they get 2 cups per DAY (one cup in the morning, one at night). Those four belong to the in-laws, who live upstairs.

Four cups of the food I feed weighs one pound, which is what my in-laws were feeding the do-nothing-dogs. That's 7 POUNDS of food a week with no exercise to burn it off.

They asked why no weight loss and said they felt GUILTY feeding the dogs only 2 cups a day. Well, now they have a 7-8 yr old female rottie who is aout 15-20 pounds overweight and in serious need of a diet...said the dogs acted like they were starving. How can a dog be starving and gaining weight??!! My Ben is 3 1/2 yrs old, 24 1/2 inches tall at the shoulder and he weighs 85 pounds. The vet has told us he's a very healthy weight, so we try to keep him at about 82-87 pounds.

Anyways, back to the subject at hand. If she doesn't eat what you give her, take away the food until her next meal. Cut her back to 1 1/2 cups 2 times a day (3 cups total) and keep exercise level where it is, or even up it a bit if she can keep pace.

Nutro is a good food...if you want weight LOSS, a food formulated for weight loss would probably be better than a weight management food, I think :) .

If she's not losing weight on what you're feeding now, cut out extra treats, up the exercise and cut a bit of her food intake.

Good Luck! Keep us posted on her progress!!

[spidey]

The issue here seems to be exercise, as RottiMomCT alluded to. 35 minutes a day is not much exercise for a working breed prone to being overweight like a Rottie. I'd say keep the food where it is and up the exercise (remember, the key to weight loss is usually simple: put out more calories than you put in). You say "no matter what you do", but have you tried giving her more exercise, or are you just talking about food?