Tips lose weight dog

Getting your dog to lose weight is how you do it!

There are two basic rules for getting your dog to lose weight. First, provide your dog with adequate or additional exercise. It is good to provide a dog with extra exercise in addition to his daily walks to encourage weight loss. Regular exercise causes the dog’s body to expend more energy. The moment your dog starts burning more calories than usual, your dog will lose weight. Be careful in this, however. You should build up the extra exercise slowly. Indeed, as mentioned in blog 3, overweight dogs are more susceptible to injury.

Second, provide a normal diet. As an owner, you need to be more conscious about appropriate nutrition, or less caloric food. It can help to spread the food over 3 or 4 meals a day, weigh the portions strictly, give only healthy snacks, limit snacks in between meals and remove other foods like another pet’s food from your dog’s reach.

Protein is a healthy nutrient that has important functions. A high protein dog food helps your dog lose weight. Protein builds and maintains muscle mass, which is important for active exercise as well as burning energy. Try to avoid carbohydrates like grains, rice, corn or wheat and instead look for dog food with meat, vegetables and fruits.

Dogmill as support

In order for your dog to lose weight in a healthy way, it is important that it is gradual and therefore done responsibly. The Dogmills lend themselves perfectly to slowly building up extra exercise and is therefore a responsible way to make your dog lose weight. Thus, you can offer your dog an extra workout in addition to his daily activities in a safe and controlled way.

Because dog treadmills are not electrically powered, a dog drives the treadmill independently. This allows for natural movement, making it much less likely to cause injury than an electric-powered treadmill where a dog is forced to run. When a dog runs, it does so in an asymmetrical motion rather than in a straight line. This is more likely to cause overuse of certain joints or muscles. For this reason, our Dogmills offer the healthiest form of exercise for your dog.

Conclusion

Once you as the owner envision that your dog needs to lose weight, it is important that you do not want to or start moving too fast. This is to allow your dog to get used to more exercise and/or a different diet. After all, you want to stop overexertion or exhaustion. A treadmill can encourage your dog to lose weight. It is safe way to strengthen your dog’s fitness and maintain it in the long run. If your dog is overweight, there can be unpleasant consequences. In the previous blog, among other things, we discuss the possible consequences of being overweight in dogs.