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So I've been struggling to keep my dogs weight down for about... half a year now? She used to be a perfect healthy weight according to her vet (7 pounds) but a month after getting her spayed she has blown up to 10 pounds! She's been stuck at this weight ever since and that was like about 6 months ago. She's 4 years old now by the way.
I've tried lessening her amount of food and what not but it hasn't worked. She's all the way down to eating just 1/4 of a cup of Orijen kibble a day. She gets absolutely no treats or human food ever. I've been trying to exercise her which I've been walking her twice a day, 10 minutes each walk. BUT half a month of this exercise and she has started limping and now dreads going outside. I gave her a 5 day break of walking to see if that was the cause of limping and what do you know, the limping stopped once the walking did.
I don't know what to do, I can't really minus her food any more than that and I don't want to increase her exercise even more when it's already hurting her
Suggestions? Also, how long do you think it will take for her to go from 10 pounds back to a healthy 7 pounds?
I've tried lessening her amount of food and what not but it hasn't worked. She's all the way down to eating just 1/4 of a cup of Orijen kibble a day. She gets absolutely no treats or human food ever. I've been trying to exercise her which I've been walking her twice a day, 10 minutes each walk. BUT half a month of this exercise and she has started limping and now dreads going outside. I gave her a 5 day break of walking to see if that was the cause of limping and what do you know, the limping stopped once the walking did.
I don't know what to do, I can't really minus her food any more than that and I don't want to increase her exercise even more when it's already hurting her
Suggestions? Also, how long do you think it will take for her to go from 10 pounds back to a healthy 7 pounds?