Help! Corgi weight and farting problems!
Okay so my youngest Corgi, Koda, at 6mos weighs more then my 1 year okay Corgi Jazzy!
I feed both dogs once everyday what is recomeded by the vet(like 3 and 1/2 cups)(together) becuase they are chow hounds but Koda sees to be getting heavier and heavier! We have a spacious backyard and they get daily excrise and Koda's not lazy at all but she keeps packing on the pounds like crazy! I've switched her food to a "tubby puppy's" food but still gaining weight. Help!
Also I'm having a problem with Jazzy and her outragious farting. I've had this promblem since the car ride to bring her home the very first day! We'v e tried EVERYTHING! Almost every brand of food but they are still terrible! Help?
I feed both dogs once everyday what is recomeded by the vet(like 3 and 1/2 cups)(together) becuase they are chow hounds but Koda sees to be getting heavier and heavier! We have a spacious backyard and they get daily excrise and Koda's not lazy at all but she keeps packing on the pounds like crazy! I've switched her food to a "tubby puppy's" food but still gaining weight. Help!
Also I'm having a problem with Jazzy and her outragious farting. I've had this promblem since the car ride to bring her home the very first day! We'v e tried EVERYTHING! Almost every brand of food but they are still terrible! Help?
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Permalink Reply by Karly Leanne Strange on
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Oh 3 and 1./2 cups together. Not each.
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Permalink Reply by Sky and Lyla on
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I'm confused, 3.5 cups split between the two dogs or 3.5 cups total per dog per day? Even if it's split between dogs, that's still 1.75 cups a dog a day which is a lot for Corgis. Definitely cut back the food. My Corgi was getting 1/2 cup twice a day at that age (still does actually). Honestly, feed the least amount you can that keeps just enough weight on so you can feel but not see their ribs. Most people on here will tell you their Corgis get very very small amounts of food. Don't let those sad hungry eyes fool you. =)
As for the gas, that could have a lot to do with what you are feeding. As a pup I had my Corgi on a "premium" food and she had awful gas all the time. Once I started researching dog food and learning what made a good food and how dog's digestive systems' worked, I switched foods and now she has much less gas. Still happens every now and then, and it's still not pleasant, lol, but it's much less often which is fine by me!
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Kimball on
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Everyone is right. Cut the food WAAAAAY back. Don't feed them together, either. My six-month-old Cardigan, who is going to top out around 30 lb, gets half a cup once a day if she's eating kibble. On a cup and three-quarters she'd be an elephant.
What brands have you tried? I know you said almost every, but does that mean almost every one in the grocery store? The pet supply store? You can add probiotics and digestive enzymes to her food and that will help, but generally it's an issue with the ingredients itself so I would have to know exactly what you are feeding and have fed.
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They go running everyday around the block a couple times, they get ALOT of excirse. Thats what I was saying. Plus we play ball ing the backyard alot.
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Permalink Reply by Jenn on
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I agree with everyone about cutting back the food. I adopted a dog three months ago because his owners didn't want him anymore. He was an enormous 35+ lbs (he made my Dakota look tiny) when I got him in September. I feed them a half a cup of Blue Buffalo in the morning and a half cup in the evening, with some treats in between (veggies and some actual dog treats) and he has dropped below 30 lbs in just the short time I've had him. He is now trim and looks healthy.
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Permalink Reply by Patricia A Columbo on
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TOO MUCH FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Sylvia & Timmy on
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First, feed to an optimal weight, not what they weigh now. For males 25-28 lbs, females, 22-26. If you feed a premium food, you should be feeding a cup a day per dog at most. With some of the grocery brands it will be more, but of less value to their system, therefore more waste.
Exercise. Timmy gets a 3 mile walk every day and two 20 minute ball playing sessions per day. When he has puffed up, it's because I didn't factor in treats. Factoring in daily treats (for training) he gets 1/4 cup in the am and 1/4 in the evening on kibble days. On raw days he gets 1/2 lb in the am and 1/2 lb at night.
Substitute unsalted frozen green beans for the kibble you will cut out and watch the pounds start dropping and their energy level increasing. Seriously, if there are no thyroid problems, then the weight gains are because they are getting too much food. Very simple, reduce the food and increase exercise. Remember that corgis are food holics and will tell you they are starving!! Not the case at all, just a ruse. There are lots of stories here about corgis that are overweight and the resulting injuries they can lead to.
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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on
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Ours get a generous 1/2 c of raw meat twice daily, Sometimes heaping. With a very little Wellness kibble.
If I avoid eating much sugar, or undercooked beans or onions, the dogs fart a lot less.
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Hilarious!
But - as a raw feeder - I have to ask, you're not just feeding raw (muscle) meat, right? They have bones and organs in there?
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Funny, funny, so you blame the dogs too? I guess most of us do!
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Permalink Reply by clarence paul sells jr. on
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I'd have to say cut back on the food also, in addition separate the two when feeding. I feed Amber 1/3 cup of Iams Rice & Lamb 2 Times daily with a few treats through-out the day. She gets plenty of excercise and is nice an lean at nearly 3 years old in April weighing 18 pounds. As an experiment... just try this, take that 3 1/2 cups of kibble that you normally give both corgis, split it up into two bowls, and add approximate 3/4 cup of warm water to it. Come back to it in about 10 - 15 minutes. See how much of it swells up from the water. That is what is happening to the kibbles given to your loves after they devour the food.... I am quite confident, this may be your corgis farting issues as well. Just too much food devoured, and lots of air, as they may be gobbling it down as fast as they can to get to the others food. You also can change it up with cook rice & cooked chicken about 1/2 cup of mixture twice a day until the farting stops usually about 24 hours .. cottage cheese 1/3 cup with 1/4 cup of kibble helps get their system back in order as well. Good luck... I hope this helps.
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