How much food do you feed your adult corgi?
both of my dogs eat the same food, same amount, similar activity level. My male corgi is slim and fit, however my female corgi is having the hardest time to lose weight. Our Vet recommended us to feed her twice with half a cup each, hopefully that will stimulate her metabolism.
Does your corgi need to lose weight? any tips to share?
Does your corgi need to lose weight? any tips to share?
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Permalink Reply by Candy on
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Hmmmm... Good questions.... I pondered about this one when I got first got Bonni.
I fed her more when she was a puppy, maybe like 3/4 twice a day or something. She also had some problems eating when she was younger, then I had figured out someone in my family gave her a taste of Peanut Butter! And that's all she wanted, not her chow. Finally, after alot of work, she began to eat her own food and loves it! I feed her now, 1/3 cup of Eukanuba three times a day. Why three times?? Because she always seem hungry. So the vet says to space it out to three times a day to fill her tummy, yet not cause it to bloat by eating larger portions in smaller intervals. But sometimes, it seem like she's still so hungry. But then again, this assumption could be wrong, bc Bonni ALWAYS love food. Her weight is 25lbs. Her vet says she is in perfect shape!
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Permalink Reply by Avyon on
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oh yea we had that problem too when we first got Roxi... She was already older when we got her (4 months) so we went through that 2 weeks of her rarely eating due to getting used to us and the apartment and daily routines. When she finally started eating normally throughout the day a few weeks later it turns out that someone at the office (we worked at the same place, same hours and she turned into the office dog) started giving her little snacks... even though we originally decided that we wanted to wait for a long time before introducing "human" treats to her.
So we had to make sure that one of us was with her all the time in the office so people wouldn't sneak treats to her (you can tell people not to.. but its a corgi... the cute face does em in lol) and at home we wouldn't give into her pleas for human food.
Eventually after leaving the food out long enough she started eating it again due to hunger. (she went on strike for about a week) I did hand feed her a little a day and put some from her bowl into a toy to make sure she got something in her belly hehe. I just had to also be careful that she wouldn't just eat when she was hand fed... *sighs* puppies are so hard sometimes lol
oh and side note: when i say "human" food I mean apples, yogurt etc.. the healthy stuff... the things people started feeding her were handful of nuts, fatty cheese sticks, little nips of their pasta... stuff from their lunch that just wasn't right for a dog :/
Oh and if anyone every goes up to VT, if you go to the side or small icecream shacks, they usually treat your dog for free with doggy serve icecream (made just for doggies)
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Permalink Reply by Maggie and Me on
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Standard of the breed which is 25 pounds for a female (not larger than 28 pounds) and 27 pounds for a male dog (not larger than 30 pounds).
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Permalink Reply by Sam on
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Wow, some of these guys are eating lots! All of my adult corgis get no more then 1/2 cup twice daily. I choose to feed Natural Balance and my dogs have done well on it. Typically I think diet food is really more for the humans than for the dogs. It lets us feed them more. Corgis cant measure and are no more satisfied with 1 cup at a meal then 1/2 cup. They are always going to ask for more. As for the suggested amounts on dog food bags I find them far more then what most dogs can consume. That is a guideline only. One has to become familiar with the "feel" of their dog when they are at a good weight. One should be able to stand above them and see a definite waistline. Palpating their rib cage should allow you to feel the ribs like there is a light quilt over top of them. Many corgis "appear" to gain and lose weight because of their coats. Weighing them and learning the proper feel is the best guage.
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Permalink Reply by Jessica on
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Mac is a smaller Corgi - she is only 22 lbs. But we keep her on a strick strick diet. Our breeder instilled that in us from the day we went to look at the litter. She received a corgi was 70lbs. The pup couldn't keep a collar on because his neck was so big. He couldn't run, play or even go up and down stairs. She put him on a strick diet and he went down to 30 lbs and loves it.
We feed her 1/2 cup twice a day with some missing link added for her joints. We give her small puppy treats and only give her some rawhides once in awhile and really watch the food. She get's no people food.
We weigh her regularly and make sure that she always has a waist. I try not to let her get too overweight as that can hurt her legs, joints and back. We currently feed California Natural, but are goin to be switching her in a few months (after this bag is gone) to Nutro Source.
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Permalink Reply by Monica Seebode on
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Nunzio is a big boy at 38 lbs. He is back on a diet after his "Summer of Snacking". Half cup of Science Diet Light two times per day. Glory just joined our family last week. I am slowly moving her to Science Diet. She is only 18 lbs, but the breeder seemed happy with her weight. I'm hoping that Nunzio will lose at least 8 lbs and that she gains about 4.
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Permalink Reply by Vannette on
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I would say 60 pounds is waaay too much and to cut his food to 1/2 cup and add 1/2c green beans or 1/2c canned pumpkin...not pumpkin pie mix. Mine love this. Yours will too. By losing some weight his life expectancy can go up. I know, they think they are starving. My girl (Katie) is that way. She's about 32-33 She's the tri. Cody is the R&W, he's about 27 pounds I just added a couple more pics
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Permalink Reply by Mary Ann Jones on
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I feed my guys twice a day and measure out 1/4 cup of kibble each time. I make that 1/4 cup more scant or more rounded, according to how they look each day. In the morning, I add sliced banana and a tablespoon of yogurt. At night, I add a tablespoon of canned pumpkin and a tablespoon of canned dog food.
The kibble can be really fattening. I am currently feeding Eagle-Pac Holistic food (the stinky fish variety, which they love; also comes in chicken, duck and, lamb, I think). The Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of the Garden State often gives small (five pound) bags of kibble to exhibitors as a hospitality gift. It's a great way to try new things that have been screened by owners of our breed.
I had been feeding Pro Plan and had weight issues. I moved on to Innova, which gave me better results as far as their putting on too much weight at times. Then I moved to Nutro Ultra, which made a noticeable difference in weight control. I guess that Innova has more fatty stuff in it or something that made them retain weight. The rep for Nutro also started carrying Eagle-Pac, so I asked her why, since I was happy with Nutro. Comparing ingredients, she felt strongly that the Eagle-Pac was superior. I decided to change, and have been very happy. More and more of my friends have switched to it too.
One of my friends had problems with loose stool and messy pants on her corgi, and the Eagle-Pac helped clear that up. I notice my guys have less and firmer poop too. You can find more info here: http://eaglepack.com/Pages/HS_Home.html
For canned food, another friend recommended Evanger, which is 100% meat. No filler. It's also reasonably priced. No need to spend extra for the "gourmet" stuff with all sorts of add-ins. The add-in vitamin-rich stuff is in my kibble. I would highly recommend Evanger food. http://www.evangersdogfood.com/dog/gamemeats.html
I also found this company called TreatCo which sells tiny bones that are corgi-sized. A neighbor told me long ago that the size of the treat didn't matter to the dog, what mattered was the fact that it was GETTING a treat. The small size bones (I get savory steak) are about a half inch long, and they love them. They make the perfect training treats. Every time I have them out, my corgi friends ask about them, and then want more. I got my first ones from a local store called Ollie's Outlet. They were selling them really cheap. I bought them all. Then I went to the website http://treatco.com/biscuits/biscuits.htm and have ordered three 15 pound cartons at a time. One goes to the breeder, another to another corgi family, and the last one is for me.
My breeder feeds her corgis once a day, and varies the amount according to the dog. She does NOT go over a cup a day, which is what your vet recommended. That portion goes to dogs like Jack who run the yard all day long, chasing balls and stuff. He is an extremely active outdoor type guy. My guys are more like couch potato people followers. That's why I feed them less.
I alternate Paddington and Wilbur as therapy dogs, because they get fed by staff and patients the WHOLE time they are there, despite my best efforts. I decided that I would allow it, because of the unbelievable pleasure it gives people. But that means they only go once every two weeks so I can focus on cutting back their food a bit to make sure they don't gain weight. With Eagle-Pac it is very easy to slim them down just a little by giving the scant measure for a few days.
I often get asked about the food issue because it is so CRITICAL for corgis, and mine are in top shape. In general I find that people give too much kibble and too many treats, and too big a treat (the small milk bones are too big). One woman was protesting that she gave her corgi loads of green beans. Well, turned out that was IN ADDITION to the regular feedings (which were too big).
We've got to watch their backs. We can ruin them with too much weight and compromise their health. My breeder had a corgi dropped off who weight 45-50 pounds, I think. I never saw her so angry. She wrote an article which was published in the corgi annual. The owners complained that Reba was nasty. Well, her underarms were rubbed raw from the excess weight. She could barely move and hurt all over. Took a loooonnnnngggg time, but her weight was reduced to where it should be. She was adopted by a woman in Maine, and we just saw her at the National where she was competing in Rally! She got her life back. The moral is: Do NOT overfeed your corgi. They may look like they're dying of hunger, but we know better!
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Permalink Reply by Brenda on
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My twi corgis get 1/2 cup of dry in the morning and 1/3 cup of dry and 1/3 can each in the evening. I feed Nutro ultra holistic, puppy food for Ruby (9-1/2 months) and adult food for Macsen. Both of them are currently in perfect weight for them right now, they get weighed weekly. Ruby isn't typical corgi in that she's not always a good eater, Macsen on the other hand will eat anything that doesn't eat him first
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