Hoping for a steer in the right direction.
Dog approx 6kg overweight, gained it in last 7 months after neutering and illness that now means life long daily steroids. He’s not quite 2yrs.
He hasn’t been very active for 4 of the last 7 months but last few weeks we’ve seen improvements in energy levels and he’s managing daily walks again of over an hour and is playful running for ball etc. He is already struggling with the warmer weather so it’s vital he drops some kg before the summer heat really starts.
He’s increasingly fussy with dog food (loves human food 🙄). I’ve changed and he loves it for a few days then refuses. I’ve tried various different and it’s mostly always the same - loves for a few days and then decides it’s not for him. He loved his current food for a few days, licked the bowl clean. Now he’s turning his nose up and eating minimum.
Given he’s done this a few times now I’m going with fussy eater. I’m now offering for a certain about and then putting away. Then offering again later. The waste in both food and money is starting to frustrate me.
I’ve cut down the treats so he now gets treat (cocktail sausage) twice a day for the tablets. A small handful of small treats during a walk and 2 other treats (variety of chew treat that doesn’t disappear in a second) usually when I’m trying to distract him or leaving the house.
He has frozen treats too, usually a mix of plain, oralaid and yogurt and fruit.
Does this sounds right, keep with one good and when he’s hungry he’ll eat it? He has wolfed it down when it was new so he can’t have hated it!