weights of your corgis

[corgimom]

Lou Ann,

Is this the shed stop?

This give the calories if you scroll down

http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=6804

[maxandmollysmom]

I have pembrokes, my male who will be 3 in June, was about 42 pounds and was very overweight, we moved to the country and since he has many acres to roam, he has lost and iis now down to 34 pounds. My female is very tiny, she was born at .5 and the breeder was afraid she wound't make it. She is now about 1 year and 4 months and weighs 18 pounds. I have read that Corgis tend to become overweight very easily, and since Max became overweight so quickly, we make sure we have a lot of frisbee and ball time with him.

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by pikachu

Oh, really? So he's of the smaller build or rather under weight? He's 5 mths old and abt a week old, wieghing at 14.6 lbs. Can he feel his ribs tho, but can't count them. Is this consider a normal weight for his build?

From your description of his ribs, normal for him. He's underweight for the average corgi, but you don't want him fat so don't try to make him gain weight. Your description sounds just right for him.

Peggy

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Hayashi_eri

I feeding her once a day, 1 full cup of Nutro gold Salmon & potato dry food and 1/3 can of addiction possumm (she refuses to eat just dry food....)

Ok, cut the dry food to 2/3 cup. Add a 1/3 cup of green beans (frozen, thawed if you wish or canned but rinsed well) to make up the difference if you think she needs the bulk. Green beans don't add calories, or very few.

Yes, it doesn' look like much, but she's overweight and needs to be on a diet. IMO, she should not be getting more than one cup of food total for the entire day. Not just one cup of kibble + the canned, one cup including the canned food.

Try adding a bit of warm water to the food some times this brings out the flavor of kibble and they'll eat better. Just moisten it not soak it.

Peggy

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Power walking is just another term for fast, determined walking rather than a slow or sloiwsh amble.

I just call that walking. Why does it have to have a special name. IMO, we "lable" too many things now days. Every thing has a special title. Sheesh, a walk is a walk.

Physically able Corgis, show ponies or not, thrive on the kind of exercising that I previously mentioned for an overweight dog.

So you're saying my dogs aren't thriving?

Well, IMO, corgis do not need 3 hours of exercise a day. If they do they're hyper and not the typical corgi. I'm not saying a dog can't do that, IF the owner so desires, but they don't NEED to. They should fit into our lifestyle not the other way around.

Peggy

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Dillydoodle

The amount of food being 1 1/2 cups a day is too much for a corgi-

While I agree with you in part, and I did advise not more than one cup of food for the overweight dog we're talking about, IMO, you can't say that for every corgi. I have corgis here that eat 1 1/2 to 2 cups of food a day. They are not overweight. I have corgis that only eat one cup a day. Depends on the dog. I measure and feed the amount needed to keep each dog in good weight.

The amount you feed depends on a lot of things, the food you're feeding, the dog itself, the amount of exercise the dog gets. You can't say that no corgi should eat more than 1 cup a day. It just depends on the dog.

Peggy

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Louwants

Of course, he also sneaks his sister's food. The little pig.

Pretty typical for a corgi. Feed them in crates or in seperate rooms. Mine eat in crates so I know who eats what and how much.

Peggy

[Checkers]

Well, since we had the vet trip today I got a chance to weigh in both of my boys. Checkers weighed in at 29lbs (at 1.5 years old), so he is right on target for where I like him to be with his build. Gator weighed in at 17lbs 10oz (he'll be 6 months on Feb 20th)... he needs a little more weight I think, and not just for growing. I can feel his ribs a little too easily. He's been this way since we got him though and I'm still playing with his food amounts to get him where I want him.

[Louwants]

Yes, Corgimom, that's it. Like I said, Duncan loves it, and unless I watch him closely, he'll scarf down his and his sister's, Chloe, food. He's a scarfer and she is a nibbler. I never looked at how many calories there were in it. It's not that bad.......

[Dillydoodle]

Maybe some can eat 1 1/2 cups of food a day, but in Duncan's case, he clearly can't. I do a weekly weighing of my dog and adjust his intake weekly. There are certainly dogs that may need more, or less food depending on their size, activity levelE and metabolism.. I was generalizing, my bad...
Emilie

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Dillydoodle

Maybe some can eat 1 1/2 cups of food a day, but in Duncan's case, he clearly can't. I do a weekly weighing of my dog and adjust his intake weekly. There are certainly dogs that may need more, or less food depending on their size, activity levelE and metabolism.. I was generalizing, my bad...

Don't feel too bad, I know how hard it is to remember that there is a wide variety. I do because I've got several here and feed different amounts depending on the dog.

Just didn't want someone else to think that they should never feed more than one cup per day to a corgi.

Peggy

[Louwants]

The convincing of others not to give him extra food is the hardest part. So, I'll try the 1 cup a day, and see how it goes from there. The first corgi I had many years ago, I gave her two cups a day, and she nibbled all day long at it. She never weighted more than 26 pounds at the most. But, the husband I had, never really gave her people food either. This one, just spoils the crap out of both of the dogs, and he wasn't a dog person until now. He's always been a cat person.

[TobysMom]

Went to the vets today for routine shots and check up and Toby weighed in at 29 pounds at 15 months. The vet says he looks very good for his frame. He also said that Toby has the whitest teeth he has seen on a dog.

Laurie

[Michael Romanos]

I agree, if you have an already overweight Corgi, a gradual build up of exercise is a must rather than straight into the kind of routine I give Taylor and previous Corgis of mine.

I think a lot of Corgi owners who gve their dogs multiple meals forget that they should be divided up from one full meal only - not a big meal here and an even bigger meal there. That's where the overfeeding comes into it in a lot of cases. When I had Taylor on four meals a day - it was virtually one large meal divided into four portions.

[Hayashi_eri]

ok great! Will try to cut down on her canned food & stick to her dry food. She started gaining weight really fast after I changed her kiblles to Nutrogold Salmon & potato. I wonder if it is too high in fats? But I know omega oil is good fats but I am also feeding her flaz seed oil & shed-x too. Too much fats??