Thursday, October 20, 2011

Overweight Dog Help!!?

I have a female dog named Bella, she is a Cocker Spaniel- Bichon Frise mix. Bella is pretty overweight, she has a sister same age and breed (litter) but is in better shape her sister weighs 29 lb. And Bella weighs about 34 lb. We feed both of them 1/2 cup diet food 2 times a day. Bella is the dominant dog and will attack her sister, so we feed them separately. Bella is 1 1/2 years old. Bella and her sister eat all the same stuff, but she weighs more, Bella will get into the cat food at least 2 times a week, and we know it's bad for her, but my family always end up leaving the door open on accident. She will also get into trash and eat toilet paper, and plastic, socks and underwear, whenever he gets her paws on something she eats it, and she has anger issues and snaps at you when you try to take it away. I have no idea what to do!! She is a very fast runner, but I am busy with school and sports. Please help (:

Answer on Overweight Dog Help!!?

Put the cat food on top of the refrigerator or some other high place the dog can't possibly get to.
Google NILF training to correct the resource guarding behavior. If you don't, she's going to bite someone eventually and there could be a lawsuit. If you can't keep clothing and trash out of her reach you aren't trying very hard.