Help Your Cat or Dog Lose Weight
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How To Keep a Dog from Running Away
Prevent your dog’s escape by physical means such as heightening the fence so he can't jump over, closing up any space underneath the fence and making sure the gate is secure.
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Feed on schedule and limit intake. Feeding your pet twice a day at the same time each day helps their metabolism stay on an even keel. Use the recommendations on the food label or the information in the links below to figure out how much food your pet needs each day. Give half the amount in the morning and half at night.
Stop giving table scraps! People food is not pet food, and often contains ingredients that are unhealthy and even harmful to our pets. They fill up on table foods that don't have proper nutrition for their bodies and then refuse their less interesting kibble. Also, we often give pets the parts of food that we wouldn't want to eat ourselves, such as the fat and gristle of a steak. You won't eat it because you don't want to be fat, so why give it to your best furry buddy?
Get your pet some exercise. Play fetch in your yard, go jogging, let them play in a dog park. Play inside with tug toys, catnip mice, laser pens, kitty "fishing poles", anything to get your pet moving around more. A seriously overweight pet will probably resist your encouragement to play at first, but keep trying.