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Participants in this thread:	brannedy Tailspin balloons101 smitte21 softwarephantom
brannedy 2 posts	My Miniature Schnauzer is a bit overweight. He’s two years old and wights about 30lbs. How much and how ofter should I feed him. Right now I feed him about 1cup of dry dog food twice a day.
Tailspin Toronto 97 posts	Two cups of food is a lot for a 30 lb dog. Probably 1 1/2 is a better fit for him. It depends a lot on the type and caloric density of the food as well. Try cutting the food back some and maybe adding some extra high fibre/low cal goodies like string beans to his diet. Exercise is also very important, just like with humans a cut in calories taken in and an increase in calories burnt helps to lose weight. 30 lbs is quite a lot for a Mini Schn. has your vet talked to you about what his ideal weight might be? I think most should be about 22-25 lbs. If that is so, then an extra five pounds on the dog can be equivalent to a 30 lb excess on an average human…that’s alot so get a handle on his weight now before you have to start dealing with the increase in health problems caused by overweight as he gets older. Good luck and work on losing the weight slowly and steadily.
balloons101 18 posts	so i have a mini schnauzer too and i feed him 1/2 a cup of iams because he is a 3 month old puppy and she ways around 7-8 pounds. A good idea of exercise is taking her for a run for like 30 minutes but you should do that at least EVERYDAY so best of luck !!!
smitte21 45 posts	I’d cut him back to around 1 cup a day and fill the rest of the space with green beans. It will still help him feel full but will be less calories. And yes I have to agree with the excercise bit.
softwarephantom Long Beach, CA 13 posts	Hi, just wanted to let you know about green beans and dogs: Green beans are loaded with nutrients – an excellent source of Vitamin A, dietary fiber, potassium, folate and iron, etc. Very few foods compare to green beans in their number of helpful nutrients for Atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease. Green beans help prevent cholesterol from becoming oxidized. Oxidized cholesterol is able to stick to and build up in blood vessel walls, where it can cause blocked arteries, heart attack or stroke. (precaution) green beans contains oxalates, which are naturally occuring substances found in plants, animals and human beings. When oxalates become to concentrated in the body fliuds, they can crystalize and cause health problems. For this reason, if your dog has existing and untreated kidney or gallbladder problems you may want to avoid feeding your dog green beans. I learned that from being a member of the healthy dog team at www.healthydogexperts.org you have to be a member for them to let you know these important tools you need to know as a dog owner if you want your dog to be healthy without ever having to worry about taking your dog to the vet all the time, this is the way to go. I hope this helps you This paragraph is refferring to the blog wrote about the string beans by tailspin from toronto (above)
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