I'm in a similar boat at the moment. Due to my broken wrist Archie is only getting walks in the fields in our village. It's not that short but he doesn't run around either. He just potters about close to me. At home he has been lounging around keeping me company on the sofa.
We visited the vet last Friday and he's put on a kilo.
he has always been big but now weighs 19kg. He already only has waaaay under the recommended amount of his food. He has two thirds of a tray of wainwrights wet trays. The recommended amount is one and a half trays. I have bought the low fat version of it to see if that helps first of all and am trying to cut out his treats (he has other ideas). Luckily he is obsessed with broccoli and he is quite a fussy eater and not a scavenger. Yesterday he swapped a loaf of bread (unwrapped French stick
) that I dropped on the floor for half a milky bone. I thought it was a gonner for sure!
Fingers crossed we both manage to get our portly pooches slimmed down for the spring. Good luck. In my case, I'm pretty sure it will be my inability to ignore "those" eyes that lets Archie down!