advice needed, been to the vet and Ella is slightly overweight

[Fluff]

If she was mine I'd probably have a bit off her (although it's hard to tell with the fur!) but nothing drastic. Certainly don't think she needs her food halved!

She's very pretty

[Jonmaddock]

We are going to take say 10grams off and see what that does, with regards to the veg do i weigh that? Or say hand full?

[linda c]

Looking at your photo she doesn't look that overweight to me   She's a lovely girl and doesn't look on the small size.  I'd be happy with her looking like that.

 I wouldn't cut her food down too much, a hand full of veg should be about right. Check her weight weekly if you want to see how things are going.

[lesley3165]

Our vets receptionists told us Meg was overweight, she is of a similar build to Ella. She weighed 12.75kg and was only fed 130gms of the recommended 180gms as we are treat training. Following advice on here we now feed her the recommended 180gms, using part of it to train and she gets a raw carrot every day. We got her weighed today and she has gone down to 12.20kg. Clearly we were giving her way too many treats. She gets a 45 minute off lead, ball chasing walk and a 45 minute lead walk every day, hope we can maintain this weight now  btw she is fed on purina pro plan.

[MIN]

she doesnt look as though she is carrying to much weight 

[Jonmaddock]

thanks a lot ! we will cut down a little, i appreciate everyones reply, first thing i said was " RIGHT I AM GOING ON THE COCKERS FORUM!!!!" see what they say 

[jennycockerspaniel]

The weight and which food is a big concern Penny's food is 2 stars but I add a small amount of Natures Diet oR fish chicken ect veg and healthy treats  Her weight averages about 12kg exercise is not a a long as usual but she has a fit swim once a week and Penny likes to dawdle Am thinking of changing her food to 5 star one with her  added extras Her coat and poohs are fine but I do worry about her kibbleSory I meant to add she looks fine very similar to Penny Lovelly golden girl

[twiceover2]

If she were mine, I would drop her food a bit.  I would say she is a tad overweight but not anything to be concerned about now.  You should be able to feel her ribs easily but I certainly don't think you need to halve her intake.  170g a day would probably do the trick and would make sure Ella doesn't get any bigger, which she probably would do if you continued with the 200g a day.

[Jonmaddock]

Update:

Got Ella some Veg the broccoli, carrots and sweet corn went down a treat

[Patp]

She doesnt look overweight to me (I think Jinley is slightly larger and she is having her treats cut down).  I am not overly worried though, as once spring is here and the holiday season and lighter nights start, she will be more active.

If you compare show cockers to workers, then show always look more portly and have a less defined waist.  I think she looks lovely.

[Jan D]

She looks just right to me - my 2 workers each weigh about 13.5kg. She is a beautiful girl 

[Jonmaddock]

Thanks for the replies and kind words, I've told Ella your comments I agree soon as its lighter nights the weight will drop off, a lot more garden time

[jasper_boy]

Jacob has recently been looking chunky so his food has been reduced from 120g a day to 100g a day. It will depend on what food you give as to the amount the dog should be fed. Jacob is on Barking Heads Fusspot and he only needs to look at the food to put weight on  he now has 40g for breakfast about 7am, a bonio at lunchtime, 60g for dinner with a large portion of veg (green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and just a couple of carrots due to the sugar levels in them) and then a small biscuit at 7pm. Out of all of my dogs, Jacob is given the smallest amount of food, but weighs the most. If I don't give him any veg then he is a nightmare with poo-eating but as long as I fill him up, he is generally okay.