Took Mya to the vet today and she's down another 2lbs...now she's at 55lbs! woohooo!!! When I first joined the forum in October/November of last year she was about 72-75lbs!!! I think that within almost a year getting her down to 55lbs is pretty good. Yay Mya!!!

Milo is 14months and knocking on the 70lb mark and lil miss roxy is still in the low 20s as usual.

As I mentioned in an earlier post on this thread, Mya has lost 17lbs since late last year. I thought I'd take some pics to see if you can really tell. I think you can...what do you guys think?

This was almost a year ago. 72lbs!!!





and here she is today...55lbs! Woohoo!!!







I want her down to 52lbs and she'll be perfect!

WOW! Look at those feminine curves!! She looks amazing! I bet she has all the boy dogs taking second glances! haha

Hahaha!!! She knows she's hot stuff! She looks and acts so much healthier too! My poor girl..I don't know how I let her get so fat after her spay

I thought my Neo was skinny at 65lbs, but now I think hes fat! Congratz on the weightloss, I know how hard it is for people, I can only imagine how hard it is to take weight off of a dog!

Thanks Jill! It was really hard to get the weight off of her, but if it wasn't for this forum I would have never know what to do! Thanks to the girls (you know who you are) that are like doggie nutritional geniuses I would have never gotten her to loose the weight! Took a year, but she just has another 2-3lbs to go =)

Just saw your new pics of Neo and girl he's NOT fat at all!! He's perfect! Boy weigh more than girls so he's good =)

Good job Melissa! I'm sure those last couple lbs will be off before you know it. Dakota got up to 60 lbs 2 years ago when we moved to FL and I couldn't exercise him as much as I did in WA due to the FL heat. Took about a year to get him to drop the weight down to 55 lbs, today he's down to his ideal weight of 52 lbs.

Looks like Mya's coat also got lighter comparing the before and after pics.

Faolan weighs 29lbs as of Friday

Huskyluv wrote:

Good job Melissa! I'm sure those last couple lbs will be off before you know it. Dakota got up to 60 lbs 2 years ago when we moved to FL and I couldn't exercise him as much as I did in WA due to the FL heat. Took about a year to get him to drop the weight down to 55 lbs, today he's down to his ideal weight of 52 lbs.

Looks like Mya's coat also got lighter comparing the before and after pics.

Thanks Val! It's incredible how hard it is to get the weight off of these crazy doggies!

Yep, her coat is definitely lighter!! That might have to do with the fact that I've brushed her 2 days in a row and all of the hair coming out was dark!

Your right about the forum being helpful! I don't know what I would do if I havnt had found this! I may not post a lot, but I sure read everything. Hope those last few pounds come off quick and easy!

Zander is a larger boy, around 65-70lbs depending on the time of year. He'll be 7yrs in Feb.

I've never heard of a Sibe having issues losing weight before I read this thread. Usually I hear people trying to get weight ON them. Lol. Never had any "heavy" issues with any of my Sibes, ever. All of my fosters usually drop all their weight when they are with me, too. Grain-free, minimal fat, high protein diets. And, of course, plenty of space to run around.

MelissaI wrote:

Hahaha!!! She knows she's hot stuff! She looks and acts so much healthier too! My poor girl..I don't know how I let her get so fat after her spay

sometimes it happens but you were aware of it and took action! great job! mya is a hot husky now

I'm anxious to see if Rogue hit 20lbs yet or not. I really don't feel like she isn't where she should be for 5 months but I guess we will see!

Mya looks great Mel:D I'm hoping it's easy to keep Rogue where she is weight wise now after the spay, but she'll still get a lot of exercise so I think we'll be good!

I've only had issues with gaining weight(Ziwipeak seriously put weight on so fast for both dogs when feeling an extra 1/2 scoop to a full scoop til they reached ideal weight), I don't think my two will ever need their food cut down, lol.

Appa clocked in today at 66lbs. He's still-a-growin! We still haven't topped out on height yet either. Here he is looking svelt.

Aww, Appa looks like a tall, lanky teenager! Of course he's adorable as is but man is he going to be a stunner when he fills out! Gonna be a big boy!

He sure looks tall! He's gonna be a big one! What a cutie pie!

Wow, he's tall!!!! He's too adorable!

MelissaI wrote:

Huskyluv wrote:

Good job Melissa! I'm sure those last couple lbs will be off before you know it. Dakota got up to 60 lbs 2 years ago when we moved to FL and I couldn't exercise him as much as I did in WA due to the FL heat. Took about a year to get him to drop the weight down to 55 lbs, today he's down to his ideal weight of 52 lbs.

Looks like Mya's coat also got lighter comparing the before and after pics.

Thanks Val! It's incredible how hard it is to get the weight off of these crazy doggies!

Yep, her coat is definitely lighter!! That might have to do with the fact that I've brushed her 2 days in a row and all of the hair coming out was dark!

Good job, Melissa!
If you think 5 lbs in a year was tough, try 30 lbs in 6 months! Storm is now at 85.5 lbs and he is within 5.5 lbs within his goal weight! Now that it's cooled off and we're on the trail again, he'll be down to 80 lbs in no time!

rileyflorence wrote:

Appa clocked in today at 66lbs. He's still-a-growin! We still haven't topped out on height yet either. Here he is looking svelt.

Very handsome boy!

Holy crap, Riley! He's huge! Super handsome boy though I love your avatar, btw... He looks like an absolute monster in that picture.

We weighed Ghost a couple days ago, and she clocked in at 35.2 lbs at 5 1/2 months. I wonder if I'll have a big girl on my hands as well.

Elvis is 6 months and weighs in at 63lbs. hes a big boy.

Just weighed the dogs yesterday actually. Josie (4years old) comes in at 61 pounds. And our chiwawa Hailey(5years old) comes in at 11 pounds. lol. She use to be 15 before we got Josie last year. But with Haliey running all over the house to try and control what Josie does we think she lost a few pounds lol. Just started to walk both dogs together for a short distance now too. So gonna try and get Hailey down to 8 pounds.

I know I'm pages out of date with this question, but you only feed your dogs a cup of dry food a day? I've been feeding Sky about 3 cups a day (the package recommends 3 1/2 for her size and age, but she skips a meal every few days so I've cut back). Am I majorly overfeeding? Or is it because I'm not feeding grain free? I'm feeding her Wellness Super 5 Puppy.

I think she's a bit on the small side, compared to a lot of what I'm reading. She weighed about 30 lbs last month at 6.5-7 months old. I think she's put on a few lbs, but I'm not very good at judging. I guess I'll find out on Monday when I take her in for the big snip! (Poor baby.)