My dog is losing weight and hair. What homemade diet for vegetarians?

I don't believe that there is one meal that is superior to all; however here are 2 websites that you can reference for homemade complete balance meal options for your pet. https://secure.balanceit.com/  https://www.petdiets.com/  A complete and balanced diet is best to promote a healthy haircoat. There is no medicine used for generalized shedding of the hair. However you can supplement with pet formulated omega 3 fatty acids to promote a healthy shiny haircoat. If you pet has actual bald areas, then its best to get him tested for a possible mite problem and treatment through your vet. A complete and balanced diet will also ensure proper growth and weight gain for your pet. Also regular dewormings can treat for any underlying intestinal parasites that can cause improper growth if left untreated. Some broad spectrum dewormers commonly used are Pyrantel Palmoate and Fenbendazole. THese are usually readily available at your local pet store or feed store. I hope this helps! Good luck with your pet moving forward.

Weight loss in pets is similar to weight loss in people. They need reduced calories and more exercise. Here is a great link about weight loss in pets: https://www.petcoach.co/article/weight-loss-programs/ You can't just go by the numbers on the scale. It is most important to assess Pavi's body condition score: https://www.petcoach.co/article/how-do-i-determine-if-my-dog-is-overweight/ Also, I'm not sure if this is a home made diet or a commercial diet. Especially with a home made diet, it is very important to make sure the diet is balanced. https://www.petcoach.co/article/how-to-create-a-balanced-homemade-diet-for-your-pet/ You may want to post again about what you are feeding, how much you are feeding, how over weight Pavi is and what her daily exercise is like. I hope this helps.

It's very hard to get a balanced homemade diet, and just giving Salt chicken, rice, and veg will not be fully balanced for her. If you want to do a homemade diet to help her lose weight, I will put a link to two websites below that give recipes for homemade diets for dogs. They are recipes provided by veterinary nutritionists, so they will be balanced nutritionally for her. In terms of her losing weight, you don't want it to happen quickly, it should be slowly over time. A healthy weight loss is between one to five pounds per month depending on the dog's size and current condition. I hope this helps! https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

Making a homemade diet (especially a diet for a puppy) requires very careful balance between nutrients and supplementing with specific vitamins and minerals. There are a few companies that employ veterinary nutritionists to help formulate balanced diets. The most commonly used one is called Balance It ( https://secure.balanceit.com/ ). They will be able to help you choose ingredients and create a balanced recipe specifically for Sakshi. Good luck! I hope that was helpful. Thanks for using PetCoach.

Royal Canin makes a commercial vegetarian diet that I think is the best option since it is balanced. Otherwise you would need to have a veterinary nutritionist formulate a balanced diet, which can be difficult when you are eliminating meat. This website has nutritionists on staff and can help formulate a diet: they use their own vitamin supplement to balance the diets and are based in the United States but I believe they will ship internationally. Www.balanceIT.com

Hi there and thank you for using PetCoach to address your concern. If you are making Teddy's food for him, I would recommend visiting www. balanceit.com to help formulate a well balanced diet. Quinoa is ok to use in the food but you have to be sure to use the right quantity. This website will tell you the exact amount to feed and is very accurate. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

HI there. I would recommend using a true weight loss diet and not a "weight management" or "healthy weight". You should use the weight loss diet until he is his ideal weight then you can transition to a management diet. These diets are expensive but they are not meant to be a long term solution so keep that in mind. If you feed the correct amount it shouldn't be too horribly expensive. You must feed him to his "ideal weight" and not the weight he is currently. So read the instructions on the bag of food carefully. Feed him this diet only - no treats or bones or people food. I would suggest Puirna OM or Hill's w/d. These are prescription diets and should be prescribed by your vet but I have recently come to find out you can buy them on Amazon without an Rx. They should not make his coat or skin poor. If that is a recurring theme then he may have an underlying condition like hypothyroidism causing that (could also be why he is heavy) so you may want to consider having his thyroid levels checked. These links are from Chewy.com. I don't know if they require a Rx but you can check Amazon too or just ask your vet for a prescription. https://www.chewy.com/purina-pro-plan-veterinary-diets-om/dp/50028 https://www.chewy.com/hills-prescription-diet-wd/dp/54717 Hope this helps. Best wishes!