Who'd Have Thought?

Because Bocán's activity has been severely restricted, another challenge we face is avoiding weight gain. In fact, he needs to lose a little weight; since his injury he's already put on a few pounds. Once he's healed, we'll need to maintain him at a healthy weight to further decrease his odds of suffering the dreaded second CCL rupture, in his other stifle joint. The thought of going through this all over again is agonizing, but sadly the probability exists...

We found a low calorie, grain-free dog food that he likes, but he's pretty dissatisfied with the skimpy portions needed to drop his weight with such low activity. Since eating is one of the few things he has to look forward to, it's quite a challenge.

In researching options, we decided to try everything we could think of, and discovered he LOVES broccoli, squash and sweet potatoes. So, we're now adding a lot of broccoli, some squash and a little sweet potato to his meals, and he even looks forward to steamed broccoli as a snack!

Now, we're all eating more broccoli! We also love squash, so we're cooking both nearly every day. Bo loves the thick woody broccoli stems and he even eats cooked squash skin.


We're all eating better!

Any other suggestions for low calorie foods to try?