Purina OM: Weight Loss Dog Food- A Review
My dog was overweight for many years. I fed her many weight loss dog foods in an attempt to help her lose weight. Although I noticed mild results from some of them it wasn't enough.
Luckily for me I began a new job at a vet clinic and was able to learn about the many different weight loss dog food available and had the opportunity to see if they'd work.
One of the Veterinarians at the clinic recommended a weight loss dog food called "Purina OM." The OM stands for Overweight management. I decided to get a small bag of Purina OM to use on a trial basis. After the bag of food was gone I was amazed with the results.
My dog had never dropped more than five pounds on other foods and now she was down ten pounds. I was so excited. Not only was my dog losing weight eating the Purina OM, but her coat looked beautiful; it was so shiny and soft. At nine years old she looked amazing.
Needless to say I picked up a larger bag of Purina OM when I went back to work, and continued my dog on the diet. She initially ate 1 cup twice a day and later was able to eat more.
She weighed 90 lbs before she started the Purina OM weight loss dog food. She's a small chocolate lab, so she was about twenty-five to thirty pounds overweight. Now, she weighs 60 lbs, and is now eleven years old and in fantastic shape for her age.
If I hadn't put her on the Purina OM weight loss dog food, I'm not sure if I ever would have been able to help her lose weight.
If you have an overweight dog and are looking for a weight loss dog food that actually works, try Purina OM. You'll only be able to get it at a vet clinic, and it is a more expensive food, but your dog will most likely not have to be on the food for the rest of their lives, and it works.
Talk to your veterinarian about Purina OM weight loss dog food to find out if it's the right food for your dog. If you'd like to try it and your vet clinic doesn't carry it, they may be able to special order it for you if you ask them.
If you'd like more information on Purina OM weight loss dog food, click on the link listed under resources.
Resources:
Purina OM canine Formula: http://www.purinaveterinarydiets.com/CanineProductDetail.aspx?prod=227
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4 Comments
Post a Comment(continued from previous post) - obviously I am not a Veterinarian or a pet nutrition expert. That's why whenever I reccomend something like this I always let people know they should talk to their veterinarian first.
Thanks again for reading the article and offering your insights.
Thank you for your input on the article. I have a few things to say in response to your post though. My post was purely meant as a personal experience review of the dog food. I never say that it will work for every dog and even say "talk to your veterinarian about Purina OM weight loss dog food to find out if it's the right food for your dog."
I also mention that dogs usually do not have to eat the food for their entire life. It is definitely a food intended for quick weight loss, and is usually only prescribed by veterinarians if other foods have not worked, as was the case for my dog. I no longer have to feed my dog Purina OM and am able to keep her at a healthy weight.
I believe by providing the experience my dog had with the food, and giving a link to the website so interested people could find out more about the food, that I provided sufficient information for a person to make an informed decision about whether they think it might be the right food for their dog.
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dog something that is going to fill them up but be low in kcals, but if you feed them corn and soy it will strain their kidneys and liver. not to mention that it didn't have any meat! you could have just as easily fed her something high in rice and a little meat. a home cooked meal maybe. i want you to know that i really appreciate your review and the tie that you took to write it, but you need to understand that vets are not nutritionists. I work at a pet store and hear at least once a day that "my vet recommended(insert eukanuba, iams, science diet, or purina) and said that it was the best." I've even heard someone tell me that their vet said, "It doesn't matter what food you feed. they are all the same." that is just scary. Please research for yourself! especially if you are going to be consulting others on the subject!
Good review! i was glad that you left a web address. However when i went to the website i read the ingredients to the dry food and realized why dogs lose weight with this food. Its basically just corn and soy. here is a list of the ingredients. "Whole grain corn, corn gluten meal, soybean hulls*, soybean germ meal, soybean meal, pea fiber, wheat gluten, poultry by-product meal, animal digest, powdered cellulose, tricalcium phosphate, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), salt, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium carbonate, copper sulfate, brewers dried yeast, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite." I understand that you want to feed your