How to read dog food labels for your dog's weight loss diet?

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My 30 dachshund needs to lose 10 lbs. The diet food label reads 306 kcal ME/can. Am I to assume that the entire can of dog food has 306 kcal? Or is there another calculation I need? Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Male | neutered | 7 years and 11 months old | 29.9 lbs

Dr. Davis · Accepted Answer

Yes that’s the calories in the can. On dry food it will have the kcal/cup. I usually recommend diet dry food with added vegetables to fill him up rather than wet food. I like dry food with 250kcaks/cup or less, and measure each meal. You can give canned pumpkin, green beans, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. Some dogs prefer the vegetables cooked and mixed in with a little fat free chicken broth. Hills has a metabolic diet that is very effective to use for a diet also. That is heavy for a dachshund so I’m glad you are putting him on a diet. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Oskar.

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