Tag: Halo Healthy Weight Challenge

TRACIE HOTCHNER: WHAT IS HIDING IN YOUR DOG’S TREATS?

Dr. Donna and I recently had a most delightful participant in our Halo Healthy Weight Challenge. Lola was a chubby Pug (quite honestly I don’t think anyone has ever actually seen a slender Pug?!) whose Mom, Heather, was a champ at documenting every little thing Lola ate each day during the 3 month challenge, weighed
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: LOOKING FOR A LOW-CAL TREAT YOUR DOG WILL LOVE? TRY FROZEN BROCCOLI!

If someone told me that dogs of all ages in my house would go nuts for chunks of frozen broccoli as a treat, I would never have believed them! But I’ve made the wonderful discovery that I have three dogs crowding around me eagerly when I slide open the freezer compartment and reach in for
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: NOBODY LIKES TO HEAR THEIR DOG IS FAT!

Canine etiquette question: what do you say when you encounter someone whose dog is seriously overweight? I have been in this predicament more than several times and am torn between not wanting to offend or alienate the person, and advocating for a diet and change in feeding habits on behalf of the dog’s long term
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: EVERYONE CAN BE A WINNER: JUST SWITCH TO HEALTHY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT FOOD

I wanted to dance a little jig today when I learned that an old friend of mine (he’s literally old, too – a very vibrant 80 years old!), was inspired by listening to THE EXPERT VET to put his own 12-year-old Lab Maverick on Halo’s Healthy Weight food. Bob heard me on the show, discussing
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