My sheltie, still recovering slowly from cruciate ligament surgery and fractured hock ligaments, is still trying to lose weight. Difficult as she is unable to do much vigorous exercise these days - other than walking and a bit of a trot.  If she was slimmer she would be more active perhaps but it is a vicious circle.

She is now having hydrotherapy treatment (treadmill) twice a week and they are telling me that although she has lost about 250g lately, it's not enough and I should change her food.  At the moment she has about three quarters of a carton of Naturediet Lite daily (split in two).  She is constantly hungry though as she has always been greedy!  I am told that maybe she should be on a special vet diet.  However over the years I have spent a fortune on stuff recommended at the vets only to find that dogs hate it. I am talking about dried kibble which she won't eat.  Is there another low fat wet dog food anyone can recommend?  Personally I am happy with Naturediet which she likes but I admit that the weight loss is slow going.  My other 3 dogs are all on normal Naturediet which they seem to like.

If she will eat veggies you could stick to the same food but cut down a little more and compensate by adding some fresh veg to bulk the meal out for her. Cut maybe a quarter of her meat out and add some steamed veg.

The last time I visited P a H, I was surprised to see just how many companies are now producing these wet food trays. Wainwrights, and Naturo (Tesco) both have Senior varieties, and are highly rated. The Senior varieties have added Glucosamine and Chondriatin, and I would guess that they have fewer calories too.

Tinned Chappie is one of the lowest fat, lowest protein feeds you can get. Very good for dodgy tums too as its easily digested.

Another recommendation for tinned Chappie here.  Dogs love it - it's stinky!  But very good ( as has been said) for upset tums.  I had a bitch years ago who was on Hills ID and she got fed up of it.  It was not cheap either.  She loved her Chappie though.  It's cheap enough for you to at least give it a try before embarking on expensive stuff.

When mine gets a bit bored of Chappie he has Butchers Lean & Tasty, he loves it.

Chappie yes!  I've recently switched my two fatties (medical reasons like yours, they can't walk far/fast) to it and it is the first thing that's made a significant difference - my show line, arthritic, hypothyroid, auto-immune anaemic (so permanent steroids) lab has already lost 2kg!

Right - thanks all - I will give Chappie a try before embarking on the expensive Purina etc path.  I know it is a bit stinky but of course the stinkier the better dogs like it LOL.  I do hope it might make a significance difference to my rather too large sheltie (as the last poster says!).  Will keep you posted!

I'm one of those weirdos who quite likes the smell lol!