Dillon the solid Springer Spaniel

First dog of 2012 to board with us is Dillon a Springer Spaniel who we've looked after before. Dillon was the dog who before he had the snip was a little dog aggressive when the mood took him and whilst in Sutton Park he decided to hang off the neck of a huge tiger brindle coloured Pit Bull that was carrying a small tree in his mouth! Pulling them apart was one of the scariest moments I've had; but respects to the Pit, he didn't bat an eyelid and just stood there with Dillon hanging off his throat!


Anyway, I discussed my thoughts with Dillon s owners and they took the decision to have him done and he is massively less aggressive and will only fight if he is attacked by other dogs which is perfectly right and proper as he is entitled to do!


Since having the snip he has unfortunately piled on a few pounds! I think this is a combination of things. The effect that castration has on relaxing the hormones that curse around a male dogs body and the stress that this can cause is removed and the dog simply exerts a little less energy. Secondly he has been placed onto a quality dog food called Harrington's which is nutritionally better than the previous food he was on and its very easy to add a bit much to the dogs diet.


As eating is such an important part of a dogs life, I've set up a page on the blog to deal with how to feed your dog and what to feed and will try to update it as often as possible. The page is accessed by clicking the tab at the top of this page.


I have posted a blog about how to tell if your dog is overweight and how to feed your dog, regardless of what food they eat!


Cheers 


Steve