Create A Healthy Routine For Your Dog #PerfectWeight

Do you have a routine for your dog? Did you know that dogs thrive on routines? It is important to orient your dog to a healthy routine. Keep in mind to be consistent and provide proper guidance when creating a healthy routine.

Sugar is very much aware of her daily routine particularly her feeding and playtime times. She enjoys having a routine which keeps her well balanced and secure in her environment. For this reason, when unexpected changes to her routine arise, Sugar easily adjust to it.

Here’s Sugar’s Weekday (M-F) Routine
6:30am Potty Break
7am Feeding – Breakfast: Dog Food + Treat: Banana
7:30am Playtime & Exercise: walk (1 – 2 miles)
8:30 – 11am REST – Nap Time
11am Potty Break + Play Time & Exercise (mini treats are provided ~10calories)
12pm Feeding: TREAT(s): chew teats or Banana
12pm-3pm Rest – Nap Time
3pm Potty Break + Play Time & Exercise (mini treats are provided ~10calories)
4pm Rest
5pm Feeding – Dinner: Dog Food + Treat(s) – Fruit or Vegetables
5:30pm Potty Break + Play Time & Exercise (short walk)
6:30pm Rest: Nap
8pm Play Time (indoor) & Exercise (This routine started accidentant. Sugar wakes up from her evening nap and started playing with her various plush toys)
8:30pm Potty Break (which includes a very short walk)
9pm Bedtime

Sugar’s Weekend Routine varies as we do different activities but her main feeding time remains the same. Here’s an example of Sugar’s Saturday.
6:30am Potty Break
7am Feeding – Breakfast: Dog Food + Treat: Banana
7:30am Rest
8am Grooming: ears, teeth, paw (hair/nails)
9am Car Ride to the beach
9:15am – 11:30am Playtime & Exercise: walk + swimming (w/ Rest in between an Potty & Poop break)
11:30am-12pm Rest
12pm-1pm – Grooming: Bath Time
1pm – Feeding: Chew Treat
1:30pm-4pm Rest – Nap Time
4pm Potty Break + Play Time & Exercise (short walk w/ )
4:30pm Rest
5pm Feeding – Dinner: Dog Food + Treat: Banana
5:30pm Potty Break + Play Time & Exercise (short walk)
6:00pm Rest: Nap
8pm Play Time & Exercise: Hide n Seek Mr. Dino Toy
8:30pm Potty Break (which includes a very short walk)
9pm Bedtime

Here are 3 Areas you MUST Include when Creating a Healthy Routine For Your Dog

1) Feeding: Setting-up consistent feeding time helps your dog’s metabolism. Make sure to establish a special and comfortable feeding place. Water is a vital element when feeding your dog. Provide adequate fresh clean water. Also, having a feeding routine helps you as a dog parent to be conscious on what and how much you feed your dog. Always provide your dog the proper amount of food at every meal.

The best thing you can provide for your dog’s health is proper daily nutrition. Dog food brands like Hill’s® Science Diet® offers Perfect Weight Formulation specifically formulated to achieve and maintain healthy weight and improve a dog’s quality of life. Does your dog need to lose some weight? An adult dog has a tendency to gain weight during his/her senior years. Maintaining a healthy weight adds to your dog’s quality of life and life expectancy. Hills’s Science Perfect Weight formulation is available for Adult Dog.

Since small and toy breeds make up 40% of dog population. This year, Hills Science Diet introduces Perfect Weight for Small and Toy Breed. Both formulas will assist your dog to achieve a healthy weight and improve quality of life within 10 weeks. 70% of cats and dogs who used Science Diet Perfect Weight lost weight within 10 weeks. In Pet Success Stories, you can read more stories about dogs and cats that lost weight from Hill’s® Science Diet® Perfect Weight, dog food for weight loss. Science Diet Perfect Weight is made with real chicken,#1 ingredient, which supports healthy weight loss and maintains lean muscle. It also contains prebiotic fibers from beet pulp which helps promote gentle digestion.

Hills Science Diet Perfect Weight is available at your vet or favorite pet specialty store. It is also available at Pet360 with an additional discount on autoship.

2) Playtime & Exercise : Overweight pets are on the rise and it is essential to incorporate play and exercise to your dog’s daily routine, no matter what the weather. Playtime and exercise combined with a healthy diet is the best way to achieve dog weight loss. There are many ways to play and exercise with your dog both indoors and outdoors. Use this article, Tips & Tools: Exercise Tips, as a resource for different types of dog playtime & exercise activities. Also, keep in mind to utilize playtime & exercise as an opportunity to do some “training” with your dog. Make your playtime and exercise FUN!

3) Weight Check: It is important to have regular weight checks. Most pet stores has dog scale and vets do offer free weekly weigh-in checks too. Weigh-ins provide you guidance on how your dog is maintaining a healthy weight.
Sundays are typically Sugar’s weigh-in day. Can you guess how much Sugar weighs?

With Hill’s® Science Diet® Perfect Weight, dog food for weight loss, a 10 Week Turnaround Calendar is included. It is a great tool to create a Healthy Routine For Your Dog especially if your dog is trying to loose some weight. At Hill’s Pet, the 10 week Turnaround Calendar is available for you to print or download.

Dogs Thrive on a Healthy Routine Lifestyle