Montego Karoo Targeted Care Metabolic & Sterilised Dry Dog FoodTargeted Care · 350 kcal/100 g

Neutering cuts a dog's energy requirement by roughly a third and leaves her appetite exactly where it was. That gap is the reason most dogs gain weight in the year after the op.

Fibre runs at 8% — psyllium husks, pea fibre, beet pulp, inulin and cellulose — which fills the bowl without filling the dog, and glycaemic carbohydrate is held right down to 18.5% on low-GI brown rice. Protein stays high at 27% so she loses fat rather than muscle, and L-carnitine at 0.35 g/kg helps her burn it. DL-Methionine at 1.1% with controlled magnesium supports urinary pH, and kaolin gives some gastric settling. Duck and lamb carry it.

• Weight Management
• Urinary Health
• Satiety
• Lean Muscle Support
• Limited Ingredient

Ingredients

Duck meal, brown rice, pea fibre, lamb liver, beet pulp, haemoglobin powder, inulin, cellulose, flaxseed, poultry fat, whole egg powder, salmon oil powder, psyllium husks, kaolin, DL-Methionine, salt, essential minerals & vitamins, fish oil, potassium chloride, encapsulated fatty acids, dried rosemary. Additives (per kg) — Nutritional additives: Vitamin A 12,500 IU · Vitamin D3 1,250 IU · Vitamin E 100 IU · Vitamin C 50 IU · Taurine 3 g · potassium chloride 2.5 g · L-carnitine 0.35 g · glucosamine sulphate 640 mg · chondroitin sulphate 330 mg · zinc hydroxychloride 110 mg · ferrous sulphate 75 mg · manganese hydroxychloride 5 mg · copper hydroxychloride 4 mg · potassium iodide 1 mg · organic selenium 0.15 mg. Preservatives: approved antioxidants. Sensory: palatability meat-based enhancers. Registered under Act 36 of 1947, Reg. No. V26917.

Looking after it

Store in a cool, dry place, sealed. Use within six weeks of opening. Weigh her food on a scale. Everyone in the house has to be on board — a diet undone by one person's biltong is a diet that fails. Treats should come out of the daily ration rather than on top of it.