@elbrant said in Brown rice versus White rice:
I'm trying to get her to lose a pound or two
In that case, fill her up with vegetables - green beans, runner beans, cabbage (I finely slice it and boil it gentle just to take the edge off it. Basically that goes for all veggies), any kind of squash - marrows, zuccini - you can really bulk up the green vegetables. Mind love cauliflower or any kind of broccoli. A good bowl of mixed vegetables for one meal a day - or half normal food and half mixed veggies for each meal and the weight will drop off while the Basenji still feels fully satisfied and the coat shines !
Sometimes carrots can be a treat but to slim a dog down, I prefer not to use roots.
I always cook more vegetables than we need and so there is a bowl in the fridge for treats !
Keepurr knew two words as well as a normal Basenji vocabulary - BEANS and CABBAGE ! He would get out of his favorite arm chair last thing before bedtime for either ! Hoover recognises 'beans' and stands by for stalks (raw) while I am preparing broccoli or brassicas.