vet says too thin!!
i had einy at the vet on monday for his boosters and health check etc and the vet says hes too thin, not ill thin or anything but he could do will gaining about 6 lbs einy is only 54lb hes not very tall 24" at the shoulder you all know he was very ill when we got him (12lb at 14 weeks) but we thought he was doing great don't really know what to do don't want to fatten him up too fast coz that not good either any sugestions he liking treats coz hes in a sulk with me any way coz i tooking to the groomer and he came home very very short (he had a fight with the matt demon and einy lost) zoe and einy |
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I rather disagree with your vet, but then I don't have all those years of training behind me  Paige, our Pyrenees bitch is very under weight, yes her back bone sticks up a bit, but she has been very healthy and celebrates #10 end of this month. That said:
Take 10 lbs ground meat or oily fish 1 box of the highest nutrition dry cereal you can find. Here it would be Total 1 jar of wheat germ 10 eggs 10 ounces vegetable oil 10 small packages unflavored gelatin 10 ounces unflavored molasses Mix all this goop together. Portion into meat ball sizes and freeze in small groups, defrosting as necessary. Serve alone or with kibble. Paige will eat one or two and then leave.........she doesn't want to ruin her girlish figure. The rest of the dogs would glady fight over the remaining. |
| Zoe, Panda is only 23 1/2 high and she weighs 56 lbs...Our vet said that she was the perfect weight for her height.... |
| Rags is 26 inches and weighs 60 lbs.
Pepsi is 23 1/2 inches and weighs around 70lbs  Pepsi is on the heavy side. Rags could use another couple of lbs. She has filled in quite nicely but I think maybe 2 or 3 more lbs and she'll be perfect.
I'd say 58 to 60 lbs would probably be good for Einy or at least a couple of lbs. |
| Frank was underweight and I increased his intake by adding another cup of dog food a day. That seemed to do the trick.
~Verve UP |
| try mixing his dry dog food with some cottage cheese. Merlin wouldn't eat much when he was a puppy so the breeder suggested cottage cheese and it worked reallly well - he ate more and got the extra calories and protein. This way he puts on a little more weight and it's not just fatty oils. |
| Yep, we give Barney cottage cheese and he gobbles up his dinner... |
| My dogs really love peanut butter. I'm guessing that's fattening. |
| peanut butter is a little fattening, but it's more a healthier fat, if that makes sense. it has protein along with it. I read once for people dieting those who allowed peanut butter stuck with their diet better and still lost weight, I know the dogs aren't on a diet, but just saying that it's not bad fat. |
| Recent weigh-in for Bosley, at 25 inches, is 68 pounds. He is not too fat or too thin.
Dixie is around 23 inches, and only 47 pounds.  We feed her around 4-5 cups a day, so hopefully she'll get some meat on her. When you feel her it is almost scarey, she is so boney. Her hip bones stick right out, even. |
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