Weight Gain?

Dietary/feeding issues
AFronhei
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Tell us about yourself: Our 3 dogs are:
Kibo, GSD-3 yrs old, blind due to pannus :(
Shadow, Border Collie-2 yrs old
Havok, 4 yr old DS/GSD mix rescue pup.

We also have a rescue cat named Moose.

Re: Weight Gain?

Post by AFronhei »

alspyce wrote:Another thought----
Are his stools normal looking, and have you done more than 1 fecal check for parasites? If the stool is a bit sloppy, with no parasites, you might have an issue with digestion of fats.
His stools are solid and I haven't seen anything abnormal. Ditto to the parasite check. I've only seen him have loose but not runny stool once and that was during a food switch.
Amberlyn & Havok
Cannon AFB, NM
AFronhei
Puppy
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed May 01, 2013 8:46 pm
Tell us about yourself: Our 3 dogs are:
Kibo, GSD-3 yrs old, blind due to pannus :(
Shadow, Border Collie-2 yrs old
Havok, 4 yr old DS/GSD mix rescue pup.

We also have a rescue cat named Moose.

Re: Weight Gain?

Post by AFronhei »

How many meals per day are you feeding? You might try dividing his food into 3 or 4 smaller meals, as apposed to 1 or 2 larger meal. I've had that work on "hard keepers". Also the satin balls that Christie suggested.
I've settled on two. I tried 3 but he wouldn't touch the middle meal even though it was the same amount of food divided into smaller portions. I even tried hand feeding him and he just hid his face under me and ignored it. I think I will wait out this week and see if we have a weight gain at next weigh in on Tuesday and then try adding in the satin balls if he hasn't gained at least a pound or two. I'll try to find the unfiltered ACV as well as the probiotics. I wish we lived closer to a somewhat large population center. It's hard to find anything in this bloody town. :/
Amberlyn & Havok
Cannon AFB, NM
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