What can I give my puppy to make it gain weight?
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May 16th, 2013
Before anyone says to take my puppy to the vet, I did a few days ago and she has a perfect bill of health. Blood and fecal tests were done; she doesn’t have worms or any other condition that is harmful.
My puppy is growing a lot. She’s getting tall, she can climb up to anywhere she wants, and she gets tons of exercise. I run a lot and she can actually keep up with me.
However, she is getting very thin. She is very energetic and plays outside all of the time with me. I feed her 4 times a day and she still doesn’t gain one ounce of fat. I can see her ribs and her hip bones, and that kind of scares me. I know that being fat would hurt her joints, but I would at least like her to not look like an abused dog on animal rescue show.
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If the vet didn’t tell you that the puppy is too thin, let her alone. (Maybe an occasional strip of cooked bacon) but you want her her to mature a little more before fiddling with her normal diet.
Simon’s Sister’s Dog I would not recommend this, however.
@mambo are you feeding the puppy, puppy food it has higher calorie count?
I add cod liver oil capsules for coat and skin. Also put in scramble egg once and a while.
I agree with Tropical_Willie. Occasionally I would feed an adult female mama milk gravy, too, after giving birth, but for a small pup, it’s pretty normal that they get skinny during growth spurts. You actually don’t want to overfeed her or start her on human food.
My veterinarian is always available for free consultation. If you have any questions, try calling and ask your vet. You don’t always have to take the dog in.
Are you feeding her an appropriate high-quality food with protein as the main ingredient? Not dry food!
I am feeding her large breed dog food that is higher in protein than fat. It’s some expensive dry food that is about $50 for a large bag. I also add a scrambled egg into her food every other day.
If she’s healthy, don’t overfeed her. A lean body is good for the growth plate development of a large breed dog. She’s just like a gawky teenager and she’ll level out.
Every large breed pup I’ve had has gone through a skinny stage.
Try feeding real food in addition to the dry. I don’t care if it is raw or cooked, my dogs eat both depending on what I have on hand. But it is real food, not stuff that is made out of the waste that cannot be used in any processed version of a human food. So they dry it up, spray it with fat and the vets are selling it so they tell you it is good for your dog. This is despite the fact that in human nutrition they say DON’T EAT PROCESSED FOOD. Could it use some probiotics? Is its stool normal? It can have an upset digestive system without worms or something more serious. Eggs are good but I would add some real meat and fish and whatever you have left over from your dinner. Long before companies started making dog food, dogs ate human food and lived nice long lives.
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